Nonprofits Groups Joining Forces for Casseroles for a Cause
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.
Second Medical Marijuana Dispensary Planned Near Transit Center
Silver Spring will get a second medical marijuana dispensary when HerbaFi Wellness opens at 8413 Ramsey Ave. across from the transit center.
Council to hold hearing on funding to address gang suppression
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 Celebrates 1 Year
Source of the Spring is turning 1 year old, and it’s time to celebrate!
Spring Center Businesses Closing for Purple Line; Post Office, Others Stay Open for Now
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.
Public Comments Due Soon on Proposed Regulation of Vacant Properties
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
Upcoming Events, Sept. 28-Oct. 4
Illustration from FiveStone Church Thursday, September 28 Silver Spring Timebank new member orientation, Catylator Makerspace, 8121 Georgia Ave., Suite LL1, 7-8:30 p.m. Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Transportation Safety Advisory Committee meeting, Silver Spring Civic Building, 7 p.m. Friday, September 29 Improv Comedy Night, The Highwood Theatre, 914 Silver Spring Ave., $11, 8-9:30 p.m. Saturday, September 30 Sligo Creek Sweep with Friends of … Read More
Bonjour Waffles back in business in Downtown Silver Spring
After being out of commission for nearly a month due to truck repairs, Bonjour Waffles has reopened at the Gulf gas station at 8600 Georgia Avenue.
Council to hold hearing tonight on raising minimum wage
There is a national effort to raise federal, state and local minimum wages. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The County Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a bill that would raise the local minimum wage to $15 per hour for private-sector employers “over a period of years,” according to a press release. Current law, passed in 2013, sets the … Read More