U.S. Soccer announced a historic gift today for its women’s and girls’ soccer programs from businesswoman, team owner, and women’s sports advocate Michele Kang. Kang has pledged to give U.S. Soccer, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, $30 million dollars over the next five years which is the largest philanthropic investment in U.S. Soccer’s women’s and girls’ programs and the most generous donation ever made to U.S. Soccer by a woman, according to a Washington Spirit press release.
A Germantown man was arrested without injury after a standoff involving a butcher knife outside a Silvergate Way apartment on November 17, 2024, following a domestic incident and threats to police. (more…)
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The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges against Evgenii Ptitsyn, 42, a Russian national, for allegedly administering the sale, distribution, and operation of Phobos ransomware. Ptitsyn made his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on November 4 after being extradited from South Korea.
The weather team at WUSA9, led by legendary meteorologist Topper Shutt has released its 2024-2025 Winter Outlook, which has the highest snow totals of the outlooks we’ve looked at so far this fall. We have already broken down meteorologist Mike Thomas and FOX 5’s Winter Outlook and Doug Kammerer and the NBC 4 Storm Team’s outlook, so let’s see what channel 9 has to say.
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With the expensive holiday shopping season coming up and holiday spending expected to reach more than $980 billion, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2024 Holiday Budgets by City report, with one Maryland city ranked 17th in the country out of 558 qualifying cities/areas.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) are in the calendar development process for the 2025-2026 school year and seeking feedback on two draft traditional calendars for additional feedback from students, staff, families, and community members.
Pike & Rose is hosting a “Santa Crawl” on Saturday, December 14th from 2pm until 10pm. “Tis the Season! Kick off the holidays at North Bethesda’s Santa Crawl at Pike & Rose with games, music and specials for all to enjoy.”
Takoma Park Police shared on Monday that the department responded to two commercial burglaries on the morning of Friday, November 15. Per police:
The Washington Post’s Tom Sietsema has been the newspaper’s food critic for nearly 25 years. In a recent dining guide he highlighted “5 great affordable restaurants in the D.C. area”, which included Montgomery County’s El Chante Comedor y Fritanga Nica (photos below).
According to Montgomery County, its FY24 Vision Zero report details a reduction in serious and fatal crashes, including a 28% decrease on high-injury network corridors, through initiatives such as new traffic signals, bikeways, sidewalks, and targeted enforcement.
Montgomery County has released its holiday schedule for Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, Nov. 28, and on Friday, Nov. 29: (more…)