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

MARYLAND • BY MARK MILLER, CNS When the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area logged a population increase last decade, the most dramatic changes came in outlying counties like Charles

CONGRESS • BY NICK FOLEY, CNS Research into Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases would win a boost under a bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Barbara Mikulski. The

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

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY ED LEVY The Maryland General Assembly will be dealing with at least two major environmental issues, wind power and stormwater runoff, in the

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 • 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 — 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.

How to Get Spring Blooms in the Dead of Winter

When I visited Kyoto in the early '80s, I immediately declared it my favorite place on earth, and almost nowhere I've been since then has shaken it from

Nature's AC

Those two weeks in June when we hit record high temperatures, were you feeling. "Hot Hot Hot" as Buster Poindexter sings? Walking around

by Kathy Jentz

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

Dear Readers, Asking the city council for money can be tough. It certainly was for the Community Indicators Project director Bruce Baker. The Community Indicators Project's purpose is to measure

Part three of a series

Dear Readers There's some shady business planned at the community college. If the proposed expansion goes the way some fear, they say the new buildings will be so big

while you still can, Dear Reader! Too late! The doors have banged shut, the bolts slammed home. The lights are extinguished. An ominous humming noise begins in the dark.