Photo: Kid power at last year's Fourth of July parade in Takoma Park. Courtesy of Flickr user takomabibelot.
My piss-poor math skills tell me that the United States is celebrating its 233rd birthday this Saturday. But what gift does one give the country that seems to have everything? Get the full scoop.
Around this time each year, local governments produce videos warning of the dangers of fireworks. They blast watermelons and mannequins into oblivion, and set clothing afire to demonstrate the inherent risks.
Not one to miss out on the explosive fun, Montgomery County’s fire and rescue services has filmed its own flick Get the full scoop.
Photo: Move it, train! Credit: R. Pace/SSP.
Trains on Metro’s Red Line route will continue to creep from station to station while transportation experts investigate the cause of last Monday’s train wreck near Fort Totten.
Commuters can expect train speeds to reach a mind-numbing maximum 35 miles per hour Get the full scoop.
ROCKVILLE — The Montgomery County council on Tuesday unanimously approved a $1.9 million appropriation to expand the county’s speed camera program.
“Speed cameras are an important tool in our [speed enforcement] arsenal,” council prez Phil Andrews (D-District 3) told his colleagues before putting it to a vote. ”They free up officers to investigate other crimes. They’re effective.” Get the full scoop.
ROCKVILLE — Montgomery County legislators on Tuesday morning rejected a pitch to charge health insurance companies for ambulance services.
In a 5-to-3 vote, county council members decided to keep ambulance rides free for people in Montgomery County, as well as in parts of The District and PG County that sometimes score help from nearby MoCo fire and rescue units (like the one housed on Georgia Avenue). Get the full scoop.
Photo: Buh-bye. Credit: J. Deseo/SSP.
A condemned building came down recently along East-West Highway, allowing the county to cut a pedestrian path through one thick South Silver Spring block.
Around Jun 17, heavy equipment tore at the gray, one-story building at 1008 East-West Hwy. Demolition of the former auto-repair shop is part of the county’s plan to construct a path between East-West and Kennett Street Get the full scoop.
Photo: Der biergarten. Courtesy of Facebook user Alan Bowser.
The kegger sprouted Sunday from a South Silver Spring sidewalk, and it soon bloomed into a full biergarten with thumping beats and a bumping crowd.
The Buy Local Silver Spring block party pulled an estimated 350 people into the Arts Alley Get the full scoop.
Here’s the good news: The Penguin intern has returned to our newsroom unscathed. The bad news: His absence is explained (not excused) only by his gig moonlighting as the host of a cable TV travel program. Get the full scoop.
Photo: The Penguin intern. Courtesy of Flickr user Gilles Gonthier.
Have you seen this Penguin intern?
I’ve tried his cell phone, but his voicemail is full. His girlfriend doesn’t know where he is. And his people (yes, our Penguin intern has people) say he’s hiking the Rock Creek Trail. Whatever. All I know is, if the newsroom staff doesn’t get any coffee soon, there’s going to be hell to pay. Get the full scoop.
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