70-year-old church hits the market for $15M in Bethesda

Plus: Site work begins at Dacha Beer Garden’s upcoming Silver Spring location; Police arrest Potomac man who threatened ex-wife, her father in social media videos

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April 23, 2026 6:00 a.m. | Updated: April 22, 2026 6:05 p.m.

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The Washington Jesus Baptist Church is selling its church at 5144 Massachusetts Ave. in Bethesda for an asking price of $15 million. The church is located near the Washington, D.C., border and the Spring Valley neighborhood. [Washington Business Journal]

Dacha Beer Garden begins sitework at new location in downtown Silver Spring

Demolition work on the former Denizen’s space at 1115 East-West Highway is underway, a sign that Dacha Beer Garden is making progress towards opening its new location in downtown Silver Spring. [Source of the Spring]

Police arrest Potomac man who threatened ex-wife, her father in social media videos

Montgomery County police arrested and charged a Potomac man with threatening mass violence, stalking and making threats to harm an official, after he posted videos online threatening to kill his ex-wife, her father, and a Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office prosecutor. He was arrested while on a bus in Gaithersburg. [Fox 5]

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