Peter Fosselman is in a unique position. He is the mayor of a quaint 2,000-person town, boasting a weekly farmers’ market, a string of village-style glass display cases and

Vanita Smith sat in the grassy median of New Hampshire Avenue, her body balled-up underneath her blue poncho to keep warm. When the traffic light at Lockwood Drive turned

by Chelsea Boone Members of the Montgomery County Council introduced a community benefits agreement bill on Oct. 11 that would bring big box stores such as Target, Wal-Mart and

by Chelsea Boone A community benefits agreement bill bringing big box stores to Montgomery County, and the proposed county youth curfew were met with opposition at a November 2

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, Takoma Park snarled and snapped at the county. The city feels it's been kicked around enough. The latest kick is right in the tender Takoma/Langley Sector.

A major Kensington, Md. community parking lot is on the verge of completion, according to the town council’s Sept. 26 meeting. The 54-space lot, located on Metropolitan Avenue,

In a 12,000-square foot Kensington building on the intimate, bohemian Howard Avenue, Gary Rosenthal crafts one of the most popular lines of Jewish artwork in the

GRANOLAPARK — Dear Readers, Ward 1 Councilmember Josh Wright announced at the July 25 Takoma Park city council meeting that he will not seek re-election this fall. Wright is the

Dear Readers, Wanna fight? Join the PSCAC! Oops! too late! The council suspended it. But echoes of the infighting continue. One side says the Public Safety Citizen's Advisory Committee (PSCAC) was

Dear Readers, We can taste that drink already! Seth Grimes posed the following questions in his election year contest - a traditional event, considering that this is

Dear Readers, The council may euthanize the Public Safety Citizens Advisory Committee (PSCAC). The mayor said that by his informal count a majority of councilmembers are leaning towards dissolving

The council passed the budget amendment allowing the city manager to tap speed camera revenues to make up a good portion of the shortfall. That shortfall came

Dear Readers, Where, oh where can the city find an extra $578,000 to replace the funds cut by the state? In the road, that's where! The city manager just found

Lately, the council has been referring to the 2 million dollars budgeted this fiscal year for the renovation of the Public Works Department as a "placeholder" amount. They

Dear Readers, Your Gilbert will be unable to post a report on the summer's last council meeting July 27 until after his vacation. Until then, -

Dear Reader, The city council wants Takoma Park to be on the sharpest, pointiest angle of the environmental cutting edge, again. That's where the city fancies it was a

Your Gilbert was as nonplussed as Colleen Clay, who said "I'm not sure how this ended up on the agenda," when the discussion on "How to approach Environmental

Dear Readers, Nothing puts a crooked little smile on Your Gilbert's face like a yummy bite of irony flavored with unintended consequences. We got a good taste of it

Dear Readers, Councilmember Reuben Snipper promised him not to fall out of his chair*. The former mayor Kathy Porter praised his calm professionalism. Erwin Mack, executive director of the