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Moorenko’s Cookie Overload is One of Washingtonian’s Ten Favorite Local Ice Cream Flavors
Moorenko’s Cookie Overload ice cream has been listed as one of Washingtonian Magazine’s ten favorite local ice cream flavors.
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Library System Now Offering Online Tutoring, Other Educational and Support Services
The county’s public library system has begun offering services from Brainfuse, a company offering online tutoring and other support services to particular target groups.
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Bump ‘n Grind to Open Library Kiosk on Saturday
Bump ‘n Grind will open its coffee kiosk at the Silver Spring Library this Saturday, June 26, according to a tweet posted last evening. The coffee shop and roaster is taking over the space vacated by Kefa Cafe, which decamped for the Wheaton Library last year.
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Levine Music Appoints New President & CEO
Levine Music, which operates classrooms and studios on the second floor of the Silver Spring Library at 900 Wayne Ave., announced the appointment of a new president and CEO. Jeffery L. Tribble, Jr., the founding executive director of Washington-area non-profit The MusicianShip, will succeed Peter Jablow, who will retire after 18 years as Levine’s head.
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Library Holds to Go Service to End Tomorrow at Silver Spring, Five Other Branches
The county library system’s Holds to Go service will end tomorrow (May 22) at the six libraries scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, June 1, including Silver Spring, officials announced. In addition to Silver Spring, the other five branches where the service will end are Rockville, Gaithersburg, Olney, Marilyn J. Praisner and Connie Morella.
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County Will Reopen Six Libraries, Including Silver Spring, June 1
The county will reopen six libraries, including the Silver Spring Library at 900 Wayne Ave., on Tuesday, June 1, County Executive Marc Elrich announced. The libraries will be open by appointment only for browsing and checking out materials, picking up holds, computer use, print/copy/scan services, information and circulation services only.
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Bump ‘n Grind Closing East-West Highway Location on May 26
Bump ‘n Grind will be closing its location at 1200 East-West Highway on Wednesday, May 26, according to an email announcement from owner David Fogel. The shop will move its operations to Moorenko’s Ice Cream on Georgia Avenue, and plans are still on track to open a kiosk at the Silver Spring Library.
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Virtual “Just for the Record – A Vinyl Day” Set for Saturday
Fans of vinyl records can celebrate that music medium and all that surrounds the culture of LPs during the fourth annual “Just for the Record – A Vinyl Day”. Montgomery County Public Libraries and Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Inc. are presenting the free virtual event, which will run from 12 to 3 p.m.…
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Library System Launches Program of Automatic Renewals
Beginning today (March 22), the county’s library system will launch a program of automatically renewing certain materials borrowed by library users up to three times, officials announced.