The Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department has finalized and released Santa’s route through Gaithersburg and Washington Grove.
Santa’s route will take place over several days, starting on December 4th and going until December 19th. The date of each route is provided when you click on the route (each color is a different day).
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 26, 2021
Children & adults alike will delight in meeting Santa, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Winnie the Pooh, and other storybook characters. Be sure to bring your camera to capture memorable holiday photos. Meet animal characters who benefit from clean streams, pose for pictures with the City’s newly painted snowplows and a beautifully decorated police car, write a letter to Santa, sing along to holiday songs with the Gaithersburg High School Band, and enjoy exhibits of diverse decorations and traditions.
There will be a food distribution event today, December 1, between 1-2:30pm at 18201 Contour Rd in Gaithersburg.
They ask that you please remain in your vehicle while groceries are being delivered.
Eyewear brand Warby Parker, which does most of its business online, has opened a brick and mortar location in the old Hair Cuttery location at 136 Crown Park Ave in the Downtown Crown neighborhood in Gaithersburg.
The Crown store, which is MoCo’s second after Bethesda Row opened in 2017, carries the brand’s full optical and sun eyewear offerings including its first brand of daily contact lenses. The store will offer eye exams and children’s glasses that are only available in store.
Management from Crown in Gaithersburg has notified us that the concrete barriers in Decoverly have been removed as of yesterday
Decoverly drive is now open to traffic from Great Seneca Highway and Fields Road. The barriers have been there since Crown started moving people in back in 2013.
Village Center Beer & Wine is now open at 9991 Stedwick Rd in the Montgomery Village Shopping Center.
The store is located next to Metro by T-Mobile, at the former site of Splash and Dash Groomerie & Boutique. This is the second beer and wine store in the shopping center, the other being Grape & Grain at 19233 Watkins Mill Rd.
The Watkins Mill High School (WMHS) Class of 1991—the first graduating class—held their 30th reunion on October 2 at Lone Oak Brewery in Olney. This was the fourth reunion for the Class of 1991 (previous reunions included the 10th, 20 th and 25th reunions). Members of the planning committee (Shaka Berry, Melinda Buck, Brian Mahone, Tracey Pickerel, Lisa Ferrante Perrone, Mark Rivers, Aklilu Seium, and Jennifer Stolbach) met weekly on Zoom for 5 weeks to prepare for the reunion. Lone Oak Brewery opened 15 months ago and is owned by two Gaithersburg High School graduates.
About 40 classmates attended the festivities, which included a Friday night happy hour at Gentleman Jim’s in Gaithersburg and the Saturday event at Lone Oak Brewery. Many of the attendees have been friends since kindergarten. Classmates spent time at the reunion reliving old memories, looking though old yearbook photos and updating each other on their lives and families today. “To quote John Leonard,” said Jennifer Stolbach, “just like that tremendous tree behind us in the photo, it takes a long time to grow an old friend. We are all so grateful that our roots will always be tangled together.”
Per the City of Gaithersburg:
The City of Gaithersburg earned a score of 100 points in the 10th annual Municipal Equality Index, an initiative of the Human Rights Campaign that examines the inclusivity of laws, policies and services with respect to the LGBTQ+ community. The City’s score in 2020 was 93. The Index used 49 different criteria to rate 506 cities across the country. The average score nationally was 67, up three points from 2020.
Playa Bowls is having its Grand Opening on Saturday, November 20th at 11am and is offering free bowls and t-shorts to the first 50 customers in line.
This location, known as Playa Bowls Darnestown, is located in the Potomac Valley shopping center in the storefront that was recently home to Subway (12193 Darnestown Rd).
Gaithersburg and Montgomery County Police responded to a potential threat at Gaithersburg High School this morning at 11:55am.
According to Gaithersburg Police, two unknown individuals were reportedly observed entering the high school through a secured door and were believed to have been possibly armed. After an investigation the threat was determined to be unfounded.