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December 7, 2015 | Maureen Chowdhury

Montgomery County Firefighters Work to Extinguish Mulch and Yard Debris Fire at Aspen Landscape Contractors (VIDEOS & PHOTOS)

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services are continuing to work on extinguishing a mulch fire, which began over the weekend at the Aspen Landscape Contractors, Inc.  located on the 15700 block of New Hampshire Ave. The right lane at Southbound New Hampshire Ave. at McNeil Lane is blocked due to fire department operations. According to […]

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October 27, 2015 | Maureen Chowdhury

Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame Inducts Four Business Leaders (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

Four business leaders were honored on Oct. 27th at the fourth annual Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame event held at The Universities at Shady Grove (USG). More than 350 people came to celebrate Montgomery County business leaders who have made a “significant impact” in the community. The honorees included: Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D and CEO of United […]

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September 3, 2015 | Staff Writer

Check Out: What Montgomery County Was Reading in August

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out. For the month of August, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction Super Fly: The World’s […]

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August 6, 2015 | Staff Writer

Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn Presents The Wiz

In partnership with ANKH Repertory Theatre and The Finest! Performance Foundation, Inc., Arts on the Green presents The Wiz, a modern musical version of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. The show runs now through August 23, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. at the […]

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June 23, 2015 | Laura Rowles

GGCC Celebrates a 10,000 Milestone

As the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) prepared for their Business Networking After Five on June 18 they were entering the event knowing that it would be this event that would mark their 10,000 attendee in the past five years. Entering the event they had recorded 9,985 attendees since 2010. “We knew we were a […]

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April 27, 2015 | Aline Barros

Nonprofit of the Week: Family Services, Inc. (PHOTOS)

The year was 1908. The need: reduce suffering in the community. More than 100 years later, Family Services, Inc. (FSI) is still working towards the same goal. This organization, located in Gaithersburg, has served over 22,000 individuals and families a year through a combined budget of $22 million through distinguished programs on mental health, substance abuse, early childhood, […]

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March 26, 2015 | Sheila Ogilvie

Meet Debra A. Thomas

In April 2015,  the Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will celebrate 30 Years of Service to Montgomery County. Meet Montgomery County Resident Debra A. Thomas, a phenomenal woman doing phenomenal work in Montgomery County as President of the Potomac Valley Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Under the […]

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March 25, 2015 | Laura Rowles

GGCC Shows Importance of Story Telling & How to Keep, Attain, Re-Engage & Expand Your Customer Base

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber (GGCC) in partnership with Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union’s Small Business University hosted its 8th Annual “GROWTH: Brand, Sales & Marketing” Seminar on Tuesday, March 24 at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville. This year’s seminar featured Sonya Burke of Montgomery Community Media who spoke on “Using the Press to Tell Your […]

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January 20, 2015 | Staff Writer

Eight Local Nonprofits Awarded United Way Grants (PHOTOS)

United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA) is awarding eight Community Impact grants totaling $100,678 to eight nonprofit member organizations serving Montgomery County. Each of the grants directly addresses United Way NCA’s focus areas of education, health and financial stability. This year United Way NCA is awarding over $1 million in Community […]

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January 14, 2015 | Krista Brick

Gaithersburg’s Downtown Crown Sells for $162.8 Million

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 […]

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