PatchCast Feb. 10: Georgetown Restaurant Owes $80k, Abusive Teacher/Gaithersburg Fire Updates, Bethesda Garage, North Potomac Roads

Here's what happened in the towns around you over the last 24 hours, as told by our team of Patch reporters, photographers and videographers.

• Fire investigators determined that “improperly discarded smoking material” caused Tuesday’s three alarm blaze.
• The first grade teacher charged with assaulting students in a Silver Spring school also taught at Rockville’s Greencastle elementary.
• The Montgomery County Department of Transportation plans to use stimulus money to upgrade parts of Shady Grove and Travilah Roads.
• Some residents are up in arms about an $80 million dollar parking garage planned for a major downtown intersection.
• Mendocino Grille and Wine Bar, a popular Georgetown restaurant, is closed until further notice due to $80,000 in unpaid taxes.