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Dangerous Wind Storm Whips Silver Spring

Source of the Spring Staff | Jun 4, 2025Mar 2, 2018 at 9:59 am | Silver Spring, MD

A high-impact storm is moving through the area through Saturday, leaving downed trees, power lines and numerous cancellations in its wake.

County holds public hearing on Purple Line parking restrictions proposal

Mike Diegel | Aug 27, 2024Mar 1, 2018 at 10:40 am | Montgomery County, MD

County to offer physical parking permits to residents

If approved, signs like this one may appear in neighborhoods near Purple Line stations. Photo by Mike Diegel. The county’s Department of Transportation held a hearing last night on a proposal to create 12 new Residential Permit Parking Areas in East Silver Spring. The permit parking program began in 1974 as a way to help reduce the impact of parking … Read More

Local students stage walkout, march to Washington for gun control

Mike Diegel | Jun 10, 2025Feb 22, 2018 at 9:00 am | Montgomery County, MD

Students head down Colesville Road for a march on Washginton. Several hundred Montgomery Blair High School students joined others from the area yesterday to march on Washington to demand new gun controls in the aftermath of the high school killings last week in Parkland, Fla. The students began gathering at 9:30 a.m. and walked down Colesville Road accompanied by a … Read More

Purple Line work to affect traffic on Wayne Avenue next week

Mike Diegel | Jan 13, 2025Jan 16, 2018 at 2:39 pm | Silver Spring, MD

Purple Line work will cause lane closures next week on Wayne Avenue at Manchester Station near Plymouth Street.

Appeals court overturns decision, Purple Line construction can continue

Mike Diegel | May 8, 2025Dec 19, 2017 at 4:01 pm | Montgomery County, MD

Construction on the Purple Line can continue uninterrupted following a court ruling today by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Road closures starting for Purple Line construction

Mike Diegel | Feb 18, 2025Nov 3, 2017 at 10:17 am | Silver Spring, MD, Takoma Park, MD

Preparation for the heavy construction needed for the Purple Line has begun and residents in the local area should begin planning for road closures.

Update on Spring Center Businesses

Mike Diegel | Dec 19, 2024Nov 2, 2017 at 3:00 pm | Silver Spring, MD

Almost all of the businesses in Spring Center in the 8600 block of 16th Street are now closed or relocated in anticipation of Purple Line construction.

Readers, Friends Celebrate at Source Anniversary Party

Mike Diegel | Feb 1, 2025Oct 27, 2017 at 1:45 pm | Montgomery County, MD

Council member Tom Hucker (right) presents a certificate of appreciation to Source cofounders Mike Mowery and Mike Diegel. Photo by Trish Rimo. About 40 readers and friends joined the Source of the Spring staff at All Set Restaurant & Bar last night for a party celebrating the one-year anniversary of the online publication. During the event, Councilmember Tom Hucker (D-District … Read More

Residents’ concerns about radio frequency emissions dominate meeting

Mike Diegel | Apr 19, 2025Oct 25, 2017 at 1:00 pm | Montgomery County, MD

Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Questions concerning the exposure residents would get from radio frequency emissions dominated a community meeting on small cell antennas held this week. County Executive Ike Leggett scheduled the meeting to get public input on a draft zoning text amendment to regulate the deployment of small cell antennas for wireless service in the county before sending legislation … Read More

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 | Apr 10, 2025Oct 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 | Jun 4, 2025Oct 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.