Council Committee to Discuss Purple Line Public-Private Partnerships

Things to know this week in Silver Spring:

1.) Temperatures will be in the mid- to high 60s Monday through Wednesday, and in the low 70s on Thursday and Friday, with a 40 percent chance of showers on Friday, The Weather Channel reported on Sunday night.

2.) The Montgomery County Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee holds a worksession Monday at 9:30 a.m. on the proposed public-private partnership that would be formed to build the Purple Line—an east-west transit line to connect the Bethesda and New Carrollton.

3.) Need a smile? Check out the National Zoo's Giant Panda Cam.

4.) Halloween is this Thursday. Here are some tips for drivers on how to be extra vigilant with the extra foot traffic.

5.) Get caught up on recent headlines with this news roundup.