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More than 30 local businesses representing dozens of cultures around the world will participate in what organizers call the “largest restaurant crawl in the D.C. area.” Taste The World in Fenton Village will take place on May 21 in downtown Silver Spring where attendees will have the opportunity to try various food from local restaurants […]

Musicians from The Refugee Orchestra Project and the Gourmet Symphony are collaborating for a concert to benefit refugees on April 10 at the Fillmore in Silver Spring. The concert will showcase, through music, “the positive impact those have come to this country seeking safety and a better life have had on American culture and society,” […]

What do you get when you convert a 1964 office building to residential on Fenwick Lane in Silver Spring? The Octave 1320, a condominium building that is proving to be popular with first time homebuyers. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.

Cuba’s former dictator Fidel Castro recently passed away and for many Cuban-American residents here in Montgomery County, his death brings back painful memories. “Imagine losing everything that you loved and treasured,” said Joaquin Cabrejas, owner, The Cuban Corner in Rockville. “Imagine a group of Communist thugs coming in and stealing everything from your parents that […]

The winners of the first Montgomery County Planning Department’s Design Excellence Award were honored by the Montgomery County Council on July 12 for their projects in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design. At the ceremony in Rockville were, left to right: Ernie Lunsford and Greg Ossont of the Department of General Services for representing for […]

They were singing the blues this week in downtown Silver Spring at the annual Blues Festival. Find out more in this MyMCMedia Extra:

A delegation of 36 Montgomery County residents will take part on a four-day trip to El Salvador on November 7 – 10 as part of Montgomery County’s continuing Sister City relationship with the Salvadoran state of Morazán. Approximately 70,000 Salvadorans live in Montgomery County, making it the largest immigrant community in the county. The relationship […]

County officials said graffiti is on the rise in Silver Spring. Electrical boxes, stop signs, commercial buildings, these are just some of the places where graffiti is visible to anyone in downtown Silver Spring. “We really want to work with the community for folks to understand this is not a game. … I’m not sure that […]

The grand opening of the new Silver Spring Library was a historic display of community participation. Lorna Virgili has the story: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. <strong>Related: </strong>

The annual Taste the World in Fenton Village, a restaurant crawl event, brought more than 1,000 people to downtown Silver Spring. The annual event, held on May 3, brought hundreds of people to support the local business in the community and have the chance to try a taste of the diverse ethnic restaurants that are part of the […]