Insomnia Cookies update in Silver Spring (Photos)

The window coverings have come down at Insomnia Cookies at 8455 Fenton Street at the Central apartments. It looks like the bakery could be opening any day now. The menu screens are already activated. One gives a tutorial on how to order various counts of cookies. The main selling point here is late night hours.

Sunshine Smiles to relocate in Silver Spring in 2026

Sunshine Smiles Dental Care will make a short move in the summer of 2026. The dental clinic is currently located at 923 Bonifant Street in downtown Silver Spring. Next summer, it will move over to 8404 Georgia Avenue. Drs. Mike Horng and Roberto Aleman offer dental services in English, Spanish, and Mandarin.

Dollar Tree now open in White Oak

Dollar Tree's new White Oak store is now open at 11130 New Hampshire Avenue. Operating hours of the new store are 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM Monday through Saturday, and 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM on Sundays. Dollar Tree's building was formerly home to Montgomery County's last Office Depot store until 2023. The 10,770-square-foot retail space was also once home to a W. Bell & Co. store. 

Montgomery County police out in force in downtown Silver Spring (Photos)

Montgomery County police were out in force in downtown Silver Spring over the past weekend. Several police cruisers were parked around the busy, high-traffic areas of town. These included Downtown Silver Spring, Ellsworth Place mall, and Veterans Plaza. 

North Star setting up for 55th Christmas tree season on Grubb Road

 

Elves have been spotted making preliminary preparations for the 55th year of North Star Christmas Trees in Chevy Chase. They'll be returning to their spot of recent years at 2550 East-West Highway Service Road at Grubb Road in Chevy Chase. You may recall them being on the "Green Mile" along Wisconsin Avenue in the past, but they've found this Chevy Chase location is the sweet spot to draw customers from both Bethesda and the greater downtown Silver Spring areas. North Star says it will be opening for business on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving this year - Thanksgiving Eve, you might say.

The company is also hiring staff. See the contact information in the photo above. These are tough times in Montgomery County, and across the nation. By the way, these are new photographs; North Star is still displaying their 50th Anniversary banner at the site.

Cocaine bust at Wheaton electronics store

A shoplifting call turned into a contraband haul for Montgomery's Finest at an electronics store in Wheaton early Friday afternoon, November 7, 2025. Officers were called to a store in the 10900 block of Georgia Avenue at 12:12 PM Friday. There is a Best Buy store on that block. The alleged shoplifter was also found to have cocaine and a concealed weapon on their person.

Assault in downtown Silver Spring

Montgomery County police responded to a report of a 2nd-degree assault in downtown Silver Spring last night. The assault was reported in the 900 block of Bonifant Street at 8:07 PM Friday. It took place in a commercial parking lot.