GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Last week (April 2) councilmember Seth Grimes dramatically exclaimed that the council was in violation of it's own laws. They are

MONTGOMERY COUNTY • SARAH KRAUT The Montgomery County Sister Cities board held a public hearing at the Executive Office Building Tuesday, March 13, to allow local residents input

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT

Dear Readers,

The next time councilmember Seth Grimes asks someone to correct any misconceptions he might have, would somebody please get

INTERNET • BY VARUN SAXENA, CNS In an effort to fight what Sen. Barbara Mikulski described as the "new enduring war" against "hate-hackers," Maryland officials announced Thursday a

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

AMORE • BY BETHANY KARN Somehow, a kiss next to the Washington Monument is not nearly the same as a kiss under the Eiffel Tower.  This is not an

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS  • MALI KRANTZ, CNS A new bill would give Maryland puppy purchasers more leverage against pet stores if they are sold a sickly pup. Delegate Nic

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY ELLEN STODOL, CNS A number of legislators are concerned that Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal to raise the flush tax from $2.50 to $5

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

TALK OF TAKOMA • BY HOWARD KOHN Seth Grimes got his picture in the May 22, 1998 international edition of the New York Times, and, while it might

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Takoma Park's new councilmembers want a sustainability coordinator and they want it now! Freshly seated and not yet saddle-sore, they

When Ype Von Hengst showed up at the Marine Corps Marathon in October 2008, the then-58-year-old wondered what he had gotten himself into: Before the 26-mile race, the

THE HEART OF PARENTING  Dear Emory, I’m writing to ask you for your advice about how to get my seven-year-old son to accept that I mean, “No,” when

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

When I lived in Okinawa in the early 1980s, I often dreamed that I was leaving there.  In the dreams, I was surrounded by the ethereal blue-green ocean,

Dear Readers, You like those speed bumps on your street, don't you? And if you don't have one, you are itching to get one, aren't you? All those other

Dear Readers, The leaf-blower bout continues! See rounds I, II, and III here. Resident activists who requested the ban last October were at the January 21 Takoma

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.