Car stolen from parking lot in Rockville

A vehicle was reported stolen from a commercial parking lot in Rockville yesterday evening. Rockville City police were called to a parking lot in the 400 block of Hungerford Drive to investigate. That is a commercial area just north of Rockville Town Square.

Planet Fitness to open new Rockville gym

Planet Fitness will be opening a new gym in Rockville. It will be at the Montrose Shopping Center at 5520 Randolph Road. Two years ago, Gold's Gym closed its location there. Planet Fitness has an existing gym nearby at Federal Plaza. Do you prefer Planet Fitness, or Gold's Gym?

Victim reports being assaulted in Rockville parking lot

Rockville City police responded to a report of an aggravated assault in a parking lot Monday night, July 11, 2022. The assault was reported at a commercial parking lot in the 2000 block of Chapman Avenue at 7:31 PM Monday. An unspecified weapon other than a firearm was employed in the assault.

Donald Trump to join Republican Maryland governor hopeful Dan Cox for tele-rally Wednesday

President Donald Trump, who has endorsed Delegate Dan Cox for Maryland governor in the July 19, 2022 primary, will join Cox for a tele-rally tomorrow, Wednesday, July 13 at 7:30 PM. The phone number to join the audience and hear Trump and Cox speak will be 301-822-2946. Trump is making the final push to help Cox, who polling has found is essentially tied with Kelly Schulz, who has been endorsed by incumbent Gov. Larry Hogan. 

If Trump's last call into a big Cox rally in Hampstead is any indication, expect him to again lower the boom on Hogan, with whom he has feuded for several years. Hogan is expected by many to challenge Trump for the GOP nomination for president in 2024. Trump sees the Maryland race as an opportunity to add another notch to his endorsement victory belt with Cox, while dealing Hogan a blow ahead of the presidential contest.

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana at Montgomery Mall in Bethesda welcomes back Fresh Tomato Pie

Fans of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana know that summer means the return of the chain's famous Fresh Tomato Pie. The seasonal favorite is now back through September 30 at all Frank Pepe locations, including here in Montgomery County at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda. Pepe's hasn't been open that long here, so you may be wondering what is on the Fresh Tomato Pie. Fresh, native tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, garlic, basil, grated Pecorino Romano cheese and a touch of imported olive oil, atop the pizzeria’s signature crispy-chewy, slightly-charred crust.

Photo courtesy Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana

 

Rockville Mayor & Council ask for more time to study new I-495/I-270 Managed Lanes material

Rockville's Mayor and Council last night voted to approve a letter to Maryland state officials seeking more time for the city to review new material related to the controversial I-495/I-270 Managed Lanes highway expansion study. There are 26,000 pages of new environmental impact study results, Councilmember Mark Pierzchala noted. He added that local stakeholders also need more time to "validate" new modeling used by the state of Maryland for the project. 

The proposed expansion championed by Gov. Larry Hogan (R) would include new toll lanes along both interstates, widening of the highways to accommodate those lanes, and a future connection to tolled Express Lanes on the Virginia side of the American Legion Bridge. Residents in affected areas of Rockville, Bethesda and Silver Spring have expressed opposition to the environmental impacts of the plan, and potential taking of homes for the project.

Strong-arm robbery and assault at Rockville gas station

Montgomery County police responded to a report of a strong-arm robbery of a gas station in the Derwood area of Rockville yesterday afternoon. At least one person was the victim of a 2nd-degree assault and an aggravated assault during the robbery. The robbery was reported at a gas station in the 15800 block of Frederick Road at 3:14 PM Sunday. There is a 7-Eleven gas station and a Marathon gas station on that block.