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Help support Woodlin Elementary School and local high schools by turning in last year’s Snider’s receipts to neighbors collecting them!
Begun in 2018, the Talbot Avenue Bridge Lantern Walk is an annual local community event that weaves together neighborhoods once divided by racial segregation. All are welcome! Come join us in shining our lights in the darkness, promoting unity over division, remembering the past and taking steps toward a brighter future…
WHEN: Saturday, November 12, 2022*
Gather by 5:15pm, Lantern Walk will commence soon after
WHERE: 4th Avenue and Hanover Street
(North Woodside) to Talbot Avenue (Lyttonsville), via Brookville Road
View Route
See below for three different ways to participate
BRING: Warm clothing, a lantern, and a bell to ring, if you have one
Note: Any type of lantern will do, from a tea light candle in a glass jar to
something more elaborate, either handmade or store-bought. You can
find many ideas online: bit.ly/HomemadeLanterns. If you have the time
and energy, we encourage you to get creative! Extra lanterns and
tea light candles will be available for anyone who needs them.
For more information and to RSVP for this event: bit.ly/TABLanternWalk
Questions? Email Event Organizers
* Rain date: Sunday, November 13, 2022 (any event updates will be posted to bit.ly/TABLanternWalk)
Ways to Participate
Residents of Lyttonsville, North Woodside, and Rosemary Hills are invited to participate in one of three ways:
1) Join for the whole lantern walk. As the route is not a loop, residents of North Woodside will need to walk back or have someone pick you up in Lyttonsville.
2) Join for a portion of the lantern walk. For example, residents of North Woodside can join for the portion that goes through the neighborhood (e.g. 4th Ave -> Warren St/A Wider Circle).
3) Watch the lantern walk pass by. Neighbors who live along the route can come out of their homes to watch, wave, and hold a candle or lantern of their own in solidarity. Neighbors who live elsewhere can come stand along the lantern walk route and do the same.
Safety Precautions
Any young children who participate should be closely supervised by adults. And organizers encourage participants to RSVP ahead of time at bit.ly/TABLanternWalk, so they have a good sense of expected numbers and can adjust safety precautions accordingly.
Check out videos of past Talbot Avenue Bridge Lantern Walks:
From the Montgomery Hills Planning Committee:
Today, we made the hard decision to CANCEL the Montgomery Hills Street Fest. While we could deal with light rain, the forecast is calling for heavy rain and high winds, and therefore we are postponing the Fest until Spring 2023. While Ian is dampening our fun, our thoughts are first and foremost with those in the wake of the storm.
Here is our plan going forward:
Unfortunately, canceling the Fest means that we lose a significant amount of the funding we raised because we are obligated to still pay for the tents, tables, chairs, sound equipment, and porta-potties we rented. We are grateful to our generous donors — without whom we could not have a Fest. Once we have paid all non-refundable costs, we will bank the remaining funds for use for a 2023 Spring Street Fest. All donors will be recognized for the future Fest.
Thank you for donating your time to volunteer and money to support the Street Fest! Everyone is welcome to join us at Denizens to celebrate our wonderful community where we all get to live and work and commit to making the Georgia Avenue corridor a safe, pleasant, and vibrant place to be!
UPDATE 9/28/22: The Montgomery Hills Street Fest has been postponed to Spring 2023 (exact date TBD) due to weather.
After a two-year hiatus, the Montgomery Hills Street Fest is back! Mark your calendars for:
Saturday, October 1st from 3:00 – 7:00 pm
Location: Columbia Boulevard (between 16th Street and Seminary Road)
WE NEED YOU…
To ATTEND this year’s Montgomery Hills Street Fest
Visit our website to find out more about the music, activities, and food at this year’s Fest
To VOLUNTEER to help ensure our Street Fest is a blast for everyone!
Visit the sign-up to choose a 1-hour shift to help ensure we have smooth event
There will be great food and drinks for all who fest!
Denizens, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Meleket, Fred’s Ice Cream, Silver Spring Wings are just some of the foods and drinks you can sample while you are enjoying the music, meeting neighbors, browsing the vendor tables, playing games, and making art.
Again, visit the Street Fest Website to learn more about the event!
— Montgomery Hills Street Fest Organizers
A flat tire is one of the most common mishaps that can occur while riding a bike. A piece of metal, glass, or even a thorn can end an otherwise enjoyable ride. I am offering a free hands-on workshop to show you how to repair a flat tire while on the road or trail. At the end of the two-hour session you will know how to remove a damaged wheel, identify the cause of the flat, locate the puncture, repair the inner tube, and what basic tools you should carry to take care of such an emergency. All materials, including patches, cement, practice tubes, and written step-by-step instructions will be provided.
Sessions will be limited to two participants, ages 16 and up, and will be held outdoors on my deck with plenty of spacing between us. Masks will be required. Bring your bikes to practice removing a wheel and mounting it when the repair is completed. We will practice patching a puncture on inner tubes that I provide. I plan to hold these sessions through the spring and summer. If interested, please contact me to schedule our workshop.
–Manuel Vera
Kudos to Manuel who has serviced a whopping 98 bikes for free since April 2020 and fixed up and given away 32 donated bikes!
For more information about Manuel’s bike tune up services and bike donation project:
A pandemic project: Fixing up bicycles and giving them away free
by John Kelly, Washington Post, May 4, 2021
NPR: Retiree Finds Purpose Restoring Unwanted Bikes, Gives Them Away
NPR, Morning Edition, May 6, 2021
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