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Summer House Santa Monica is now open on Grand Park Avenue in the new Pike & Rose community in North Bethesda. The California-influenced, American restaurant features a wood-fire grill as its centerpiece and its dinner menu includes salads, seafood, steaks, sushi and pasta. You will not want to ignore the dessert menu which features shortbread, […]

Montgomery County resident David Cornblatt likes to help people. In fact, he hopes to do just that on 2015 Super Bowl on Feb. 1. Cornblatt, a.k.a Curley owns Curley’s Q BBQ Food Truck and is donating his truck and food to benefit Bethesda Cares– a nonprofit organization that helps people in need throughout Montgomery County. Cornblatt […]

The Montgomery County Council today unanimously enacted a bill that will ban use and sale of certain expanded polystyrene food service products and the sale of certain polystyrene packing materials in the county, and will require the use of compostable or recyclable alternatives. The bill, whose chief sponsor was Councilmember Hans Riemer and which was […]

Sales force development expert, Ken Smith headlined the Small Business University event at the television studios of Montgomery Community Media on Jan. 22. Smith’s address was titled “Four Crucial Strategies to Boost Sales in 2015.” Watch Smith’s presentation in its entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu7rpOfib6Y#t=12m20s

It’s been a busy month for Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) crews who are responding to a high number of water main breaks across Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. According to a WSSC official, heading into the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend there have already been 268 breaks in 2015 and the month is […]

Montgomery County officials, Montgomery Sister Cities board members, and county residents attended the first meeting that brought together people representing each of the county’s sister cities. The event took place at the Rockville Memorial Library on Jan. 13, where people had the chance to share accomplished projects as a result of each partnership and plans for […]

Kin Da Thai and Sushi Restaurant, a place where owner Byron Levy said it will have a mix of of spicy, sweet and sour, fresh sushi and herbs of Thailand, is scheduled to open in Takoma Park by the end of February at the space formerly occupied by Takoma Bistro. Levy explained that Kin Da is unique since people can visit and […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra Council President George Leventhal shares his thoughts on a proposal by  President Barack Obama to make two years of community college free for responsible students, letting students earn the first half of a bachelor’s degree and earn skills needed in the workforce at no cost.  A full-time community college student could […]

As bulldozers and contractors continue to build out the Crown community in Gaithersburg, an Illinois real estate investment trust bought Downtown Crown at a $162.8 million price tag. Retail Properties of America, Inc. is the new owner of the retail portion of Downtown Crown, in Gaithersburg, the commercial core of the city’s newest planned community, buying it […]

Paragon Entertainment Holdings will be the new owner of the Kentlands Stadium 10 in Gaithersburg. Its new name- Paragon Kentlands 10. Paragon Theaters spokeswoman Niki Wilson confirmed to MyMcMedia Wednesday that the company “took over the theater noon on Tuesday.” She said negotiations have been underway with private owner Paul Huang for “a few months or […]