Business stories once again dominated the top 10 list of most-read stories published by the Source of the Spring during 2019. Six of the ten included news about businesses opening, while others looked at closings and other changes.
Don’t have plans for New Year’s Eve yet? Here’s a sampling of special events set for tomorrow night at various venues around town.
New Year’s celebrations are featured this week, along with an Oreo tasting contest at the Silver Spring Library and a Muppet movie showing at Long Branch Library leading up to the big night.
The county has released its schedule of closings for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. All county offices will be closed on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. State offices also will be closed on those two days; in addition, the governor declared Dec. 24 would be a holiday for state workers.
This weekend, leading into the holidays, features parties and live music including songs of the season and a community sing (both on Saturday) in Takoma Park, along with bands at the Takoma Park VFW and Silver Strings, a new restaurant/bar in downtown Silver Spring. And next Friday is the D.C. Blues Society’s monthly happy hour at the American Legion.
One of Silver Spring’s major downtown office tenants will remain in its Georgia Avenue location despite being purchased earlier this year. Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. has renewed and extended its long-term lease at Washington Property Company’s Silver Spring Plaza building, according to an announcement by WPC.
A group of local residents has opened Fullfillery, a store in Takoma Park catering to those who are interested in the concept of sustainable shopping. “We each had an idea that we wanted bulk sustainable shopping available,” said Lauren Chitwood Schauf, a Woodside Forest resident who manages the store. “It’s popping up in England, it’s popping up in New York, it’s popping up in California, but it was very conspicuously absent from D.C.”
Mandalay Restaurant and Café will move from its Bonifant Street location to Georgia Avenue in Washington, D.C., according to an announcement on the outlet’s Facebook page. The family-owned restaurant specializes in Burmese cuisine and has operated in Silver Spring since 2005 after moving from College Park.
A Washington D.C.-based yoga provider has opened a new studio in downtown Silver Spring. Yoga Heights took over the space in Suite 320 of 1111 Spring St. formerly occupied by Sky House Yoga and opened Dec. 1, said owner and founder Jess Pierno.