ShopHouse To Raise Money For Whitman — From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, the Bethesda Row ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen will donate half of all proceeds to the Walt Whitman High School Student Government Association. Just mention the event, print the program flyer or show it on your phone. [ShopHouse]
What’s Going On At The Farm Women’s Market? — Market organizers say they are “working through the details to remove the vehicle,” that has been lodged in the back of the building since last Wednesday. The structure has been closed by Montgomery County’s Department of Permitting Services. One market participant told us she expects the indoor portion of the market to be reopened Saturday.
Zoning Code Public Hearings — The County Council held a public hearing on Tuesday on the proposed rewrite of the county zoning code and will hold another hearing on Thursday. It’s the second set of public hearings and, in a rare procedure, is being used to allow the public to comment on the Planning Committee’s work before it heads to full Council. [Montgomery County Council]
Board of Ed Votes Against Adding Muslim Holidays To Calendar — Two members of Montgomery County’s Board of Education voted against adding Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr to the school system’s calendar of official holidays next year. In the next school year’s calendar, the holidays don’t conflict with classes. But advocates of making the days off-days in the future say they are being treated unfairly compared to the school system’s treatment of Christian and Jewish holidays. MCPS found about 5 percent of students and 5 percent of teachers were absent on Oct. 15, the day of Eid al-Adha. Roughly the same amount of students and teachers were absent Oct. 14. [The Gazette]
