Holiday tree lighting kicks off season downtown

Mike Diegel | Aug 28, 2020Nov 13, 2017 at 2:19 pm | Silver Spring, MD

Downtown Silver Spring launched its annual Re-imagining the Holidays event Saturday with the lighting of this year’s holiday installation, the Good Energy Tree.

Complaints Monday: Seoul Food on the Move

Source of the Spring Staff | Sep 4, 2020Nov 13, 2017 at 10:35 am | Silver Spring, MD, Takoma Park, MD

Happy Monday! Last week we reported that Seoul Food is relocating to Takoma Park. What restaurants do you wish we still had in Silver Spring? (Personally, I’d love Adega & Quarry House back.)

#SourceSaturday: Recommend Your Favorite Local Businesses

Source of the Spring Staff | Dec 22, 2024Nov 11, 2017 at 8:00 am | Silver Spring, MD, Takoma Park, MD

#SourceSaturday: Small Business Saturday

It’s #SourceSaturday, which is our weekly reminder to shop our local businesses here in the area.

Compliments Friday: Getting Crafty

Source of the Spring Staff | Sep 4, 2020Nov 10, 2017 at 3:26 pm | Silver Spring, MD, Takoma Park, MD

Happy Friday! Many craft fairs are going on in the area this weekend, including Fenton Street Market and Crafty Bastards.

ALDI Grand Opening Scheduled for End of the Month

Mike Diegel | Jul 26, 2023Nov 10, 2017 at 1:30 pm | Silver Spring, MD

ALDI will hold the grand opening of its store at 9440 Georgia Ave. on Thursday, Nov. 30.

Vacant office building to be converted to apartments, new construction to be added

Mike Diegel | Aug 28, 2020Nov 10, 2017 at 10:31 am | Silver Spring, MD

A long-vacant office building will be converted to apartments and new construction will add more units on the property bounded by Gist Avenue, Sligo Avenue and Fenton Street.

Source Neighborhoods: Woodside Park

Mike Diegel | Aug 28, 2020Nov 9, 2017 at 2:30 pm | Silver Spring, MD

“The streets are wide and houses are set back far away from the street, so you feel like being in a park rather than a residential area,” said Gayane Markaryan, who moved to close-in Woodside Park just a few short years ago.

Seoul Food D.C. restaurant moving to Takoma Park

Mike Diegel | Nov 11, 2024Nov 9, 2017 at 9:54 am | Takoma Park, MD

Seoul Food D.C. will move to 7302 Carroll Ave. in Takoma Park, the former location of MAD Fitness, according to an announcement from the Old Takoma Business Association.

County Council Votes to Approve $15 per Hour Minimum Wage

Mike Diegel | Sep 17, 2024Nov 8, 2017 at 2:00 pm | Montgomery County, MD

The County Council voted unanimously to require all county employers to pay employees a minimum wage of $15 an hour by July 1, 2024. In addition, the bill requires that the minimum wage be adjusted annually for inflation according to the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers, starting July 1, 2022. The county is one of … Read More