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County Looking for Volunteers to Assist with Thanksgiving Parade
The county is looking for volunteers to assist with various aspects of the Thanksgiving Parade, which returns this year on Saturday, Nov. 20 in downtown Silver Spring, officials announced.
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County Brings Back Thanksgiving Parade for 2021
Montgomery County will bring back the Thanksgiving parade on Saturday, Nov. 20 this year after canceling in 2020 due to the pandemic. The county is now accepting applications for parade participants.
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Takoma Park Radio Station to Mark Fifth Anniversary with First Live Remote Broadcast
Takoma Park’s WOWD-LP 94.3 FM, a low-power community radio station, will mark its fifth anniversary on the air with its first live remote broadcast Saturday, July 17 from The Streetery in front of Takoma Beverage Co. on Laurel Avenue.
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Silver Spring Woman Charged in Parental Kidnapping Located
A Silver Spring woman wanted in a parental kidnapping case has been located and taken into custody, according to Montgomery County police. Ashley Spicer, age 35, and her nine-year-old daughter Israel “Kali” Burk were found in Atlanta, Ga. yesterday.
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Montgomery Parks Launches Virtual Winter Bingo
Montgomery Parks has launched a program to encourage residents to participate in outdoor activities this winter. Virtual Winter Bingo is a downloadable bingo card with 24 different activities. Participants can complete five different squares in a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal row to collect bingo.
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Council Passes Appropriation to Assist Childcare Providers, Families Needing Care
The County Council yesterday unanimously passed a special appropriation of $7,687,000 to assist both childcare providers and families who need full-day care for school-age children. The funding includes $1.8 million to help providers that have incurred increased COVID-19-related expenses and lost revenues from both lower classroom capacity and being unable to open in school spaces…
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Council Continues to Add Funding to Assist During COVID-19 Emergency
The County Council continues to propose and appropriate funding to provide various forms of assistance to county residents during the COVID-19 emergency. The council yesterday unanimously approved a special appropriation of $2 million to be used for emergency eviction prevention and housing stabilization programs via a short-term rental subsidy program to low- and moderate-income households.
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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.
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Upcoming Events, Feb. 21–28
Seekers Church hosts a community sing Friday night, while Improbable Comedy brings a show to the American Legion on Saturday. Also Saturday, the Silver Spring Library hosts a conversation with Nigerian-American author Tope Folarin. Committees of the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board will get an update on Thrive Montgomery at a public meeting on Monday,…