Popeyes is now hiring for its upcoming location at 8401 Georgia Ave. in downtown Silver Spring, according to signage posted at the storefront. Construction has been underway for several months to convert the space formerly occupied by Bombay Gaylord, but they are looking to wrap up construction and be open within the next two weeks, an on-site worker said today.
Bandoola Bowl, a quick-service concept from the family behind Mandalay Restaurant and Café, will open a second location at Western Market, a new food hall in D.C.’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood.
The Silver Spring Arts & Crafts Fall Fair is returning to downtown Silver Spring this weekend, after being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The county’s Department of Transportation will commemorate the first anniversary of its Flash Bus Rapid Transit service today with special greetings of riders at several Flash stations.
Silver Spring’s Rohobot Ethiopian Restaurant — originally featured last March by Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema as one of his 8 Favorite Places to Eat Right Now, has been featured once again — this time in the Post’s 2021 Fall Dining Guide.
IMPACT Silver Spring Executive Director Jayne Park will be stepping down from her role effective December 31, according to an email received by the Source. Ms. Park is leaving the organization to “move forward towards new horizons and opportunities,” according to the announcement.
Detectives from the county’s police department are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a Silver Spring woman who has been missing since Friday afternoon. Mingling Chen, age 78, was last seen leaving the 1500 block of Forest Glen Road on the afternoon of Friday, October 8, and may be in the Rockville area, trying to get into D.C.
The county will add new COVID-19 vaccination sites to those it already operates in anticipation of increased demand for booster shots. One of the new sites will be located in the Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Plaza, as of Monday, Oct. 11.
Montgomery County Police yesterday arrested a 19-year-old male from Southeast D.C. following multiple vehicle collisions and a pursuit involving a food delivery driver’s vehicle that was stolen.