Update: All lanes of Frederick Rd/355 have reopened at Shakespeare Blvd.
Hazmat, police, and fire and rescue are currently on the scene of an overturned diesel fuel tanker (2500 gal) in Germantown in the area of Frederick Rd. and Shakespeare Blvd., according to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer.
La Casita, which has locations in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring, and DC, has closed all of their locations today in support of the nationwide Day Without Immigrants.
The first Day Without Immigrants took place on February 16, 2017 to protest President Trump’s plans to build a border wall and the proposed deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants.
Senseonics Holdings, Inc. is a Germantown-based medical technology company focused on the development and manufacturing of glucose monitoring products designed to transform lives in the global diabetes community with differentiated, long-term implantable glucose management technology.
On Friday, the company announced FDA approval of the world’s first and only long-term implantable continuous glucose monitoring system. Per the release, “it now offers patients exceptional accuracy for 6 months.”
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Friday, February 11, 2022
A man is hospitalized and in critical condition after being shot in Germantown on Thursday night, according to Montgomery County Police. The incident occurred around 9pm in the area of Cinnamon Dr. and Mustard Seed Ct. in Germantown.
From MCPD:
Amentum is a premier global technical and engineering services partner supporting critical programs of national significance across defense, security, intelligence, energy and environment. Headquartered in Germantown, Md., the company employs more than 37,000 people in all 50 states and performs work in 105 foreign countries and territories.
Earlier this week, the company announced the U.S. Air Force has awarded DynCorp International LLC, an Amentum subsidiary, a $147 million contract to provide maintenance and sustainment services in support of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Global Prepositioned Materiel Services program. The contract consists of a base year and eight option years.
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Montgomery County Police released video footage of MCPD Officer K. Berry, along with an off-duty MCPD officer, providing life saving aide to a man who was shot multiple times in Germantown on Sunday night.
The responding officers applied tourniquets to the victim prior to EMS arrival. The man was then hospitalized and is currently in stable condition
Update: Dizon King has been located safe and unharmed.
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Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Sunday night around 7:10 on Neerwinder St, just off of Waters Landing Dr in Germantown.
A man was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds when police arrived to the scene. The responding officers applied tourniquets to the victim prior to EMS arrival. The man was then hospitalized and is currently in stable condition
Back in September we let you know that Lidl, a German international discount supermarket chain, was under contract to purchase the subject properties between Walter Johnson Road and Germantown Road and seeks to develop a 31,000 square foot Lidl Grocery Store with associated parking and open space areas. The application was accepted on December 15th of 2021 with future planning board action pending. Signs about potential development have been up since summer 2021.
The project site occupies approximately 2.8 acres of land on Walter Johnson Road between Bowman Mill Drive and Wisteria Drive, a few blocks northeast of the Germantown MARC Station. The site is a consolidation of several parcels of land. Currently, the site is partially wooded. The developed portion of the site houses an office building with a copy center on the ground floor and part of the parking lot for an adjacent credit union building.