OPINION • BY JAMIE RASKIN When I moved to Takoma Park in 1990, there was no Internet. No websites. No email. No blogging. No neighborhood listservs. No 24-hour

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

PHOTOS • ERIC BOND On Friday, April 5, faithful Catholics walked in the footsteps of Jesus as he made his journey to cruxifiction. The Via Crucis or Stations

AT HOME IN SILVER SPRING • STEVE KNIGHT AND KAREN BURDITT As some of you may know, the police station on Sligo Avenue will be closing and relocating

HEALTH & FITNESS • BY KIRSTY GROFF As people develop, they move through different stages in their lives.  The names and terms for these stages can differ from

BIZ BUZZ • BY SARAH KRAUT After watching him work until late into the night for weeks, Zed Mekonnen’s friend finally asked him “Why don’t you just go

PETS • BY TEIGHLER DOAK DC resident Ethel Taylor saw an empty space in the local market for dog owners and filled it with suds. The Doggie Washerette provides

SLIGO NATURALIST • BY ALISON GILLESPIE What an odd non-winter we had. I missed the snow, and the recharge it usually brings my spirit. My garden never got

VIDEO • BY JULIE WIATT Your mother probably told you not to play with fire. But how about dancing with it? The Dance Afire steam punks performed at

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

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

TRANSPORTATION • BY KIRSTY GROFF Metropolitan Branch Trail work in Montgomery County could be delayed indefinitely, if Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett’s budget recommendations are approved by the

AT HOME IN SILVER SPRING • BY STEVE KNIGHT AND KAREN BURDITT Last month our column focused on the two types of historic preservation familiar to most of

TRANSPORTATION • BY AMANDA ZIADEH The completion of the new Silver Spring Transit Center may be delayed after a contractor error that left the concrete in various places

EDUCATION • BY NICK FOLEY, CNS When Jacen Sherman set out to create a video game in which players must save the world from catastrophe, he didn't think

SPORT REPORT • BY TEIGHLER DOAK With the springlike weather here in Takoma Park and Silver Spring areas, one might think that the local high school sports scene

BIZ BUZZ • BY ED LEVY I know that as a reviewer I’m supposed to be objective, but with Snider’s I can’t help it. I love this place!