A Montgomery County Police Officer was struck this morning around 10:55am on Norwood Rd in front of Blake High School in Colesville/Silver Spring. The Community Engagement Officer was on foot for a detail at the school’s graduation, according to our traffic and public safety reporter Cordell Pugh. The officer suffered non life-threating injuries and was transported to a trauma center as a precaution.
We will post more information as it becomes available.
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Hunan Manor, located at 11237 New Hampshire Avenue, will close permanently.
The restaurant has been in the White Oak shopping center for the last twenty years (by current ownership) and will close at the end of business tomorrow (Sunday, February 21st).
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 14, 2022
Gaithersburg, MD – A 59-year-old woman is dead after being intentionally struck by a vehicle in a Silver Spring bank parking lot.
There will be a floating pumpkin patch event this Saturday at the Martin Luther King, Jr Indoor Swim Center at 1201 Jackson Rd in Colesville. Tickets can be purchased here.
Per Montgomery Rec:
Signage has been installed at 24B Vital Way in Silver Spring (Colesville) for carry out / delivery only restaurant Sweet Block. Sweet Block will offer tropical desserts along with traditional treats only found in the streets of various Latin countries.
The owners tell us that they are looking to open this fall and that the one stop dessert shop will feature Latin food, art, and culture from various countries such as Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Peru.
Fryer‘s Roadside at 12830 New Hampshire Ave (former location of Chopaan Kabob House) in the Meadowood Shopping Center is now open. The restaurant offers farm-fresh fried chicken, hand-cut fries, coleslaw, fried rice, soft-serve ice cream, and snowballs.
We spoke with owner Steve Englehardt back in the spring and he told us their sauces will all be made in-house and will feature mumbo sauce, a Memphis style hot sauce, and habanero sauce with the habanero and jalapeño peppers grown in the garden behind the restaurant.All of their rolls come from nearby, and locally legendary, Woodmoor Bakery. Hours of operation will be 11am-9pm daily. The menu can be seen below:
The National Capital Trolley Museum, on Bonifant Road in Colesville, has reopened for Saturday visits.
They will be open on Saturdays only until further notice. Saturdays the Museum is open from 12PM to 5PM. Saturday afternoons, the Museum hosts hourly guided tours and rides on the Museum’s fleet of historic streetcars.
Fryer‘s Roadside has taken over the old Chopaan Kabob House location in the Meadowood Shopping Center on New Hampshire Ave (the same strip as Dominic’s). The restaurant will offer farm-fresh fried chicken, hand-cut fries, coleslaw, fried rice, soft-serve ice cream, and snowballs.
Their sauces will all be made in-house and will feature mumbo sauce, a Memphis style hot sauce, and habanero sauce with the habanero and jalapeño peppers grown in the garden behind the restaurant. All of their rolls will come from nearby, and locally legendary, Woodmoor Bakery.
Black Lives Matter Banner Vandalized Again
This morning a reader sent us a photo they took of the Black Lives Matter banner in front of Colesville Presbyterian Church that was vandalized sometime over the weekend.