Amy Orndorff

1 week ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Orndorff

Michael Peter Sherman, 26, a preschool teacher at Rockville’s Bender Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, was arrested April 25 by authorities in Loudoun County, Virginia, and charged with “using communications systems to facilitate offenses involving children.” Sherman has since been fired by Bender JCC, which said in a statement that the arrest has “no connection to any conduct that took place at Bender JCC.” [Montgomery Community Media] Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts*” hit...

2 weeks ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Orndorff

Tiny rooms with lots of tech are the signature of Dutch hotel chain CitizenM, which is being acquired by Marriott International for $355 million, the Bethesda-based company announced Monday. [WTOP]Owings Mills resident Vipul Thakkar was sentenced Wednesday for his role in scamming a Bethesda resident out of $860,000 in a so-called gold bar scam. Thakkar was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all suspended but 18 months.

3 weeks ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Orndorff

In early April, Montgomery County Recreation hosted a prom dress giveaway for the fourth year at Marilyn J. Praisner Community Recreation Center in Burtonsville. Among the seniors who found their gowns was a Paint Branch High student who recently lost her mom. [The Washington Post]The Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame is set to honor Eunice Kennedy Shriver posthumously with its first Lifetime Achievement Award.

4 weeks ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Orndorff

Cafe K, an eatery serving coffee and bagels at 1300 Spring St. in downtown Silver Spring, is getting closer to opening. A sign on the former David’s Cafe location says that Cafe K is working toward a spring opening and social media posts by the restaurant say they hope to open “a short time after” Pesach. [Source of the Spring]The Maryland-D.C. Scholastic Press Association named Walter Johnson High School senior Seyun Park its Journalist of the Year.

1 month ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Orndorff

Montgomery County is no stranger to tornadoes, with multiple twisters touching down in the area in early June. As the stormy summer season approaches, Maryland is preparing on Wednesday with a state-wide drill at 10 a.m. to include alerts over the radio and cell phones. [DC News Now]The five-story medical office building at 8218 Wisconsin Ave. is set to be auctioned off on April 23. The starting bid on the building owned by Brown Development LLC will be $1.65 million.