In the mid-1990s, Montgomery County leaders were tasked with revitalizing Silver Spring but early on realized that there was no input of opinions from the diverse residents. Traditional

HEALTH • BY JAMIE LEE Note: scroll to the bottom for maps and other biking resources An old adage says that bikes run on fat and save you money, while

We like thinking of history as a series of layers. The layers are the different eras, events and people of our past that can be peeled back to

ENVIRONMENT • BY KIRSTY GROFF One week from today, one Takoma Park resident may discover she has won the opportunity to travel to Rio de Janeiro to cover

EDUCATION • BY KIRSTY GROFF The April 3 Maryland primary helped narrow the field of candidates to the top two candidates in each race for the Montgomery County

TRANSPORTATION • BY TIM EBNER, CNS Scroll down for an interactive map of the path of the proposed Purple Line. Proposed construction on the Purple Line will not begin

MONTGOMERY COUNTY • SARAH KRAUT The Montgomery County Sister Cities board held a public hearing at the Executive Office Building Tuesday, March 13, to allow local residents input

IMMIGRATION • BY MALI KRANTZ One morning last week, Jorge Steven Acuna, a 19-year-old aspiring surgeon, was preparing for another day of school at Montgomery College in Germantown. Moments later, U.S.

TEENS: BY KELSEY MILLER, CNS Of the 279 female youth committed to residential treatment centers in Maryland in 2010, approximately 80 percent were accused of nothing more serious than

THEATRE • BY AMANDA ZIADEH Hexagon, a non-profit satirical singing, dancing and acting group, is now putting on its 57^th anniversary show, skewering Washington elites and raising money

BIZ BUZZ • BY SARAH KRAUT Scroll to the bottom of the page to see a slideshow. In the basement of an unassuming Latino-owned cyber store on University Boulevard

IMMIGRATION • BY JAMIE FORZATO, CNS Florinda Lorenzo-Desimilian was a stay-at-home mom in Prince George's County. She was in need of extra income so she started selling phone

MONTGOMERY COUNTY • BY JAMIE FORZATO, CNS Montgomery County prosecutors urge the legislature to approve an expansion of interpreter services in the state's courts for non-English speaking victims

COMMUNITY • BY SARAH KRAUT

COMMUNITY • BY AMANDA ZIADEH The Civil Rights Educational Freedom Tour will be taking off from Rockville, Md. on April 2 and will be returning on April 7. The

ECONOMY • BY AMALIA EHRMANN, CNS Special Report Families with young children in Montgomery County must earn at least $64,000 a year just to cover their basic needs

ECONOMY • BY CAITLIN JOHNSTON and CARL STRAUMSHEIM, CNS Special Report A Montgomery County family of three — an adult, a preschooler and a school-age child — needs

INTERNET • BY VARUN SAXENA, CNS In an effort to fight what Sen. Barbara Mikulski described as the "new enduring war" against "hate-hackers," Maryland officials announced Thursday a