PHOTOS BY JAY KELLER "It was amazing!" said Lucy Neher, one of the race organizers. "We broke a lot of records," she said, "and had a lot of fun." Twelve 6-year

The passing of 12th Night, Jan 6, is traditionally the end of the holiday season. Jan 7 Takoma Park's curbs are lined with discarded Christmas trees, ready to

GARDENING GODDESS: • By Kathy Jentz Several gardens and groups in the Takoma Park, MD, Silver Spring, MD, and the Takoma neighborhood of Washington, DC, are a

As the East Coast prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, The children (and more than a few adults) of Takoma Park gathered for a Halloween costume contest

OPINION • BY FRANCIS PHIPPS I am thankful to Ward 1 councilmember Seth Grimes who has listened to his constituents and offered sound guidance on this issue. He also

COMMUNITY • BY MADDY RASKULINECZ

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • By JULIE BAUGHMAN, CNS; ANNAPOLIS – Comptroller Peter Franchot, resident of Takoma Park, prides himself in being what he calls,

Drivers take note! You will find detours and delays this week in Takoma Park. A major traffic artery was blocked west-bound in Old Town Takoma Thurday, Oct 11. Neighboring

GRANOLAPARK  • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, The Residency Requirement and Advise and Consent Role (RRAC) controversy continues to wreak havoc and wreck relations as it wrenches attention from

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, "MOU" is not a barn-yard noise, it's Memorandum Of Understanding. In other words, "an agreement." As in an agreement between the

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, With the smallest majority possible the Takoma Park city council voted to move two controversial proposals closer to becoming city law.

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, No geekness! The new Takoma Park city council had no geeky aprez-vacation reports. In fact, only a

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, It's time to resurrect The RAT! The RAT is an award for worst media coverage of Takoma Park. It was first proposed in

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

ENVIRONMENT • BY DARLENE REYES Lawn pesticides may do more damage than just killing weeds. Catherine Cummings and Julie Taddeo started the Safe Growth Initiative as concerned citizens. They were

Scroll to the bottom for a slideshow of the 2012 Takoma Park Independence Day Parade. COMMUNITY • BY JAMIE LEE The parade started late, as parades tend to do. The

MUSIC • BY DARLENE REYES With gypsy musicians as parents, she has the wandering spirit that is key to folk music. The Institute of Musical Traditions, Takoma Park's folk music

The challenge was to create something “tree-like”. The Old Takoma Business Association (OTBA) is holding the reCYCLE The Art of Tree Project public art exhibition in Old Takoma Park

"Milkshake," an independent film production is now filming in and around town. The film is a coming of age comedy set in 1990s Takoma Park. Not coincidentally, that's when