One month after the ice rink outside the new Silver Spring Civic Building was formed, we're seeing even more signs of progress. The supports for the super-modern, glowing canopy that'll go [...] WebWire--Using just 1 popular test or the other could miss serious cardiac abnormalities
To best detect early signs of life-threatening heart defects in young athletes, screening programs should include both popular diagnostic tests, not just one of them, according to new research from heart experts at Johns Hopkins.
[...]This is an actual for sale by owner ad found on Craigslist today for a home in Ocean Pines where the Homeowners Association will rip down your professional for sale signs and do everything they can to keep people from selling. [...]


WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /Standard Newswire/ -- Today President Barack Obama signs the "Hate Crimes" Amendment contained within the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, which adds "sexual orientation" to the list of federally protected classes.
[...]After months of public meetings and debate, MoCo exec Ike Leggett finally revealed exterior designs for downtown Silver Spring's new library.
"This will be a monument to the community," he declared Saturday at a book festival inside ye olde library on Colesville Road.
The glass and limestone building will sit at the [...]


I have a strange fascination with signs - particularly old ones - so as an addendum up to my recent post on Silver Spring's Googie dry cleaners, here's another example of Googie in Silver Spring - the wonderfully retro Miles Glass Co. sign: