Germantown
10:30am: Several lanes are blocked on Ridge Rd and Observation Dr in Germantown after a collision that involved several vehicles and a tractor trailer that was ran off the road.
HazMat is currently on the scene assisting the cleanup of spilled fuel, according to Chief Spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Pete Piringer.
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By Susan Soderberg of the Germantown Historical Society
When standing at the Germantown Library or BlackRock Center for the Arts, ever wonder what was there before Germantown Town Center was Germantown Town Center?
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The buyer will operate a full-service Chinese/Seafood restaurant. We are told the buyer already has one location open in Montgomery County, but we don’t have a name for the restaurant at the moment. The building is 10,129 sf and came fully equipped. It seats over 300 people.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 21, 2021
A new Pizza Hut location is moving into the Cloppers Mill shopping center in Germantown. It will be located at 18070 Mateny Rd, between Shoppers and Popeyes.
The location is smaller, so it will likely be similar to the upcoming Pizza Hut location that is taking over part of the former GameStop location in Four Corners.
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Montgomery County has announced that this Saturday’s MoCo Comicon, originally scheduled to be held at Germantown Library, will now be all digital due to increased spread of COVID-19.
Details below per MCPL:
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to a fire at a three story town home on Rosebay Ct in Germantown on Sunday morning around 8:15am.
The kitchen fire started in the oven before spreading, according to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer.
One of the leading biotechnology and diagnostics companies in the field of neglected viral diseases with pandemic potential now calls a prime biotechnology and life sciences community its home, as Zalgen Labs LLC today announced its headquarters has relocated from Germantown to Frederick, Maryland.
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We reported in November that DSW will be opening a new location in the Milestone Center in Germantown (20900-B Frederick Road), at the former home of Modell’s. The company currently has already has one store in Germantown, located in the Germantown Commons shopping center just under 3 miles away from the upcoming location. We were told there are no current plans to close the current Germantown location.
DSW was founded in 1969 as Shonac Corporation and was the shoe licensee for Value City. The company opened its first store in 1991 in Ohio and was acquired by Value City in 1998. It was acquired by Retail Ventures in 2004, went public in 2005, and then acquired Retail Ventures (its biggest shareholder) in 2011.
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Sharetea, a bubble tea cafe located at 13012 Middlebrook Road in Germantown Commons will be opening soon.
The international bubble tea brand was established in Taiwan in 1992 and has since grown to over 300 stores worldwide.