Good Samaritans Rescue Blind Man from Metro Tracks

Plus: Officials finalizing plans to redevelop Silver Spring library into child care center; Police searching for shooting suspects

April 16, 2019 11:01 a.m.

Good Samaritans rescue blind man from Metro tracks

A blind man fell onto the Metro’s Red Line tracks near Bethesda last week, and bystanders were able to pull him to safety seconds before the train pulled into the station. [NBC Washington]

Officials finalizing plans to redevelop Silver Spring library into childcare center

Montgomery County officials are finalizing plans to redevelop the old Silver Spring Library on Colesville Road into a childcare center as part of a deal that will also bring new affordable homes for seniors to a different section of the county. [Washington Business Journal]

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Police searching for shooting suspects

Montgomery County police are searching for two men they say shot a man in an Olney townhouse.

Officials say the isolated incident happened on Bantry Way just after 5 p.m. The victim was taken to a local hospital. [WDVM]

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