Send Us Your Snow Photos!
Do you have some photos from Winter Storm Toby? We would love to feature them in a post this week!
Upcoming Events, March 21-29
Illustration from FiveStone Church Please check with the event for additional postponements/cancellations Wednesday, March 21 POSTPONED: Speaker Series: Learn About the 11th Street Bridge Park and the Restoration of the Anacostia Watershed, Park and Planning Headquarters, 8787 Georgia Ave., Free, must register for lunch, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Progressive Maryland Happy Hour, Republic, 6939 Carroll Ave., 6-8 p.m. POSTPONED: Silver Spring Blues … Read More
Residence Inn Start Delayed, Gas Station Reopened Temporarily
The gas station at the corner of Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road that closed recently in preparation for construction of a new Residence Inn has reopened temporarily.
New Flower Branch Apartments construction to start next week
Construction is scheduled to begin next week on two new apartment buildings at the Flower Branch Apartments, 8701 and 8703 Arliss St. in Long Branch.
Silver Spring Cares Superhero: Tim Abrahams
“I started mowing lawns in the downtown Silver Spring area off Dale Drive where I grew up at about age 12. Built the business up during high school and continued while at University of Maryland. After college I got a real job and hated it! So I started doing landscaping full time.”
CuriosityStream moves up Hawking release in tribute to physicist
CuriosityStream has moved up the release of the final episode in its series “Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places” as a tribute to the late physicist.
Residents form coalition to address Dale Drive safety issues
A group of Woodside Park and Woodside Forest residents, joined by others, have formed the Dale Drive Safety Coalition to urge the county to address longstanding safety and traffic issues on the former state road.
Silver Spring group planning for a Business Improvement District
An advisory group of more than 30 Silver Spring property owners, business owners, and downtown stakeholders have been meeting since the Fall to lay plans to form a Business Improvement District.
Upcoming Events, March 14-22
Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, March 14 Showtime with Local Filmmakers Series: Overshadowed, Silver Spring Library, 900 Wayne Ave., 6 p.m. Gang Awareness (A Free Training), 3rd District Police Station Community Room, 1002 Milestone Dr., 7-8:30 p.m. Community Sing, Levine Music, 900 Wayne Ave., 2nd Floor, $5, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, March 15 Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee meeting, 8110 … Read More