DNA evidence from a sock has led to the arrest by county police of a suspect in a 2003 home invasion robbery in Silver Spring. Officers with the Major Crimes Division arrested and charged Stacy Howard Moore, age 48, of the 3400 block of 55th Avenue in Hyattsville in connection with the incident, which occurred on January 22, 2003 in an apartment in the 9100 block of Piney Branch Road.
Researchers at Silver Spring-based Walter Reed Army Institute of Research off of Brookville Road have begun a Phase 1 clinical trial of a new type of COVID-19 Vaccine, and area residents can help.
Blumen Lumen, the kinetic art installation at the corner of Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road, is now fully operational and the site is open to the public. The installation from the Foldhaus art collective is a 25-foot tall group of “flowers” that changes colors and opens and closes based on weather information from the National Weather Service, which is connected to the art’s controlling software.
Urban One’s proposal for a casino/resort in Richmond, Va. Is one of two finalists an evaluation panel is still considering, according to a report in the Washington Business Journal. The Silver Spring-based company announced its plans in February and was one of six original bidders on an economic development project.
The reopening of Kaldi’s Social House appears to have been pushed to April 30, according to a revised post on their social media profiles.
Firepan Korean BBQ will be opening in downtown Silver Spring, according to a report from The MoCo Show.
Kaldi’s Social House has been featured in Sprudge, an international publication that covers the coffee industry.
Taste of Home Magazine’s “Best Deli in Maryland” winner Polka Deli is featured in the latest episode of the ‘Made In Montgomery’ series from the County Council and County Cable Montgomery.
Eater D.C. has featured Port-au-Prince Haitian Cuisine in Silver Spring and Cielo Rojo in Takoma Park in its list of 20 Highly Recommended Patios for Outdoor Dining Around D.C.