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Kensington Market To Permanently Close In Montgomery County
A popular meat and seafood market in Maryland is set to permanently shutter its doors, its owners announced.Kensington Market is set to shut things down as of Saturday, May 25 after serving the community with fresh seafood, butcher cut meats, homemade pies, and other produce for years on Howard Ave…
The buzz on native bees
When Tyra Villadiego, 33, walks around her family’s quarter-acre yard in Silver Spring, she doesn’t just enjoy the blooming moss phlox in the spring or the variety of asters in the fall. She notes the most welcome addition: native bees. “There are so many kinds of bees I...
Loudoun-based Brewery will close its doors in June
Unfortunate news as a Loudoun County brewery announces that it will be closing its doors. The Craft of Brewing in Ashburn anticipates its last day in operation will be June 8. The Craft of Brewing is located on Ashburn Crossing Drive off Loudoun County Parkway, just north of Gloucester Parkway.
Before Taco Bamba moves into Sterling, a glimpse into the past
By now most readers of The Burn know that Loudoun County is getting its first Taco Bamba restaurant. We first broke the news last November. The popular Mexican restaurant brand is coming to the Cascades Marketplace in Sterling, a center that is seeing a resurgence with multiple hot restaurant brands signing on.
Several dogs unaccounted for in Montgomery County house fire, officials say
GERMANTOWN, Md. (DC News Now) — Two dogs were missing and presumed dead after a propane tank caught on fire outside a home which displaced two families in Germantown Monday afternoon, according to officials. The house was located in the 20200 block of Thunderhead Way off Waters Landing Way. A propane tank caught on fire […]
Catoctin Furnace hosts iron festival to showcase historic trade, art form
Sparks and flames were starting to shoot out of an iron furnace Sunday afternoon as a team of ironworkers started adding coal and iron. The team, covered head to toe in protective leather gear, had been heating up the furnace since Sunday morning to get around 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the Maryland Iron Festival to demonstrate an iron pour.
Meat Eater Chic
Branded Chophouse in Boonsboro looks to corral music, brews, pizza, and serious steaks into one locale. Food is a basic need, but good food is a true pleasure. Pair that with good drink, good tunes, and good friends and you’ve got Branded Chophouse in Boonsboro. Fans of Vanish Farmwoods Brewery near Lucketts, Virgnia, may catch a familiar vibe. Both places are led by entrepreneur Jonathan Staples and charged with ebullient hospitality.
Washington International Horse Show Announces 2024 Youth Ambassadors and Junior Committee Presented by Signature Academics
We are pleased to announce Samantha Bourque, Glenwood, MD, Natalie Paley, Germantown, MD, and Natasha Randhawa, Marriottsville, MD, have been selected as the 2024 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) Junior Committee Co-Youth Ambassadors. They will lead 40 local teens attending schools in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC, who have been accepted to the 2024 WIHS Junior Committee, presented by Signature Academics and Signature One-to-One School.
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