GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Takoma Park's progressive activists are now bullying the city council to take an official stand for peace and freedom. City resident and

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Budget work sessions! That's what it's all about now. One. Department. At. A. Time. Each Takoma Park city department presents a yearly

ENVIRONMENT • BY CLAIRE SARAVIA, CNS The mild winter and warm spring may have helped area plants and trees bloom faster, but it could come at a price:

POLITICS • BY MARK MILLER, CNS

COMMUNITY • BY SARAH KRAUT

FAMILY • BY KARA ROSE, CNS For Maryland same-sex couples like Erin and Kat McGonigle, getting legally hitched required a short trip

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY TOM MCPARLAND, CNS A Senate panel voted 7-4 Tuesday to advance same-sex marriage legislation to the entire chamber, where members hope to move

CONGRESS • BY MARK MILLER, CNS Eight of the 10 members of Maryland's congressional delegation voted Friday to reject a bipartisan compromise on extending the payroll tax cut

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY TOM MCPARLAND, CNS In an unusual two-committee vote Tuesday evening, delegates grappled with several proposed amendments before voting 25 to 18 to send

TRANSPORTATION • BY AMANADA ZIADEH The increased long-term parking rates in the Silver Spring Parking Lot District went into affect Jan. 1 after the Montgomery County Council approved

EDUCATION • BY TIM EBNER, CNS Maryland schools are moving closer to overhauling the way that they evaluate teachers, putting more emphasis on student performance and test scores. The

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Is it the haircut, the new shoes, the new after-shave? What makes the Takoma Park city council look so different? OH,

HEALTH & FITNESS • BY TAMRA TOMLINSON It’s the time of year when the pills and powders, gyms, shopping channels and infomercials are promising that for just a

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY DAVE NYCZEPIR, CNS Maryland's 430th General Assembly session convened Wednesday, promising more than a few tough votes in the coming weeks as Gov.

Gov. Martin O'Malley pledged his commitment to job creation and solicited input from business leaders Friday on what he said will be a package of regulatory reforms and

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

In less than 10 minutes, 78 teenagers and young adults cycled through a 7-Eleven and emptied the shelves of candy bars, snacks and drinks. Before police arrived, they

by Greg Kohn While dramatic shifts in race took place nationwide between 2000 and 2010 as Hispanics and Asians grew in greater numbers than other races, the racial makeup

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