PHOTOS • BY JULIE WIATT Hundreds of folks took the chill and rain in stride to enjoy the Takoma Park Street Festival October 2. Three stages along Carroll

EDUCATION CNS — Maryland may apply for a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements after President Obama announced last week that he is allowing states to request

THE HEART OF PARENTING When you think about your family and the concept of “power,” what comes to mind?  Is it trying to make your children do something? 

SIN OF THE MONTH • BY ABBY BARDI

Thirty-something years ago, I had a serious illness.  When it was over, I decided it would

The contentious legislative battle over same-sex marriage ended only a few months ago, but opponents and advocates have already started preparing to fight for their cause in the

The percentage of college students in Maryland who defaulted on their federal student loans increased last year, as a tough job market for new grads put pressure on

Maryland's college-bound students managed to maintain high scores in each of the SAT's categories — critical reading, mathematics and writing — bucking a national trend of sinking scores,

Four and half year-old twins Kai and Che Millington were on the horns of a dilemma: what color yarn should they choose for the yak’s tail ? Book artist

PHOTOS • BY R. RINI Enjoy these photographs of the this year's Folk Festival by Voice photographer R. Rini, This annual — iconic— community event took place on

On a warm evening last spring, in deep dusk, a car motored along Ritchie Avenue toward Takoma Park and toward Ed Bordley, who was returning from choir practice

VIDEO • BY JESSE ALLEN Voice photo intern Jesse Allen captures a slice of life for band kids at Northwood:

Brisk mornings and piles of leaves (and work) mean one thing - it’s fall,  and it’s time to chill out, one party at a time. Whether at Takoma Park’s

Scroll down for Capital News Service video. Before he showed a video Friday of smoke billowing from the World Trade Center, high school teacher Keith Adams asked his students

A majority of Muslim Americans said their lives became more challenging in the decade that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a new survey of Muslim

PHOTOS — If you decided to sleep in on September 5, you missed a unique Montgomery County tradition. The 44th Annual Labor Day Parade wound through the streets

Aziza Afzal and Meg Lebow, both sixteen, sat in the back seat of a Toyota, holding ukuleles, taking a crash course from their friend and musician Maya Davis. They

THE HEART OF PARENTING  Dear Emory, I’m writing to ask you for your advice about how to get my seven-year-old son to accept that I mean, “No,” when

COMMUNITY VOICES • BY KEVIN ADLER & GINA MCNEAL — Like many other people in Takoma Park, the Folk Festival was our first exposure to this wonderful town. We

ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY RACHEL HORESOVSKY Takoma Park took pride in community safety on August 2, 2011 at the National Night Out, a fun-filled family event which focused on