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Silver Spring ice skating rink now open

Mike Diegel | Nov 25, 2024Oct 17, 2017 at 3:28 pm | Silver Spring, MD

The Silver Spring ice skating rink at Veterans’ Plaza is now open for the season.

First Planning Meeting for Updating Forest Glen and Montgomery Hills Set

Mike Diegel | Dec 23, 2024Oct 17, 2017 at 10:33 am | Montgomery County, MD

Montgomery County Planning Department photo. The county’s Planning Department will hold the first public meeting to discuss updating plans for Forest Glen and Montgomery Hills tonight at Park and Planning headquarters, 8787 Georgia Ave. The department will start the process with a traffic study along Georgia Avenue from 16th Street to the Forest Glen Metro station, according to a press … Read More

Bus Rapid Transit station design report released

Mike Diegel | Dec 23, 2024Oct 16, 2017 at 11:33 am | Montgomery County, MD

Graphic from Bus Rapid Transit Station Design Prototype Report. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation has released a Bus Rapid Transit Station Design Prototype Report to illustrate what BRT stations could look like along various parts of the proposed routes. The BRT system is designed to provide large buses running in dedicated lanes with green light priority and fewer stops … Read More

Group Raising Funds to Continue Legal Fight Against Purple Line

Mike Diegel | Aug 27, 2024Oct 13, 2017 at 11:15 am | Montgomery County, MD

Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail is circulating an email in an attempt to raise funds for legal fees to continue its opposition to the Purple Line construction.

2017 Reader Survey

Source of the Spring Staff | Sep 4, 2020Oct 12, 2017 at 9:45 pm | Silver Spring, MD, Takoma Park, MD

We’re nearing the end of 2017, and Source of the Spring is 1 Year Old, which means it’s time for our Annual Reader Survey.

8407 to close, new restaurant group to take over

Mike Diegel | Aug 27, 2020Oct 12, 2017 at 10:20 am | Silver Spring, MD

8407 Kitchen Bar on Ramsey Avenue will close in two weeks, according to information provided by two sources.

Council approves measures to regulate short-term rentals

Mike Diegel | Aug 27, 2020Oct 12, 2017 at 9:58 am | Montgomery County, MD

Graphic from Wikimedia Commons. Short-term rentals including bed and breakfast uses will be licensed and regulated under the terms of two unanimous actions taken by the County Council this week. Zoning Text Amendment 17-03, Accessory Residential Uses–Short-term Rentals, will permit short-term rentals in most residential and mixed-use zones under services such as Airbnb, Home Away and others. under these conditions: … Read More

Gandhi Brigade to Premiere Documentary on Immigration Reform Tonight

Mike Diegel | Oct 9, 2024Oct 11, 2017 at 2:13 pm | Silver Spring, MD

Gandhi Brigade Youth Media will premiere its documentary on immigration reform in a joint presentation tonight with Montgomery College.

Upcoming Events, Oct. 11-19

Mike Diegel | Aug 30, 2023Oct 11, 2017 at 9:00 am | Silver Spring, MD

Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, October 11 “Crime Prevention Basics” seminar, 3rd Police Precinct, 1002 Milestone Dr., 7 p.m. Immigration Reform: Gandhi Brigade Documentary Premiere and Community Conversation, Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College, 7995 Georgia Ave., 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 12 Silver Spring Transportation Management District Advisory Committee monthly meeting, Discovery Communications, 8 a.m. “The Old Man and the Sea,” afternoon book … Read More