Fire and Rescue Service Awarded Federal Grants for Hiring, Training
The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service will be able to hire 10 new firefighters following the award of a grant for $1,452,842 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
WSSC water main excavation on Colesville to begin Monday
WSSC water main project map WSSC has finished marking underground utilities and will begin excavating Colesville Road to replace water mains on Monday, Sept. 18, weather permitting. The project will start near the intersection with Georgia Avenue and move north toward the Beltway as work progresses, the utility said in a press release. Drivers can expect to find one- and … Read More
Silver Spring Stage Celebrating 50th Season of Community Theater
The first full-length play celebrating Silver Spring Stage’s 50th season offering community theater, Ira Levin’s “Deathtrap,” opens Friday in the theater’s Woodmoor Shopping Center location.
Gandhi Brigade, libraries to offer teens video production classes
Registration is underway for free 12-week video production classes for high school students that will begin next week.
Community Kitchen to Give Small Entrepreneurs a Boost
The Takoma Park Silver Spring Community Kitchen will hold its grand opening this weekend, bringing a new production facility to local, small-scale food entrepreneurs.
8th Grader from Takoma Park Middle School reported missing (UPDATE: Found Safe & Unharmed)
An 8th Grade student from Takoma Park Middle School has been reported missing by his family.
Upcoming Events, Sept. 13-21
Illustration from FiveStone Church Thursday, September 14 Silver Spring Transportation Management District Advisory Committee meeting, Discovery Communications, 8 a.m. Carpe Diem! Second Thursday Contra Dance, Silver Spring Civic Center, free to first timers, others $5-$10, 7-10 p.m. Friday, September 15 PARKing Day, Wayne Avenue, Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street in downtown Silver Spring, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Health and Wellness Expo … Read More
Council to hold hearing tonight on short-term rentals
Graphic from Wikimedia Commons. The County Council will hold a public hearing tonight on changes to the zoning code affecting short-term rentals under services such as Airbnb, Home Away and others. The hearing on Zoning Text Amendment 17-03, Accessory Residential Uses–Short-term Rentals, will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Seventh Floor Council Hearing Room of the Council Office Building at … Read More
Fenton Street Market returns to Silver Spring
The Fenton Street Market returned in a new location on Ellsworth Drive in downtown Silver Spring yesterday, eight years after its inception as a craft, cultural and community marketplace. Here is a gallery of photos from yesterday’s event.