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Additional Details on This Year’s Pride in the Plaza in Silver Spring

Published May 11, 2022 at 12:14PM

Pride in the Plaza will feature food, music, an LGBTQ+ focused resource and vendor fair, bilingual Drag Queen Story Hour, and the championship finale of Live in Your Truth Program’s Drag Duels series. The day will conclude with the second annual Pride in the Plaza Mini-Ball, a free voguing competition with cash prizes, starting at 5 p.m., in partnership with Capitol Ballroom Council. Local businesses that want to support Pride in the Plaza can visit PrideInThePlaza.com/partners-in-pride.

Pride in the Plaza will showcase a diverse cross-section of local nonprofit organizations, LGBTQ+ owned businesses, artists, and networks tabling to share information about their services for Montgomery County’s LGBTQ+ communities. HIV and other health screenings will be provided free of charge, in honor of National HIV Testing Day (June 27).

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Detectives Ask for Assistance in Locating Missing 16-Year-Old

By Patrick Herron

Published May 11, 2022 at 12:09PM

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Suani Aleman-Quintero is asked to call the police non-emergency number at 301-279-8000 (24-hour line) or the Special Victims Investigations Division at 240-773-5400. Callers may remain anonymous.

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Detectives Ask for Assistance in Locating Missing 25-Year-Old Man

By Patrick Herron

Published May 11, 2022 at 11:19AM

Hancock is described as approximately 5-feet, 1-inch tall and weighs 125 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. It is unknown what clothing he was last seen wearing Police and family are concerned for his welfare.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of William Jamilton Pavon Hancock is asked to call the 3rd District Investigative Section at (240) 773- 6870 or the police non-emergency number at (301) 279-8000 (24-hour line). Callers may remain anonymous.

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‘Feeding Our Community: How Shepherd’s Table Provides Over 100,000 Meals A Year’ Will Be Focus of Virtual Forum on Monday, May 9

By Patrick Herron

Published May 8, 2022 at 12:55PM

The forum is being presented by Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. To view the forum, go to Meeting Registration – Zoom.

The mission of Shepherd’s Table’s is to improve quality of life, create a pathway toward self-sufficiency and inspire hope for the most vulnerable experiencing food insecurity, homelessness and poverty. It provides meals and access to social services, provided with compassion and respect.

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Montgomery County Supports Preservation of Affordable Housing at Snowden’s Ridge in Silver Spring

By Patrick Herron

Published May 7, 2022 at 10:02AM

The property, located at 2035 Harlequin Terrace, Silver Spring, held its grand reopening celebration Friday. This is APAH’s first property in Montgomery County, as well as the State of Maryland. “Here at Snowden’s Ridge, the County supported preservation of existing affordable housing,” said Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich. “To expand affordable housing efforts, I proposed $140 million housing budget – the largest in County history – including a dedicated $40 million NOAH fund to preserve affordable housing. Preserving affordability preserves communities and protects families from displacement. We need the $40 million NOAH Fund to protect more residents, as we did here at Snowden’s Ridge.”

The County provided a $1.5 million CDBG loan and $1.25 million HIF loan in 2019 to support the acquisition. When the initial HIF loan was repaid, the property retained the existing CDGB loan and the County provided a new $5 million HIF loan for recapitalization and renovation, along with a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreement. The loans and PILOT provided by Montgomery County support affordability, with all 87 apartment units utilizing project-based vouchers targeting families at 30 percent AMI. The property includes 12 one-bedroom units; 21 two-bedroom units; and 54 three-bedroom units. Five units were converted to be fully accessible.

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MCFRS Respond to Smoke at Trader Joe’s in Silver Spring

By Patrick Herron

Published May 6, 2022 at 2:53PM

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue services responded to a report of a light haze inside the Trader Joe’s at 10741 Columbia Pike in Silver Spring on Friday afternoon. According to our Public Safety correspondent Cordell Pugh, first responders determined the source was a malfunctioning rooftop HVAC unit. MCFRS units then disconnected power to the unit and cleared the scene. No injuries were reported and the store is currently open for business.

Trader Joe’s, which has five locations in Montgomery County, recently opened its latest store at 7900 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda. You can also find them at 6831 Wisconsin Ave in Bethesda, 10076 Darnestown Rd and 12268 Rockville Pike in Rockville. The company closed its Gaithersburg location in September 2018.

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Detectives Ask for Assistance in Locating Missing Silver Spring Woman

By Patrick Herron

Published May 4, 2022 at 4:38PM

On Saturday, April 16, 2022, at approximately 7 p.m., 23-year-old Rebecca Ajih was last seen in the 8400 block of Colesville Rd. in Silver Spring near the Silver Spring Metro Station. She may be using Metro Transit.

Ajih is approximately 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs 125 lbs. She currently has blonde hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black jacket with a hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and brown Ugg boots.

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‘Twilight Tuesdays’ Events at Veterans Plaza in Downtown Silver Spring Throughout the Spring

By Patrick Herron

Published May 4, 2022 at 3:08PM

The schedule for Twilight Tuesdays will include:

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Montgomery County to Celebrate Arbor Day by Commemorating the New County Tree on Friday, April 29, in Silver Spring

By Patrick Herron

Published April 28, 2022 at 9:36AM

At the event, there will be tree planting, trees will be raffled off and volunteers will take part in a trash pickup. It is hoped the activities will bring attention to the new County tree and encourage the planting of trees so the tree canopy increases. Residents also can register for “plogging” supplies at the event. Plogging is an innovate way to help the environment by doing an exercise like jogging, walking or biking while picking up trash.

“The black tupelo is now added to the list of county symbols that includes the robin as the County bird, the dogwood as the County blossom and the County seal,” said County Department of Environmental Protection Acting Director Adriana Hochberg. “The black tupelo is resilient, beautiful and critical to the County’s ecosystem and tree canopy. It’s a perfect symbol for Montgomery County as our official tree”.

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(Located) Concern for Missing Silver Spring Woman

By Patrick Herron

Published April 26, 2022 at 4:03PM | Updated April 27, 2022 at 10:48AM

Ardee is 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs 140 lbs. She has brown eyes and black hair and was last seen wearing blue jeans and a white jacket. Family and police are concerned for her welfare.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Shanelle Revell Ardee, is asked to contact the Silver Spring Investigation Section at (240)773-6870 or the police non-emergency number at (301) 279- 8000 (24-hour line). Callers may remain anonymous.

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Silver Spring: Taste the World in Fenton Village Returns in May

By Patrick Herron

Published April 25, 2022 at 10:34AM

Walking to Fenton Village is easy for the many residents that live in the adjacent single-family neighborhoods and the many multi-family communities throughout downtown. It is equally accessible to the many businesses throughout the rest of downtown and the Takoma Park / Silver Spring campus of the Montgomery County College. Many buses provide transit access to and through Fenton Village. The WMATA Red Line is only three blocks away. And the future Purple Line will have a station in Fenton Village, at the Silver Spring Library.

Parking in the area abounds. There is one parking garage in the middle of Fenton Village, and three other garages within easy walking distance. On-street parking is also plentiful. Fenton Village has something for everyone. It is a place to bring family and friends, connect with local businesses, and enjoy a truly unique experience.