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Happening soon: Art and Artisan Holiday Show on the Silver Spring Patch calendar

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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:

  • What investigators say happened in the deadly Good Hope Road crash
  • How a Silver Spring teen is cooking up a culinary career

Also on today's calendar: Art and Artisan Holiday Show and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: Jimmy, did you crash on your bike again? You’ve lost a tooth! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Silver Springfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Sunday: Low clouds, brisk and colder, with a high of 33 and low of 15 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Monday: Quite cold, temps: high: 30, low: 20.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 38 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two-Vehicle Crash Leaves One Dead in Silver Spring (mymcmedia.org) — One driver died Friday morning after a two-vehicle crash at Good Hope Road and Good Hope Drive in Silver Spring, where police say an Acura crossed the centerline and hit a Ford F150. The Ford’s driver and a four-year-old passenger were hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and Good Hope Road was temporarily closed between Twig Road and Cape May Road.
   

• Sunflower Bakery's Hanukkah rush helps prepare chefs for life (thebaltimorebanner.com) — A young Silver Spring resident is training at Rockville’s Sunflower Bakery, a kosher, nonprofit kitchen that prepares adults with learning differences and developmental disabilities for food-service careers. As the bakery gears up for its busy Hanukkah season, students gain real-world culinary and hospitality experience that can lead to jobs at local restaurants, groceries, and cafes across the region.
   

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Other local events
    Sunday December 14
  • Art and Artisan Holiday Show
    801 Sligo Ave , Silver Spring
    12:00 pm
    • Monday December 15
  • Pho Wheels is here!
    Fenwick Apartments, 8616 2nd Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
    5:00 pm
    • Thursday December 18
  • Beltway Bistro is at The Fenwick!
    Fenwick Apartments, 8616 2nd Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
    5:00 pm
    • Friday December 19
  • The Nutcracker
    Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts , 51 Mannakee St , Rockville
    7:00 pm
    • Saturday December 20
  • Read to a Dog at Long Branch Library
    Long Branch Library -
    11:00 am
  • The Nutcracker
    Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts , 51 Mannakee St , Rockville
    1:00 pm
    • Sunday December 21
  • Visit Historic Takoma’s Reading Room
    Montgomery Preservation Inc , 8100 Georgia Ave , Silver Spring
    1:00 pm
    • Tuesday December 23
  • Palmetto Bay Food Truck is at The Fenwick
    Fenwick Apartments, 8616 2nd Ave, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
    5:00 pm

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