Wednesday, July 3, 2024

LongHorn Steakhouse broken into in Germantown


Montgomery County police responded to a report of a burglary at the LongHorn Steakhouse at 20017 Century Boulevard in Germantown on June 20, 2024. The burglary took place sometime between 8:24 and 10:01 AM that morning. Officers arriving at the scene found evidence of forced entry. However, despite all of the effort to break into the steakhouse, nothing was reported stolen from inside the building.

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Robbery at knifepoint in Montgomery Village


Montgomery County police responded to a report of a robbery in Montgomery Village Thursday night, June 27, 2024. The robbery was reported along the street in the 18200 block of Contour Road at 10:10 PM. A knife was used to threaten the victim in the robbery.

Monday, July 1, 2024

Signage installed at future Amazon Fresh on Shady Grove Road (Photos)


The sign is (back) up at Amazon Fresh, opening soon at 15790 Shady Grove Road at the 270 Center on the border of Rockville and Gaithersburg. It's exactly the same logo sign that was vandalized, and ultimately removed, when Amazon paused - and then "canceled" - the opening of this store last year. The reversal of that decision became apparent earlier this month. There's still nothing on the bare shelves inside the store, but more signage has been added inside over the last few days, including a large banana image and other promotional images in the produce department.


We should soon see the grocery cart return out front in the parking lot. It was erected, and then dismantled, during Amazon's period of indecision in 2023. One wonders if anyone in Amazon's grocery division was fired as a result of the faux cancellation of this location. Nothing has changed over the last year, and Amazon only lost money over this period that the store didn't operate. If anything, the market is worse, as Americans have reduced their grocery purchases due to runaway inflation of prices, and price-gouging by greedy corporations.