Silver Spring News

The Montgomery County Planning Board approved Thursday a developer's plans to tear down the First Baptist Church of Silver Spring and replace it with a 230,000-square-foot mixed-use apartment complex and new church building.

Every week Reemberto Rodriguez, the director for the Silver Spring Civic Building, keeps the community abreast on new issues.

A Check out our picks for activities and events to enjoy and new bars, restaurant, and shops to explore! 1. JAZZ FRIDAYS AT ZED'S CAFE Where/When: Enjoy jazz played by various artists this week at Zed's Cafe located at 8225 Georgia Ave.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Sadie Gurman reports that Pittsburgh detectives questioned a woman for nearly 12 hours about a bizarre robbery in the hotel room of Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman, in part because she changed her story.

A The downtown Silver Spring property management company has reinstalled two speed bumps on Ellsworth Drive.

A local high school is uniting to help one of its former basketball players as he battles severe injuries following an accident.

A musician with hyper-sensitive hearing goes in search of an ominous sound that plagues him, but is inaudible to everyone else.

A It seems like there is a special day for just about everything these days and the donut is no exception.

Montgomery County Police Capt. Paul Starks answers question submitted by Patch readers through our Ask A Cop feature .

Rapture comes naturally to playwright Tony Kushner, and in "The Illusion," he plants a big swoony kiss on the lips of the theater.

Msnbc.com reporters and NBC correspondents bring you compelling stories from across the nation.

The sun shines through the windows onto a best-seller that sits open next to magazines on a knee-high glass table.

Update : Dennis Mackabee was granted a $750,000 bail on Thursday, May 24, but had not posted it as of 5:22 p.m. on that day, according to jail records at the Montgomery County Detention Center, The Gazette reported Original post : A Chevy Chase man has been arrested and charged in the murder of Franklin Amobi-also known as rapper Frank Diggy-of ... (more)

A College Park man is set to serve four years behind bars after pleading guilty on Friday in an alcohol-fueled hit-and-run case, The Gazette reports .

A D.C.-area residents, spread from the city to Silver Spring, to Rockville and Potomac gathered Wednesday night to show support for Nick's Organic Farm, the Brickyard Educational Farm and local agriculture.

A girl plays in a fountain in Silver Spring, Maryland on July 7, 2010. The D.C. Metro region is in its second day of triple digit temperatures as the east coast in caught in the grips of heat wave.

The Reds scored a run in the first. Zack Cozart led off with a double. Drew Stubbs tried to bunt him to third.

Police have arrested 48-year-old Timothy Roosevelt Prue in connection with the shooting of a 55-year-old man in Silver Spring.

Pittsburgh police are looking for a man who robbed a female guest of a Cincinnati Reds baseball player at his downtown hotel room.

A According to a release issued by the White House, the Obama administration will host four more Hispanic Community Action Summits in Philadelphia; Arlington, Virginia; Silver Spring, Maryland; and Livermore, California in the coming weeks.A The events are the latest in an ongoing series of regional meetings across the country providing an ... (more)