EDITOR'S VOICE • BY ERIC BOND This year marks a quarter century of the Voice. For the past 25 years, this has been an independent monthly tabloid, dedicated to

SIN OF THE MONTH • BY ABBY BARDI “You need a platform,” my cousin said.  “As an author.  You should use Twitter.” We were having dinner at the Clyde’s

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT

 Dear Reader,

 No blood! Just bruises

 2010's budget bloodbath was not repeated in 2011, to everyone's surprise and relief. Takoma Park city elections,

CITIZEN BILL • BY WILLIAM BROWN

December 2011

OPINION • BY MIKE TIDWELL AIDS, poverty, war – none of them will matter if the atmosphere warms by 11 degrees in a century. An optimist might want to

VOX POPULI • BY SETH GRIMES

QUESTION OF THE MONTH • BY JULIE WIATT Here are some answers to the question of the month. Leave your answer below. Jim Dougherty (with Seneca): “What

SIN OF THE MONTH • BY ABBY BARDI A few weeks ago, I was on the Beltway half-listening to NPR when I heard something about the US economy

Dear Readers,

Training wheels strapped to the dais, the new Takoma Park City

VOX POPULI • BY ED LEVY The Blair High School Cafeteria was jumping on October 27 for the one-year-out area kick-off of President Obama’s re-election campaign. I once

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Takoma Park's new city council, with three new and bouncy ward representatives, was sworn in Nov. 21. The main event was short - they

COMMUNITY • BY CHEER The gap between the haves and have-nots in Takoma Park widened significantly during the last decade, according to U.S. Census data. Community Health and Empowerment

SIN OF THE MONTH • BY ABBY BARDI Recently, a $447 billion jobs bill backed by President Obama was killed in the Senate. In what the New York

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, It's not a slate, it's not a cabal, it's not a coalition, it's not an alliance, it's not a party - it's an

PETS • BY ED LEVY Our dog Auggie was always happiest when she was racing through our nearby woods.  Taking her off leash let loose the animal in

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, There are seven new candidates in Takoma Park city election. Most of them, poor dears, suffer from Fire in The Belly (FTB). How

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Granolapark will be covering the day’s action-packed developments LIVE. So stay tuned! Glue your browser to this page! 10:12 — Here's the wrap-up. There

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, You can tell the Takoma Park city election is coming - candidates are showing up at city council meetings! Seth Grimes (Ward 1 candidate)

SIN OF THE MONTH • BY ABBY BARDI

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