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Last week, we reported that the Big Lots at 20926 Frederick Rd in the Milestone Shopping Center, Germantown, will be permanently closing. On Friday, the store began its closing sale, offering discounts of up to 20% on select items. The discounts are expected to increase as the store approaches its anticipated closure, likely right after Christmas.

The Final Site Plan for the second Gaithersburg location of Sheetz will go before the city's Planning Commission this Wednesday night, October 16, 2024 for possible approval. Proposed for the parking lot of the Walnut Hill Shopping Center at 16529 S. Frederick Avenue are a 4959-square-foot Sheetz convenience store, with six, double-sided gasoline filling stations. The plan also includes new east and west sidewalk connections to increase pedestrian access to the site, a new retaining wall and fence to be constructed to the east of the site, and a new trash enclosure facing South Westland Drive. Planning staff are recommending approval of the site plan with conditions, including correction of minor drafting errors on the Final Site and Forest Conservation plans, and revision of the recently-approved comprehensive sign plan for the shopping center to include the new Sheetz signage.

After closing its doors in January 2020 following seven years in downtown Frederick, Ayse Meze Lounge is poised to return to the culinary scene—this time about 25 miles south as AYSE. Nezih Pistar, the driving force behind the Mediterranean restaurant named for his mother, has applied for a liquor license on behalf of AYSE for the new location at 700 King Farm Rd. in Rockville’s King Farm neighborhood.

Last week, we reported that the Maryland Lottery was seeking the winner of a Cash4Life ticket purchased at an Olney 7-Eleven, which entitled the player to $1,000 a week for life or a $1 million lump sum. We now know an Olney grandmother has claimed the prize and took the cash option.

WASHINGTON — Piper the pup has a new home. The black puppy was dumped by her owner in a random neighborhood, wrapped in a Spider-Man blanket back in September. Just after 10 p.m. on Sept. 28, a home camera captured the moment a driver pulled over near the intersection of East Capitol and Anacostia Avenue NE. The video shows a person getting out of their vehicle, dumping a dog in the bushes, and nearly running her over while speeding away.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Two giant pandas, enroute to the National Zoo in Washington D.C., stopped for a layover Monday night at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on their journey from Chengdu, China. Known for having more bears than any other U.S. state, Alaska became a brief host to its...

You know a ghost tour is pretty spooky when the original guide no longer takes people on the tour. But it’s still happening and you can participate. Historian Canden Arciniega with DC by Foot gave the tour for years, but about eight years ago, she was telling the story of a ghost in a home that she said “hated electricity.”

ST. PAUL, MN – With Halloween just around the corner and spooky season in full swing, thrill-seekers are looking for more than just candy and costumes. For those who crave a real scare, there’s nothing quite like spending the night in a haunted hotel. Across America, these ghostly...

This past summer we let you know that Smoothie King signed on to open a new location at 20630 Seneca Meadows Parkway at the Shops at Seneca Meadows development (where Wegmans is located) in Germantown. A permit valued at $200,000 has been now issued for construction to begin on the interior.

Georgia-based restaurant franchise Zaxby’s, known for its Chicken Fingerz, wings and signature sauces, has announced its expansion into the US state of Maryland, with the first location set to open in Cambridge in late 2025. Franchise co-owners Curtis and Teresa Snyder, alongside Teresa’s father, Thomas Mitchell, have entered a...