The Montgomery County Humane Society will be distributing cat and dog food at Westfield Wheaton (JCP Parking Lot) to members of our community who have hit hard times and need help.
Food will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Rain or shine.
Ida Pearl (known to most as Pearl) was born and raised on Riffle Ford Road in 1918. On Thursday, June 18, she will be celebrating her 102nd birthday! She […]
When Evan Walton left his job as the executive chef at the MGM to start Recess Catering & Events, he knew he’d be taking a risk. Three years later, he experienced the same catastrophic results many food and hospitality based businesses experienced due to the COVID pandemic…and the biggest risk of them all was realized.
All of his catering events through October have been cancelled and Evan decided to launch three different food concepts out of his catering kitchen to attempt to make up for the loss and keep his employees.
This article was written by Daniela Perez, a junior at Northwest High School in Germantown.
When the recycling truck that Jamal Leonard was working off of broke down in front of Germantown resident Laurel Weetall’s house, she noticed the employee of the MoCo Department of Environmental Protection working even harder.
Michael Doggett, an English teacher at Hallie Wells Middle School, received a Twilight Award (sponsored by Box Tops for Education and General Mills) last night on Instagram Live from Chance the Rapper. With that award came a $30,000 prize that will be split between the teacher and the school he works at.
We’ve all heard of New York and Chicago style pizza, but we have our own style of pizza here in Maryland. As we discussed in our inaugural podcast back in 2014 due to our very own Mr. MoCo’s enthusiasm for this type of pizza, Maryland-style pizza is characterized by its rectangular shape, biscuity crust, sweet tomato sauce, and smoked provolone cheese.
While we use the term “Maryland Style Pizza,” it mainly pertains to areas in Maryland that are suburbs of Washington DC, with this style predominantly found in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. This pizza style tends to spark debate, as many people have strong opinions about its unique components– whether it’s the sauce, the crust, the cheese, or a combination of all three.
Dawson’s Market will be distributing 500 meals to Rockville families in need on Tuesday May 5th starting at 10am.
Each meal will include a Vegetable, Pasta, Sauce, Chicken or Pork Sausage, Cookies and ½ gallon of Milk. Meals are free of charge to Dawson’s customers and community members who have been unemployed or face economic hardship due to COVID-19. The meals serve two adults and two children.
London Navarro is a student at Stone Mill elementary in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She’s a 2x Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Youth Pan-American World Champion (recently winning her 2nd title on Feb 8, 2020) and a two-time International Youth Champion.
March 18 UPDATE: Jimmie Cone has announced that they have “made the very difficult decision to close up shop while this crisis continues. We are so appreciative of all those who came and enjoyed some ice cream yesterday- your support means the world to us! We value the health of our employees, our customers and the communities where we do business. Check back here for a future opening date.”
Jimmie Cone is open for the season!
Born in Iran, Zandieh’s family moved to Gaithersburg when she was four years old. Through high school, her projected career path seemed clear. “Growing up in DC, the only available career options that I was exposed to were to be a journalist or a lawyer. I thought I wanted to be a journalist, and so I went to college [Hofstra University] and studied communications and French,” says Zandieh (Per Zandieh’s interview with the Alliance of Women Film Journalists).