OPINION • BY JAMIE RASKIN When I moved to Takoma Park in 1990, there was no Internet. No websites. No email. No blogging. No neighborhood listservs. No 24-hour

HEALTH • BY JOSH COOPER, CNS Scroll to bottom to see interactive map. Some Maryland residents see drinking raw milk as a normal part of a healthy diet. The

PETS • BY TEIGHLER DOAK DC resident Ethel Taylor saw an empty space in the local market for dog owners and filled it with suds. The Doggie Washerette provides

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY MALI KRANTZ, CNS Prohibiting cars that run solely on gas from parking at electric vehicle charging stations is elitist, according to Maryland Sen.

MARYLAND • BY KATELIN WANGBERG, CNS A Baltimore federal judge has ruled that Maryland's handgun permit law, restricting handguns to homes, is unconstitutional. In his opinion, Judge Benson

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

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY MALI KRANTZ, CNS Maryland beekeepers are rallying around a bill Wednesday afternoon that would set a standard for honey sold in the state. "Maryland

BIZ BUZZ • BY TEIGHLER DOAK If you’re looking to have a couple beers where do you go? Roscoe's? The Olive Lounge? Here’s one I bet you wouldn’t

SPORT REPORT • BY TEIGHLER DOAK With the springlike weather here in Takoma Park and Silver Spring areas, one might think that the local high school sports scene

BIZ BUZZ • BY ED LEVY I know that as a reviewer I’m supposed to be objective, but with Snider’s I can’t help it. I love this place!

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

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 • MIKE BOCK and LIZZY MCLELLAN, CNS Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher pension costs from the state

AT HOME IN SILVER SPRING • BY STEVE KNIGHT & KAREN BURDITT Last month we wrote about adding onto historic homes in our community and cited two

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

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

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