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Compliments Friday: Happy Weekend!

Source of the Spring Staff | Sep 4, 2020Aug 11, 2017 at 8:14 pm | Silver Spring, MD, Takoma Park, MD

Happy Friday! The weekend is upon us, albeit a possibly soggy one.

Portable sign can help control neighborhood street traffic

Mike Diegel | Aug 27, 2024Aug 11, 2017 at 2:30 pm | Silver Spring, MD

The portable traffic sign that appeared this week on Grove Street in East Silver Spring is an example of how residents can request the county’s help to control street traffic.

Discolored water reported around Silver Spring and Takoma Park

Source of the Spring Staff | Sep 4, 2020Aug 11, 2017 at 10:21 am | Silver Spring, MD, Takoma Park, MD

We have received several reports on area listservs and Twitter that there is water discoloration.

Astrolabe Brewing granted liquor license to operate in Silver Spring

Mike Diegel | Oct 28, 2022Aug 10, 2017 at 2:00 pm | Silver Spring, MD

Silver Spring’s second brewery planned for Georgia Avenue

Astrolabe Brewing, which plans to become Silver Spring’s second brewery, has been granted a liquor license to operate its new facility.

Outdoor film festival opens tomorrow in Silver Spring

Mike Diegel | Sep 25, 2024Aug 10, 2017 at 10:24 am | Silver Spring, MD

The Silver Screens outdoor film festival begins tomorrow evening with a showing of “Back to the Future Part II” on Veterans Plaza in downtown Silver Spring.

Silver Spring Gems: Koiner Farm

Source of the Spring Staff | Sep 17, 2024Aug 9, 2017 at 12:00 pm | Silver Spring, MD

For 30-plus years, Charlie Koiner and his daughter, Lynn, have grown over 20 types of produce in a one-acre plot behind the house that the Koiner family has owned since the 1930s.

Upcoming Events, Aug. 9-16

Mike Diegel | Aug 27, 2020Aug 9, 2017 at 10:20 am | Silver Spring, MD

Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, August 9 Summer Drum Circles at the Gazebo, 7035 Carroll Ave., 7-9 p.m. Thursday, August 10 Carpe Diem Contra Dance, Great Hall, Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Place, free to first-timers, others $5-10, 7-10 p.m. Alphabet Rockers Family Concert, Community Center Auditorium, 7500 Maple Ave., 7 p.m. Flower-Branch Tenant’s Association Memorial Vigil, 8658 Piney … Read More

#SourceSunsets: Silver Spring Library

Source of the Spring Staff | Nov 2, 2024Aug 7, 2017 at 8:13 pm | Silver Spring, MD

Silver Spring Library in Downtown Silver Spring. Photo by Jim Williams.

Complaints Monday: Monsoon Edition

Source of the Spring Staff | Sep 4, 2020Aug 7, 2017 at 5:00 pm | Silver Spring, MD, Takoma Park, MD

Happy (rainy) Monday! We’re under a Flash Flood Watch until 10pm this evening. With that, what’s on your mind? Let us know what complaints, annoyances, or other thoughts/questions that you may have. Please keep it civil.