Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, June 20 Book Discussion, “Noah’s Compass” by Anne Tyler, Long Branch Library, 8800 Garland Ave., 2 p.m. Thursday, June 21 Carpe Diem Arts-Washington Revels Family & Community Sing, Bennington Drive Park, 599 Bennington Dr., $5, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Read it and See it Summer Movie Night: Meet the Robinsons, Silver Spring Library, 900 Waynve Ave., 6:30 … Read More
About 50 community activists and neighbors of Robert Lawrence White came to the quarterly meeting of Safe Silver Spring to express frustration about the many unanswered questions surrounding White’s slaying last Monday [June 11] by a Montgomery County police officer.
The Silver Spring Civic Building is one of 11 early voting centers in the county. Photo by Mike Diegel. There are four more days left in the early voting period for the June 2018 primary. Eleven early voting centers in the county are open from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. from now through Thursday, June 21. The most convenient center for Silver … Read More
The Lyttonsville Place bridge between Brookville and Lyttonsville roads will be closed on Monday, June 18 for a six-month bridge replacement project, according to the Purple Line website.
Schematic of current park from Montgomery Parks presentation.* About 30 people attended a meeting Tuesday to review the latest options for a $1.5 million project to improve the Silver Spring Intermediate Neighborhood Park. The 3.6-acre park is on the site of the former Silver Spring Intermediate School. It is still owned by the school system, but is managed by Montgomery … Read More
Silver Spring has long attracted shoppers with a variety of retail. In the 1920s, its first commercial boom brought more than 60 stores to Georgia Avenue.
Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, June 13 Talk and Potluck Picnic, Koiner Farm, 737 Easley St., 2-4 p.m. A Celebration of Coral Reefs–International Year of the Reef 2018 Science Café, Bump n’ Grind, 1200 East West Highway, 5-7 p.m. Summer Drum Circles, Gazebo, 7035 Carroll Ave., donations requested, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, June 14 Silver Spring Transportation Management District Advisory Committee … Read More
The Board of Appeals is headquartered in the Stella B. Werner Council Office Building in Rockville. Montgomery County photo. The County Council has announced it is looking for applicants to fill a four-year term on the county’s Board of Appeals. Members are expected to hear and decide on requests for variances from development standards contained in the zoning ordinance; hear … Read More
Screen shot of Chief Thomas Manger addressing the press from pscp.tv. An apparently unarmed African-American man was shot and killed by a Montgomery County police officer yesterday afternoon, according to the department. About 2:15 p.m., an officer from the 3rd District encountered the man in the area of 9233 Three Oaks Dr., near Sligo Creek Parkway, Chief Thomas Manger told … Read More