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Cheers Silver Spring! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How will new bike lanes change getting around Silver Spring?
  • What message did faith-based influencers hear in Silver Spring?
  • How vulnerable are Silver Spring's license plate cameras this Halloween?

Also on today's calendar: 15 Tips to Save Dozens of Hours each Month using Microsoft Outlook and Gmail and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Hot and humid; a p.m. t-storm, with a high of 95 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: An afternoon t-storm or two, temps: high: 92, low: 68.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• MCDOT moves forward on new bike infrastructure in Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Wheaton (mymcmedia.org) — Silver Spring residents will soon see safer, more connected bike routes as MCDOT builds new segments of the Capital Crescent and Metropolitan Branch trails, plus a secure bike parking facility by Garage 5 downtown opening this fall. Additional projects like Piney Branch Road bike lanes will better link neighborhoods to the Silver Spring Transit Center and future Flash bus stations.
   

• Content Creators Must Put People Before Metrics - Seventh-day Adventist Church (interamerica.org) — Silver Spring hosted a Seventh-day Adventist Creator Summit where nearly 200 digital creators were urged to focus less on likes and more on real relationships. Speaker Cristel Romero shared a seven-stage framework for turning online engagement into discipleship, emphasizing trust, personal investment, and caring for people behind the metrics.
   

• What is the 'De-Flock America' social media movement planned for Halloween? (newsnationnow.com) — Residents near the Takoma Park–Silver Spring border may soon hear more about a Halloween social media campaign urging people to vandalize or disable Flock license plate cameras, though no coordinated action has materialized yet. The story explains why these cameras, including those monitoring traffic in Silver Spring, have sparked privacy concerns, investigations, and contract cancellations in cities nationwide.
   

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    I won the Takoma Park Folk Festival design competition and created this year's poster. The most common symbol for a folk festival is an acoustic… (Nextdoor Northwood-Four Corners)
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🗞 Nearby News

Takoma Park

  • Takoma Park Opens Public Facilities as Heat Index Expected to Reach 100 Degrees (mocoshow.com)
  • Local Pizza Restaurant Wins Best Pizza Award in D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia (mocoshow.com)
  • 12 ways to volunteer and organize around D.C. this week (51st.news)

Chevy Chase

  • Montgomery County Real Estate: A Guide to Some of the Area's Premier Neighborhoods (bethesdamagazine.com)
  • HHMI Announces Five Competitions for Scientists Across Career Stages (hhmi.org)

Rockville

  • Rockville City Police To Host September Open House (patch.com)
  • MCPD Cites Hundreds Of Drivers For Passing Stopped School Buses (patch.com)

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