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The Silver Spring Library will be celebrating the close of one chapter and opening of a new one when the current location shuts its doors on March 15. After 58 years of service, Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) officials have announced that the Silver Spring Library branch will close to the public at 5 p.m. […]

Look to the sky this morning! The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Montgomery County from 3 a.m. to noon today. Here are five more  things to know today, Feb. 26, in Montgomery County: 1. Police arrested a man for the murder of a 95-year-old retired Naval officer. 2. MCM Blogger Phil […]

Montgomery County Police said the alleged killer of a 95-year-old retired Naval officer in Colesville admitted to police he stabbed the man. Police issued the following statement: “Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department-Major Crimes Division have arrested Eric S. Dyson, age 60, of the 500 block of Randolph Road in Silver Spring, for the […]

UPDATED, Feb. 25. 9 a.m. – A 60-year-old man is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 95-year-old Colesville man. Eric S. Dyson, 60, of 531 Randolph Road is under arrest for the homicide of  Dan Belvin, a 95-year-old retired Naval officer. Dyson’s address on court documents appear to show he also lives in the […]

An electrical light fixture malfunction is the cause of a fire at a home in Colesville that has displaced five adults, two kids and the family dog, according to a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) official. MCFRS Spokesman Pete Piringer reported the home in the 600 block of Hollywood Avenue had no working smoke […]

It’s almost like a traditional grocery store, but this Choice Pantry is in the basement of a church in Silver Spring and it allows Manna Food Center clients to fill their shopping carts with the items they really want to eat. MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick reports. It’s called a Choice Pantry and its a new model […]

UPDATED, Nov. 4, 4:30 p.m.- Police have identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed today in Silver Spring as Tschimid Moshkin, 77, of the 13600 block of Montvale Drive in Silver Spring. Mark Wesley Chambre, 64 of Silver Spring was driving the car that hit Moshkin, according to police. UPDATED at 9:24 a.m.-  Montgomery County Police are investigating […]

Here are five things to know today, Sept. 4, in Montgomery County: 1. Gaithersburg city leaders will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand reopening of the Gaithersburg Aquatic Center at 2 Teachers Way today. 2. Montgomery County officials will hold a ground breaking ceremony for the Colesville Highway Maintenance Depot. 3. A public hearing […]

As Nancy Burton traced the genealogy of her family, she noted it was like gathering and deciphering evidence to solve a real-life mystery. Born and raised in Silver Spring, Burton shed light on the process of searching into the past of three families—the Burtons, the Lees and the Smiths—whose collective journeys are the foundation of […]