Tag: DTSS | Downtown Silver Spring

  • Ellsworth Place Opens Reconstructed Indoor Playground

    Ellsworth Place Opens Reconstructed Indoor Playground

    Ellsworth Place officially opened a reconstructed indoor playground with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in the ground floor space Feb. 20. The $300,000 project is the first in a number of upgrades planned for the mall in the next 12 to 18 months.

  • Strosniders Silver Spring Store Sold to Local Hardware Group

    Strosniders Silver Spring Store Sold to Local Hardware Group

    Strosniders Hardware’s Silver Spring store has been sold to A Few Cool Hardware Stores, according to an announcement circulated to customers by the company. AFCHS is another locally based member of the Ace Hardware cooperative that operates a dozen other hardware stores in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore area, including the Old Takoma Ace Hardware at 7001…

  • Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee Brings Stories, Advice to Silver Spring

    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…

  • The Eleanor to Open Silver Spring Location on Monday

    The Eleanor to Open Silver Spring Location on Monday

    The Eleanor, a bowling lounge, bar and grille, will open its second location at 931 Ellsworth Dr. on Monday, Feb. 24, company officials said at a preview event last night. Adam Stein, the managing partner and face of the ownership team, said he first got the idea for “a bowling alley that had elevated food…

  • Club Pilates to Open Silver Spring Studio

    Club Pilates to Open Silver Spring Studio

    Club Pilates, a national boutique fitness studio, will open a Silver Spring location at 956 Thayer Ave. on the ground floor of the Thayer & Spring Apartments. The company is offering 20 percent off the cost of membership “forever” for the first 50 people who enroll. Potential clients also can sign up to reserve a…

  • Post Office Move Now Set for Presidents Day Weekend

    Post Office Move Now Set for Presidents Day Weekend

    The Silver Spring Post Office’s move to a permanent location, postponed in January, is now scheduled to take place on Presidents Day weekend, Feb. 15–17. The post office has been in a temporary location on the first floor of the Silver Spring Library at 900 Wayne Ave. The new location will be 940 Thayer Ave.,…

  • County Library Looking for Acts for Vinyl Day Contest

    County Library Looking for Acts for Vinyl Day Contest

    The county’s library system is looking for acts to enter the “Make Music Montgomery” contest that will take place during the Just for the Record—A Vinyl Day event on Saturday, April 18 at the Silver Spring Library. Acts can audition live or submit a recording. Each entry must include a live musical performance, though elements…

  • Debab Restaurant to Open in Ethio Express Location

    Debab Restaurant to Open in Ethio Express Location

    The former location of Ethio Express Grill at 952 Sligo Ave. will open tomorrow, Feb. 8, as Debab Restaurant under new owners. Ash Edossa and his wife Abebech “Emu” Taddese took over the business in January.

  • Police Announce Arrests of Three in Ellsworth Shooting

    Police Announce Arrests of Three in Ellsworth Shooting

    The Montgomery County police have announced the arrests of three suspects in a Jan. 5 shooting on Ellsworth Drive, one adult and two juveniles, all from Washington, D.C.