ENVIRONMENT • BY KIRSTY GROFF One week from today, one Takoma Park resident may discover she has won the opportunity to travel to Rio de Janeiro to cover

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 • 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

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.

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

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

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

TakomaPlays! decorated cat condos April 2 at Big Bad Woof from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Founder Pat Rumbaugh helped five young children decorate cardboard cat houses using markers,

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Takoma Park Police chief Ronald Ricucci announced he will be leaving his position in July. According to a March 27 police press release,

VIDEO • BY JULIE WIATT Your mother probably told you not to play with fire. But how about dancing with it? The Dance Afire steam punks performed at

THEATRE • BY SARAH KRAUT Cristina Garcia describes her creative process as “Jackson Pollock in the head.” She thinks abstractly, in a stream-of-consciousness manner, and she loves to

PHOTOS • BY MARK PODGER Songbird Jennifer Cutting, resplendent in pink mask and feathers, led her merry band of revelers on a musical drinking tour on "Fat Tuesday,"

GRANOLAPARK • BY GILBERT

Dear Readers,

The next time councilmember Seth Grimes asks someone to correct any misconceptions he might have, would somebody please get

ECONOMY • BY AMALIA EHRMANN, CNS Special Report Families with young children in Montgomery County must earn at least $64,000 a year just to cover their basic needs

PHOTOS • BY MARK PODGER On February 4, the Folklore Society of Greater Washington celebrated its annual mid-winter mini fest on the site of the iconic Takoma Park

TRANSPORTATION • BY KIRSTY GROFF Metropolitan Branch Trail work in Montgomery County could be delayed indefinitely, if Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett’s budget recommendations are approved by the

COMMUNITY • PHOTOS BY JAY KELLER Thursday, Feb. 9 marked both Play Day and Zip Code Day (2/09/12) for Takoma Park. Under the fun-loving leadership of Pat Rumbaugh