A Wider Circle Inspires Brazilian Youth to Join Anti-Poverty Movement
A Wider Circle is poised to widen its own circle—this time to include Brazil.
Dangerous Wind Storm Whips Silver Spring
A high-impact storm is moving through the area through Saturday, leaving downed trees, power lines and numerous cancellations in its wake.
County holds public hearing on Purple Line parking restrictions proposal
If approved, signs like this one may appear in neighborhoods near Purple Line stations. Photo by Mike Diegel. The county’s Department of Transportation held a hearing last night on a proposal to create 12 new Residential Permit Parking Areas in East Silver Spring. The permit parking program began in 1974 as a way to help reduce the impact of parking … Read More
County Dedicates Silver Spring Hall to Honor Buffalo Soldiers
Montgomery County officials dedicated The Buffalo Soldiers Great Hall in the Silver Spring Civic Building last night.
Upcoming Events, Feb. 28-March 8
Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, February 28 Third Session of Winter Speaker Series: Place Making as a Tool of Economic Development, Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning headquarters, 8787 Georgia Ave., 6-7:30 p.m. Hearing, Residential Permit Parking, Purple Line Parking Impact Areas, Silver Spring Civic Building, 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1 Latino Resource Fair, Silver Spring Civic Building, 6:30 p.m. Sundown … Read More
In Search of the Lost Souls of “Silver Spring:” Coachman William Henry Lemon (ca. 1806/16 -1893)
Between 1850 and 1860, Francis Preston Blair, Sr. (1791-1876), advisor to U.S. presidents from Andrew Jackson to Ulysses S. Grant, enslaved up to 20 human beings at his Montgomery County home, “Silver Spring.”
Proposal for Child Development Center Chosen for Library Site
The county has chosen The Martha B. Gudelsky Child Development Center Inc. to redevelop the site of the former Silver Spring Library on Colesville Road, according to a Feb. 23 letter from David Dise, the county director of general services, shared with the Source.
Takoma Vegan Restaurant up for Sale
Vegaritos Restaurant, a vegan/vegetarian Mexican restaurant located near the Takoma Metro Station, is for sale, according to an announcement on the Main Street Takoma Facebook page.
All Set Restaurant to Offer Pop-up Dinner Series Benefit Next Week
All Set Restaurant & Bar will welcome a friend of Edward Reavis, co-owner and chef, next week for a pop-up dinner series and benefit.
Gas Station Closes to Prepare for Hotel Construction
The gas station at the corner of Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road closed last week in preparation for construction of a new Residence Inn.
CREATE Arts moving to Silver Spring Avenue
CREATE Arts Center is leaving its current home on Thayer Avenue and moving a few blocks away to the Atrium Building at 914 Silver Spring Ave.
Local students stage walkout, march to Washington for gun control
Students head down Colesville Road for a march on Washginton. Several hundred Montgomery Blair High School students joined others from the area yesterday to march on Washington to demand new gun controls in the aftermath of the high school killings last week in Parkland, Fla. The students began gathering at 9:30 a.m. and walked down Colesville Road accompanied by a … Read More