Amy Orndorff

Rockville

Senior Editor at MoCo360 Media

Managing Editor at Bethesda Magazine

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Articles

NIH staffers walk out of town hall at Bethesda headquarters

1 month ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Orndorff

National Institutes of Health staffers walked out of a May 19 town hall at the institute’s Bethesda headquarters as director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said NIH “sponsored research that caused” the COVID-19 pandemic. During the town hall, staffers also voiced displeasure over funding, firings and ideology.
Derwood hospice worker receives probation, community service for stealing $2,600 from patient's wife

1 month ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Orndorff

Beverly Ochoa, 30, of Derwood was sentenced Friday for stealing $2,600 from the wife of a Washington, D.C., man for whom she was providing care. Ochoa pleaded guilty to first-degree theft in February and was sentenced Friday to a year of supervised probation and 40 hours of community service. [DC News Now]Bernstein Management moves to One Bethesda CenterBernstein Management Corp., a real estate management company, is moving its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Bethesda, according to Gov.
16-year-old Kennedy High student fatally shot Saturday

1 month ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Orndorff

Derrick Palmer, 16, a football player and John F. Kennedy High School student, was shot and killed in Beltsville, Prince George’s County on Saturday.
Virginia child predator sting nabs Rockville teacher

1 month 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...
Bethesda's Marriott International adds CitizenM to portfolio

1 month 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.
A senior finds her dream dress at county's Prom Couture Closet

2 months 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.
Cafe K closer to opening in downtown Silver Spring

2 months 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.
'Great Maryland Twister Test' to occur Wednesday

2 months 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.
Extra police officers to patrol Route 29 Wednesday

2 months ago | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Orndorff

Police officers from Montgomery and Howard counties as well as their state counterparts will be stepping up speed enforcement on Route 29 on Wednesday with the aim of deterring speeders and enforcing move-over laws. [Montgomery Community Media]Venus, a pink moon and the Lyrids Meteor Shower are all set to take the celestial stage in the month of April. The meteor shower will occur April 15 to 29 with peak viewing from April 21 to 22.
Fuddruckers to return to former digs in downtown Silver Spring by year's end

Mar 26, 2025 | bethesdamagazine.com | Amy Orndorff

After closing its doors for the final time in 2019, the burger shop Fuddruckers is set to reopen its downtown Silver Spring location at 819 Ellsworth Drive later this year. A firm date has not been set, but it is the latest update for the restaurant that said last August that it would be opening in the fall of 2024. [WTOP]The premise of Buy Nothing groups are that neighbors can give away or ask for things they need — free of charge.