A Silver Spring man has been charged in connection with activities he undertook during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, according to court documents. Bryan Betancur, aka Bryan Clooney, aka Maximo Clooney, has been accused of three violations, including entering restricted grounds.
Dog Haus Biergarten will open in Downtown Silver Spring, according to web reports confirmed by Laurie Yankowski, regional director, marketing for The Peterson Cos. The restaurant, which specializes in gourmet hot dogs, sausages and burgers, will be located at 933 Ellsworth Dr. in the space formerly occupied by Lebanese Taverna, which moved to 8535 Fenton Street.
County offices will be closed for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, Jan. 18, and other changes will be in effect, according to various officials.
Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced $30 million in COVID-19 relief funding awarded to more than 90 music and entertainment venues around the state, including four in downtown Silver Spring. “These awards will save hundreds of jobs and help many of Maryland’s entertainment venues sustain their operations until they can safely and fully reopen,” the governor said.
The county will expand its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service to a full week of virtual events beginning tomorrow, Jan. 16, through Jan. 24, according to an announcement.
A Silver Spring man was sentenced to seven years and a day in federal prison in a case of armed robbery of a Takoma Park jewelry store in 2019. As part of a plea agreement, Ever Ramiro Torres Enriquez, age 25, will be under supervised release for three years following his prison term and was ordered to pay restitution of $174,967, the full amount of the victim’s loss.
Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Monday announced he was proposing the Recovery for the Economy, Livelihoods, Industries, Entrepreneurs, and Families (RELIEF) Act to provide as much as an estimated $1 billion in pandemic assistance to residents and businesses.
Krazy Steve’s Comfort Cuisine will close later this month, according to owner Stephen Adelson. The planned closing date at this point, he said Sunday, will be on or about Jan. 21. “I have catering gigs scheduled up until basically the day of our closing,” he said. “We’re open for business [until then].”
Takoma Park police are looking for public assistance to identify a shoplifting suspect, according to a community advisory. The individual is thought to be a serial shoplifter working in the area, according to Catherine Plevy, the department’s public information officer.