Montgomery County will be the first suburban jurisdiction in the country to offer residents dockless bike sharing under a new agreement with Mobike, the largest such company in the world. County Executive Ike Leggett (D) said the agreement would be a pilot project that would bring 400-500 bikes to Silver Spring for riders to test the concept. The trial is … Read More
Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, October 4 Walk to School Day National Coffee with a Cop Day, Kaldi’s Social House, 918 Silver Spring Ave., 7-10 a.m. Homelessness in Long Branch, Long Branch Business Association, El Golfo Restaurant, 8739 Flower Ave., 10 a.m. Rummikub Tournament, Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Rd., 1-4 p.m. Reform on Tap Town Hall with … Read More
Have overdue library books? Reduce those fines by doing a good deed.
Five local nonprofit groups are teaming up this week to fill freezers with freshly cooked food for hungry and food-insecure populations in a project called Casseroles for a Cause.
Silver Spring will get a second medical marijuana dispensary when HerbaFi Wellness opens at 8413 Ramsey Ave. across from the transit center.
Image from Wikimedia Commons The County Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Oct. 3 to consider supplemental funding for gang suppression activity. The supplemental appropriation to the FY 2018 budget would grant $596,920 to the Montgomery County Police Department and $246,773 to the States Attorney’s office. In a July briefing before the council’s Public Safety Committee, the council staff … Read More
Source of the Spring is turning 1 year old, and it’s time to celebrate!
Spring Center businesses in the 8600 block of 16th Street are shutting down, anticipating the center’s demolition for Purple Line construction that eventually will result in the Woodside station at that location.
Proposed regulations would help deal with properties like this one, long abandoned on Silver Spring Avenue before demolition. Photo by Mike Mowery. Public comments are due in three days for the Department of Housing and Community Affairs draft regulations to better address unmaintained vacant properties in the county. The proposed regulations follow the passage of a bill enacted in May … Read More