POLITICS: Immigrant with big dreams hopes Dream Act passes
Like hundreds of undocumented high school graduates, Jose is waiting to see whether voters will uphold the Maryland Dream Act, which would allow some illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition at public two- and four-year colleges.
POLITICS: Same-sex marriage has seen relatively little TV advertising
by Caitlin Johnston, CNS David M. Johnson knows how to convince people. The 65-year-old spent the majority of his adult life as an advertising executive in New York City, with
GRANOLAPARK: Smith gets 15 months
GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, "What have I DONE?" That's what Jarrett Smith, officially the Takoma Park Ward 5 councilmember-elect, is probably thinking. What he did was win
COMMUNITY: Bill Murphy, faith in action
COMMUNITY • BY JULIE WIATT Bill Murphy’s life course shifted when he took in a homeless man to share his dorm room in a Catholic college in Worcester. Bill
COMMUNITY: Homes for the homeless at Mary House
COMMUNITY • BY JULIE WIATT How wide is the human heart? How elastic is the concept of home? Over the past 30 years Sharon and Bill Murphy answered these
ARTS: Blair presents “Les Miserables” with international flair
ARTS • BY ROB KOENIG He was born in a French-speaking town in West Africa and barely spoke English when he arrived as a refugee in Silver Spring
EDUCATION: Teachers union scores in Montgomery County primary, looks forward to general election
EDUCATION • BY KIRSTY GROFF The April 3 Maryland primary helped narrow the field of candidates to the top two candidates in each race for the Montgomery County
EDUCATION: To educators, “doomsday” budget a disaster
EDUCATION • BY MIKE BOCK Though supporters praised Gov. Martin O'Malley and the legislature for an overhaul of year-to-year education funding requirements, education leaders are calling for a
TRANSPORTATION: Maryland schools in the path of the Purple Line
TRANSPORTATION • BY TIM EBNER, CNS Scroll down for an interactive map of the path of the proposed Purple Line. Proposed construction on the Purple Line will not begin
PETS: Scrub-a-dub-dog
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
EDUCATION: Maryland’s best teachers say profession must improve from ‘inside out’
EDUCATION • BY ROB BOCK, CNS In a roundtable discussion today at the U.S. Department of Education, Maryland's best teachers evaluated and discussed innovative ways to recruit, prepare,
MARYLAND: Metropolitan sprawl puts urban in suburban
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
TEENS: Md. girls incarcerated at higher rates than boys for lesser offenses
TEENS: BY KELSEY MILLER, CNS Of the 279 female youth committed to residential treatment centers in Maryland in 2010, approximately 80 percent were accused of nothing more serious than
EDUCATION: Dating violence may become a bullying issue in Maryland schools
EDUCATION • BY LIZZY MCLELLAN, CNS In the wake of recent incidents that gained state and national attention, the Maryland General Assembly is considering legislation that would put
COMMUNITY: Why Beit Shemesh may not become a MoCo sister city after all
COMMUNITY • BY SARAH KRAUT
In 2007, right after County Executive Isiah Leggett was elected, two things happened: First, he took a trip to visitHEALTH: Maryland schoolchildren may get calorie counts for lunch items
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
SPORT REPORT: Blair update — on the court, on the mats
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
EDUCATION: Maryland schools test evaluating teachers on student performance
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: Maryland education funding divides state and county leaders
EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY TIM EBNER, CNS Cash-strapped Maryland county leaders say they can't afford to pay their share of rising costs for schools and are asking
KIDS’ VOICE: Home work – Many families opting for a do-it-yourself education
KIDS' VOICE • by Sandy Moore Ten-year-old Mira Subramanian is sitting on her favorite sunny spot on the family couch, talking about what a typical day looks like


























