HEALTH & FITNESS • BY CHELSEA BOONE Increasingly, residents are trading in their automobiles for another set of wheels. Bicycles are gaining ground as the preferred mode of transportation

COMMUNITY • BY ED LEVY The Second Annual Taste the World in Fenton Village community event was a success for all concerned. The 24 Fenton Village restaurants (in

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

TAKOMA ARCHIVES • DIANA KOHN The self-guided Takoma Park House and Garden Tour offers the opportunity to explore a dozen houses in the neighborhood developed by town founder

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

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

ARTS • BY SARAH KRAUT In 1910, the world’s largest full-stage theatre allowing African American performers opened in Washington, D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood. At the height of its majesty,

In our featured photo, runners get ready to tear through Silver Spring at Pacer’s Earth Day 5K 2011, which benefited The Nature Conservancy (as it will again this

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

TAKOMA ARCHIVES • BY DIANA KOHN In many of my historical accounts for this column, newspapers have provided a major source of detail and understanding of past events.

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

EDITOR'S VOICE • BY ERIC BOND This year marks a quarter century of the Voice. For the past 25 years, this has been an independent monthly tabloid, dedicated to

ENVIRONMENT • BY NICK FOLEY, CNS Divya Chandra was seeking relief when she entered the Allergy Clinic at the University of Maryland Monday morning. Her nose running constantly,

AT HOME IN SILVER SPRING • STEVE KNIGHT AND KAREN BURDITT As some of you may know, the police station on Sligo Avenue will be closing and relocating

HEALTH & FITNESS • BY KIRSTY GROFF As people develop, they move through different stages in their lives.  The names and terms for these stages can differ from

BIZ BUZZ • BY SARAH KRAUT After watching him work until late into the night for weeks, Zed Mekonnen’s friend finally asked him “Why don’t you just go

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

SLIGO NATURALIST • BY ALISON GILLESPIE What an odd non-winter we had. I missed the snow, and the recharge it usually brings my spirit. My garden never got