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Raskin, Norton, Representatives Announce Helicopter Noise Legislation
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-District 8) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), along with Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), and David Trone (D-MD), announced Friday that they would introduce legislation to implement the recommendation from the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recently released report on helicopter noise in the National Capital Region…
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Business, COVID News Lead Source’s Top 10 Most Read of 2020
Unlike previous years, when the Top 10 most-read stories on the Source was dominated by business-related articles, 2020’s list is more of a mixed bag. There is still a heavy emphasis on business posts, as COVID-19 intruded into the list like it did virtually everything else from March to the present. Which is exactly what…
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Starbucks Offering Free Coffee to Front-Line Workers Throughout December
Starbucks is offering free coffee to front-line workers throughout December from its stores throughout the country, including locations in Silver Spring and Takoma Park.
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“This Is a Warning. These Flights Are Not Normal Air Traffic for This Area.”
We received multiple reports last night via Twitter of low-flying helicopters in the area, but they were not the recently reported police, news, or Department of Energy air traffic.
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UP to Host Virtual Benefit for Warriors at Ease
South Silver Spring yoga and wellness studio UP will host its 4th Annual 108 Sun Salutations event this weekend benefiting local nonprofit Warriors at Ease, streaming the event from their Georgia Avenue location.
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Commission Seeks Info for Virtual Veterans Tributes
The county’s Commission on Veterans Affairs is looking for tributes to veterans to add to its virtual “Tribute to Montgomery County Veterans,” officials announced. The program is open to any county residents who have served in the military, whether in wartime or peacetime.
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Easterseals Announces New Director of Cohen Clinic in Silver Spring
Easterseals DC MD VA has promoted Silver Spring resident Dr. Anneke Vandenbroek, Ph.D., ABPP to director of the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Easterseals. Vandenbroek was the deputy director of the clinic, which is one of country’s 16 Cohen Veterans Network mental health clinics. The clinics provide veteran and military families with behavioral…
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Life in the Time of the Coronavirus: Voices from Silver Spring—Dhruv Pai
Editor’s note: This guest post and photo is from Jonna Huseman, who began the Voices project to document the lives of friends and neighbors in Silver Spring and Takoma Park and how they may have changed since the shelter in place order. It originally appeared on her blog, The Sligo Creek Photographer.
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Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee Brings Stories, Advice to Silver Spring
The last two months have been a whirlwind for retired Army Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee of Bethesda, who turned 100 in December, participated in the coin toss at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, received an official promotion to general and was honored by President Donald Trump—along with his great-grandson Iain Lanphier—during the State of…