The most wonderful time of the year

The Penguin news team wishes all in Cyber Spring happy holidays and a joyful new year. During the next two weeks, The Penguin’s tech crew will plug gaping potholes along the information superhighway. Please pardon any service interruptions. (more…)

 

For better or worse: Like a rolling stone

Silver Spring’s future music venue will run about $8 million to build. But it’s the cost to the county’s image that some aren’t willing to pay. (more…)

 

Dining: Cubano’s

Two years of high-school Spanish taught me all I need to describe this Fidler Lane restaurant: Cubano’s es muy bueno. Gracias. (more…)

 

For better or worse: A (mostly) digital revolution

The second hit in The Penguin’s year-end dance remix started with one beep of a digital camera. What resulted was a march down Ellsworth Drive, and a closer look at how the county handles its business. (more…)

 

For better or worse: Marquis de Sod

This week, The Penguin looks at the stories that put Silver Spring on the map in 2007.The first big deal: The seizure-inducing, iridescent green rug on Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street that’s come to be known only as “The Turf”. (more…)

 

Local Licks: Jonny Grave

Shake the dust from your overalls and break open a tin of Dapper Dan. Silver Spring’s very own Jonny Grave is gonna tell you a little story about the dirty, broke South. (more…)

 
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