COMMUNITY • BY SARAH KRAUT Scroll to the bottom for a slideshow from Opening Day. The weather is beautiful, the days are long and spring is upon us; all

MUSIC • BY SARAH KRAUT In celebration of its Bar Mitzvah year, the Washington Jewish Music Festival is throwing the ultimate party. It’s going to ramp up the

Imagine enjoying food, music and cultures from around the globe -- all in one afternoon and within just a few blocks. That’s what the second annual “Taste the World

HEALTH • BY LIZZY MCLELLAN, CNS At Murray Hill Middle School in Laurel, nutrition information is posted to a bulletin board for students to peruse as they stand

ENVIRONMENT • BY ELLEN STODOLA, CNS Legislators questioned Gov. Martin O'Malley about whether the jobs created from his offshore wind legislation will actually go to Marylanders during a

INTERNET • BY KIRSTY GROFF Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner appointed Councilmember Hans Riemer Lead for Digital Government February 6, a move intended to promote transparency of

CRIME • BY KIRSTY GROFF A recent string of robberies in Shepherd Park, D.C., led to a community crime briefing that allowed area police departments, government officials and

INTERNET • BY BROOKE AUXIER, CNS Maryland lags behind other states in making government information easy for citizens to access online, open government advocates said, despite Gov. Martin

COMMUNITY • BY SARAH KRAUT Pat Rumbaugh was still in the preliminary planning stages of this year’s Mid-Winter Play Day when a friend told her he knew when

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

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

PRESS RELEASE • IMPACT SILVER SPRING IMPACT Silver Spring, an oganization that builds diverse community networks in the city, will once again present awards to community members who

INTERNET • BY NICK FOLEY, CNS Devoted users of Wikipedia, Reddit, WordPress and Minecraft could be in for a surprise Wednesday as they log on to their trusted

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY ED LEVY January 11, 2012, marks the beginning of the Maryland Legislature’s 430^th session.  The legislature has met since 1635, and its annual

HOUSING — When Gabriel Rodriguez-Rico and Danielle Dean met one recent Saturday in Prince George's County to help residents of foreclosed homes, they ended up heeding, in a

Maryland is one of 23 states that has been lax in reporting mental health and substance abuse records to a national database used to run background checks on

SIN OF THE MONTH — When I began writing this monthly column a gazillion years ago, it was in order to discuss each of the Seven Deadly Sins. 

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