County library system holds first comic convention
A steady stream of children, teens and adults visited the Silver Spring Library last Saturday afternoon as the county’s library system hosted its first comic convention, MoComCon.
A steady stream of children, teens and adults visited the Silver Spring Library last Saturday afternoon as the county’s library system hosted its first comic convention, MoComCon.
The organizers of Leo’s Run are looking for volunteers to help with the charitable event set for Feb. 5.
The county is planning to build a recreation and aquatic center in downtown Silver Spring. Photo of the Olney Swim Center from Wikimedia Commons. Several Silver Spring projects are included in the FY2018 capital budget and amendments to the six-year FY2017-2022 Capital Improvements Program released this week by County Executive Isiah Leggett. Highlighting the budget release is $55.3 million to … Read More
Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, Jan. 18 “What Kind of World Do We Want?” conversation with David Grinspoon, author, Earth in Human Hands, Silver Spring Library, 900 Wayne Ave. 3rd Floor, 7-8:30 p.m. Safe Silver Spring Annual Legislative Forum, Great Hall, Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veteran’s Plaza, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 Montgomery Planning Board Meeting, 8787 Georgia Ave., … Read More
The Silver Spring Civic Building and other county offices will be open Inauguration Day. Photo from Christopher Consultants Ltd. Unlike at least two other jurisdictions in the area and the federal government, Montgomery County’s government offices will be open on Inauguration Day Jan. 20. The county schools and the school system’s administrative offices will be closed, however. The county’s park … Read More
A host of characters are expected to take over the Silver Spring Library Jan. 21 when the county’s library system hosts its first comic convention, MoComCon.
Illustration from FiveStone Church Wednesday, Jan. 11 The ABCs of Staying Safe Online and on the Telephone, Fenton Room, Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veteran’s Plaza, 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 Silver Spring Transportation Management District Advisory Committee meeting, Discovery Communications, 1 Discovery Place, 8 a.m., RSVP required “Post Memory: Photographs of a Certain Place and Time” Opening Reception, Betty … Read More
Jheanelle Wilkins, a member of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, was chosen by that group on the third ballot last night as the nominee to fill the vacant delegate seat in District 20.
The Silver Spring Timebank is sponsoring a skills share event Jan. 8 from 2-5 p.m. in the Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veteran’s Plaza.