Derwood

Fire Investigators along with investigators from a private insurance company recently excavated the area on Granby Court in Derwood where a fire at a single family home destroyed a home last month while the occupants of the home were out of town.

The investigators were able to recover evidence from the scene and determine that the fire resulted from a lightning strike, causing approximately $1 million in damages.


Beyond MoCo

Montgomery County firefighters are paying their respects to Green Valley Fire Department Battalion Chief Joshua Laird (Frederick County), who died on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, while responding to a two alarm house fire in the 9500 block of Ball Road in Ijamsville, Maryland.

The ceremonial procession transferring Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services fallen firefighter, Station 25, Green Valley Fire Department Battalion Chief Joshua Laird, started at noon today and many will see Montgomery County Fire and Rescue paying their respects on highway overpasses between noon and 1pm.


Bethesda

Harper Caron, the president of the Texas-based Uncle Julio’s restaurants which have two MoCo locations (Bethesda and Gaithersburg), was found dead in a Dallas hotel room earlier this week.

Caron, who attended the University of Maryland, was the General Manager of Uncle Julio’s Bethesda location years ago, before being named the president of the company in 2019.


Uncategorized

Novel Books in Clarksburg Has Closed

Novel Books at 23330 Frederick Rd has permanently closed.  A sign on the door from owner Patrick Darby reads, “My Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2018 left me financially vulnerable. The pandemic lockdown killed the business because the bulk of the sales were offsite conventions, which haven’t returned yet”


Bethesda

Fundraiser Created to Help Support the Family of Corries Hardy, Food Truck Owner Who Passed Away Sunday

Corries Hardy, owner of Hardy’s BBQ truck, tragically died Sunday evening while working on his food truck on Willow Lane in Bethesda.


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