Illustration from Public Domain Pictures. The county has announced its holiday schedule for Labor Day on Monday. All county office will be closed on Labor Day, as will state offices, courts, schools and the school system’s administrative offices. Libraries will be closed on both Sunday and Monday. There will be no trash or recycling pickup Monday. All pickups will be … Read More
The Sherwin-Williams Paint Store is now open at 8230 Georgia Ave. after moving from its previous location on Piney Branch Road.
About three dozen restaurants are expected to participate in the third annual Silver Spring-Takoma Park Restaurant Week Sept. 5-10.
A Patient First urgent care center will open at 8206 Georgia Ave., replacing a Mattress Warehouse store.
The Purple Line Transit Partners announced that the Georgetown Branch Interim Trail would be closed for four to five years beginning Tuesday, Sept. 5.
The Montgomery County Police Department release surveillance photos of two suspects in an armed robbery and is asking the public’s help to identify them.
Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, August 30 Immunization clinic for Tdap and or MCV, Silver Spring Health Center, 8630 Fenton St., 10th Floor, Free, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, August 31 Family Moving Field Guide Through Takoma Park, Dance Exchange, 7117 Maple Ave. 6-8 p.m. “Open Space: A Prayer Service for Justice and Peace,” Silver Spring United Methodist Church, 8900 Georgia … Read More
Photo from theodysseyonline.com. A number of government agencies, businesses and community organizations have joined together to collect school supplies for county school children and are accepting donations this week. The organizations are looking for contributions of backpacks along with wide-ruled paper; pens; pencils; sharpeners; glue sticks; colored pencils; folders; rulers; highlighters; three-ring binders; index cards; pencil pouches; erasers; plain colored plastic … Read More
Changes coming to residential parking permit system. Photo by Mike Diegel. County residents whose neighborhoods opted into the permit parking system will once again be able to get physical parking permits for registered vehicles. The permit program, which is more than 40 years old, was created to reduce the effects on neighborhood streets from some public facilities, land uses and … Read More