Rent increases in Silver Spring’s central business district are making affordable housing less affordable, one advocacy group claims. (more…)
Across the street from NOAA headquarters, Oriental East offers decent Chinese eats, quick service and peculiar furnishings in the men’s room. (Originally published Jan 10, 2007.) (more…)
The ballots have been counted, and it’s official: MoCo residents are amped about their quality of life. Penguin readers, on the other hand, could use a stiff drink. (more…)
The county planning board voted to spare one Ripley District residential project a trip back to the drawing board. (more…)
The county is about to put some of Silver Spring’s busiest roads through the wringer to make them safer for pedestrians to cross, MoCo exec Ike Leggett announced. (more…)
Members of The Penguin newsroom hit the barber shop this weekend for their mandated monthly buzz cuts. With mohawks now neatly in check, intrepid Penguin reporters are ready to conquer this week’s news events. (more…)









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