The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) has initiated a Multi Modal Shared Streets pilot project, to be implemented on MD 193 (University Blvd.) between Amherst Avenue and Arcola Avenue in Wheaton, Montgomery County.
This project will temporarily repurpose travel lanes to enhance safety and mobility for all roadway users.
Updated on 1/31 with information on the restaurant’s ABS hearing
Willie T’s Seafood Shack and BRB (be right burger) are both moving in to 9326 Georgia Avenue (joint restaurant), between Islands Tropical Ice Cream and Goldberg’s New York Bagels, in the location that was formerly home to Andy’s Restaurant (h/t @SilverSpringEats).
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Monday, November 29, 2021
Update: Joseph Efrain Salazar has been located safe and unharmed.
Per MCPD:
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 26, 2021
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Update: As of Monday, December 6, this location has closed.
CVS at 12209 Veirs Mill Rd, located in the same shopping center as Korean Korner and Unique Thrift, is closing. A sign on the front door lets customers know that prescriptions sent to this pharmacy will now be filled at the CVS at 11190 Viers Mill Road in Wheaton.
Montgomery County Police Officers responded to reports of a large car meet-up Saturday night at a parking lot on Cherry Hill Rd in Silver Spring which involved more than 100 vehicles, according to the MCPD. After the meet was broken up by police, the drivers descended to Downtown Silver Spring where Fenton Street and Ellsworth Plaza were temporarily shut down by drivers doing donuts and setting off fireworks.
Some drivers were cited by police but no arrests were made following the incident.
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Monday, November 22, 2021
Per the City of Takoma Park:
The City of Takoma Park has been recognized by Carbon Disclosure Project(CDP) as one of the top 95 cities out of 1,100 cities across the globe, taking bold leadership on environmental action and transparency, despite the continued pressures of tackling the coronavirus pandemic on local and national economies and societies.
A woman and her boyfriend brutally killed her husband of 50 years in Takoma Park, MD in 2014. They were both convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2017, but the boyfriend’s conviction was reversed on appeal.
The State retried his case and on Thursday night– in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD, before the honorable Judge David Boynton, a jury found Hussain Ali Zadeh guilty of second-degree murder for the death of Cecil Brown.