Proposed regulations would help deal with properties like this one, long abandoned on Silver Spring Avenue before demolition. Photo by Mike Mowery. Public comments are due in three days for the Department of Housing and Community Affairs draft regulations to better address unmaintained vacant properties in the county. The proposed regulations follow the passage of a bill enacted in May … Read More
Illustration from FiveStone Church Thursday, September 28 Silver Spring Timebank new member orientation, Catylator Makerspace, 8121 Georgia Ave., Suite LL1, 7-8:30 p.m. Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Transportation Safety Advisory Committee meeting, Silver Spring Civic Building, 7 p.m. Friday, September 29 Improv Comedy Night, The Highwood Theatre, 914 Silver Spring Ave., $11, 8-9:30 p.m. Saturday, September 30 Sligo Creek Sweep with Friends of … Read More
After being out of commission for nearly a month due to truck repairs, Bonjour Waffles has reopened at the Gulf gas station at 8600 Georgia Avenue.
There is a national effort to raise federal, state and local minimum wages. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The County Council will hold a public hearing tonight on a bill that would raise the local minimum wage to $15 per hour for private-sector employers “over a period of years,” according to a press release. Current law, passed in 2013, sets the … Read More
While construction continues on United Therapeutics’ new office building at Colesville Road and Spring Street, it’s not the reason for the recent traffic disruptions on Colesville, as the Source and others mistakenly assumed.
Silver Spring could have at least one medical marijuana dispensary open before Thanksgiving.
The completion of a project to create separated bike lanes on Spring and Cedar streets is at hand as the Planning Department continues to work on an updated bicycle master plan.
Anyone who hasn’t heard the story of how Silver Spring got its name can learn that and much more about local history Sunday at a free screening of “Silver Spring: Story of an American Suburb.”
Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, September 20 Virtual Town Hall with County Executive Ike Leggett, 1-2 p.m. Silver Spring Arts & Entertainment Advisory Committee meeting, Silver Spring Civic Building, 4 p.m. Thursday, September 21 Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee meeting, 8110 Georgia Ave., 3rd Floor, 3:30 p.m. Washington Revels-Carpe Diem Community Sing, Bennington Drive Park, 599 Bennington Dr., 6:30-8:30 … Read More