The Washington Spirit, the team which was at, or near, the bottom of the standings for the entire 2018 season, are currently the top team in the NWSL and are riding a seven game unbeaten streak. The Spirit are 5-1-3 and have not lost a game since week two of the season. The Spirit will host defending NWSL champions North Carolina Courage at the Maryland SoccerPlex at 7:00 pm on Saturday, June 29. The Courage are 3-2-4 this year. Last Saturday, the Spirit continued their unbea

For the ninth year in a row, Germantown resident Juliet Lee will the participants in the women’s competition of Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. The 2019 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest will take place in Coney Island from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm on Thursday, July 4. The annual contest, an American holiday tradition, will be held at the Nathan’s Famous flagship restaurant located at the corner of Surf and Sti

Three teenage girls needed to be taken to the Emergency Room after they were beaten by a group of individuals last Friday evening outside of a public pool in Germantown. Montgomery County Police confirmed to Germantown Pulse that the attack occurred on Friday, June 21 at about 6:30 pm at the Germantown Outdoor Pool at 18905 Kingsview Road in Germantown. Police spokesperson Rebecca Innocenti said that two groups, one group consisting of three juvenile females and another large

The Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control is changing its name to Alcohol Beverage Services as of July 1. The new name is designed to reflect recent changes at the department, including an emphasis on customer service. “Over the past two years, we have worked tirelessly to improve operations and our reputation, and we are now running like a business,” said Department Director Bob Dorfman. “We’ve brought in new management, invested in new technology and infrastructure

Casey Anderson was reappointed as chairman and a new member was appointed to the Planning Board by the Montgomery County Council this week. On Tuesday, June 25, the Montgomery County Council voted unanimously to reappoint Casey Anderson as the chair of the five-member Montgomery County Planning Board, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The Council originally appointed Anderson to the Planning Board in June 2011 and first designated him as chai

The free pizza and bagels have ended, at least temporarily, for members of the five Montgomery County locations of Planet Fitness including the Germantown location, after the County’s health department put the kibosh on the free carb-load this week. Planet Fitness notified members that Pizza Nights and Morning Bagels, which was a way for the gym which pushes a non-intimation, low-cost model catering to everyday folks and not hard-core fitness enthusiasts. The tradition began

A 30-year-old Germantown man faces up to 30 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and setting her car on fire back in March of 2018. “I am not a violent individual,” said Lunningham to the judge at his bond hearing back in March of 2018. He made that statement moments after the prosecutor finished telling the court that Lunningham was accused of stabbing a woman 30 times, leaving her body in the car for at least two or three days before finally setting the car on fire in

Last week, Maryland Natural Resources Police charged the Lotte Plaza Market in Germantown with selling three bushels of egg-bearing female blue crabs — known as sponge crags — in violation of Maryland’s conservation laws. After receiving a tip, Maryland Natural Resources Police officers conducted an inspection of the market June 5. According to Natural Resources Police, store employees told police the crabs came from North Carolina, but were unable to produce a bill of lading

Late last week, the Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology (PIC MC) signed a development agreement to add a state-of-the-art life sciences office building to the Montgomery College Germantown Campus. 19710 Observation Drive, LLC, a joint venture between Rockville-based, South Duvall and Germantown-based Minkoff Development, will build a $40 million facility on a 5.67-acre parcel at 19710 Observation Drive in Germantown. The 120,000 square foot building will inc

The Montgomery County Council unanimously passed Bill 6-19, Landlord-Tenant Relations – Termination of Lease – Tenant Health and Safety, which requires each lease for rental housing in the County to allow the tenant to terminate the lease without penalty if the landlord does not correct a violation that adversely affects the immediate health and safety of the tenant within 30 days of being ordered to do so by the Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA). This bill a

Council President Nancy Navarro and County Executive Marc Elrich will host a Community Conversation on Racial Equity and Social Justice tonight, Wednesday, June 26 at 7:00 pm at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown, which is located at 12901 Town Commons Drive. The purpose of this discussion is to engage with residents on how county leaders can build a better and stronger Montgomery County that meets the needs of all residents through the creation of a new Racial Equit

The Washington Spirit extended their unbeaten streak to a franchise record six games and maintained possession of first place in the NWSL with a 1-1 draw against Reign FC Saturday night in Tacoma, Washington. The beginning of the match saw the Spirit feel pressure via an aggressive Reign FC press. The Reign press helped them create chances early in the game, but Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Bledsoe and her backline of Megan Crosson, Paige Nielsen, Sam Staab and Tori Huster were a