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Six Flags America to Implement Chaperone Policy Beginning Friday, July 26
Six Flags America at 13710 Central Ave in Bowie, MD has announced it will implement a chaperone policy starting Friday, July 26, 2024. Under the new policy, all guests aged 15 years or younger must be accompanied by a chaperone at least 21 years old to be admitted to, or remain in, the park after 4:00 p.m. local time.
Football Player Capsules: Dillan Fontus
Fall camp begins in August, and to preview the upcoming 2024 season we take a look at each scholarship player on Maryland’s roster, from jersey No. 0 to No. 99. RECRUITING: Fontus was a three-star class of 2023 recruit out of Canarsie (Brooklyn, N.Y.), accumulating offers from the likes of Maryland; Kansas; Indiana; BC; Arizona; Louisville; Wake; Illinois; Nebraska and more.
Gaithersburg Gets Grant Funding for Marker Commemorating Historic Black Community
Gaithersburg received national grant funding for a historical marker for Metropolitan Grove, a historic Black community in the area. The city got $50,000 from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund under the National Trust for Historic Preservation, according to a release last week. The Gaithersburg Community Museum will use the funding for research, development, and creation of historical marker signage as part of the Gaithersburg History Project.
Rescue Team Saves Distressed Swimmers in Potomac
Several County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) units and U.S. Park Police helicopters responded to a call for distressed swimmers in the Potomac River near Sherwin Island, Sunday evening. Swiftwater rescue boats searched for “several distressed swimmers,” said MCFRS chief spokesperson Pete Piringer on X around 7:30 p.m. Potomac River...
University of Maryland Names Anne Buckley, APR, as Vice President for Marketing and Communications
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland has named Anne Buckley as vice president for marketing and communications, effective September 4, 2024. In this role, Buckley will provide vision and leadership to bolster UMD’s reputation as a top national and global university in research, academics, arts and athletics, with a commitment to embracing the diversity of its community.
Leveling the field: MoCo Lacrosse celebrates 25 years of expanding sport’s access
Hidden away from the oppressive heat on a Tuesday afternoon in mid-July, gaggles of young girls chased brightly colored balls with lacrosse sticks around the East County Community Center gym in Silver Spring, laughing and yelling as they tried to win a real-life version of the children’s board game “Hungry Hungry Hippos.”
Silver Spring’s Zinnia wins RAMMY Award for best beer program of the year
Editor’s note: This article, originally published at 11:38 a.m., July 22, 2024, was updated at 3:04 p.m., July 22, 2024, to add comments from Zinnia’s owner Chris Brown and Colada Shop’s owner Daniella Senior. Zinnia, a modern American restaurant and bar with brunch, dinner and late-night offerings,...
Adult Male Arrested In Connection With Takoma Park Hit-and-Run Fatal Collision
Suspect charged with failure to immediately return and remain at the scene of an accident involving death. Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) have arrested and charged 34-year-old Efrain Diaz Romero, of Silver Spring, with the death of 42-year-old Candido Noe Rojas Rojas, who died in a fatal hit-and-run collision on Monday, June 3, 2024.
Motorized hospital bed sparks deadly fire in Germantown
GERMANTOWN, Md. - Authorities say a motorized hospital bed sparked a deadly house fire that killed a man and displaced several other family members in Montgomery County. The fire was reported on Friday morning on Neelsville Church Road. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire originated...
From shelter life to youth advocate: A woman's quest to end youth homelessness
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Daejanae Day spent time in a shelter in her early twenties. “I became homeless in 2015 after being put out,” she said. Now, at the age of 27, Day works to end youth homelessness as Acting Chair of the Youth Action Board in Prince George’s County.
WBNG condemns layoffs at Southern Policy Law Center
Washington, DC, July 17, 2024 – The Washington-Baltimore News Guild issued the following statement:. “The Washington Baltimore News Guild Local 32035 TNG-CWA condemns the anti-union layoffs of more than 60 workers at the Southern Poverty Law Center and supports the internal actions taken to show solidarity. The union busting...
Women's Track Adds Two New Transfers in Preparation for 2025 Season
WASHINGTON- The George Washington women's track and field program, in conjunction with Head Coach Terry Weir, are proud to announce the addition of two transfer student-athletes for the spring 2025 season. Both Madison Hardamon and Dami Oyatayo will compete in the Buff and Blue starting this spring season. Head Coach...
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