PHOTOS BY JAY KELLER Takoma Park mayor Bruce Williams and retired American University professor Geoffrey Burkhart were married Saturday, May 4. The couple, who met 39 years ago, chose that

COMMUNITY •  BY MORGAN FECTO Since Soupergirl opened a storefront nearly two years ago, its ever-changing menu of vegan

COMMUNITY: BY SAMANTHA BORTNIKER Colorful Easter eggs covered the field. Hundreds of residents, parents and children, waited in anticipation for the egg hunt to begin while enjoying the beautiful

EDUCATION • YAGANA SHAH Capital News Service Federal budget cuts to early childhood education that could affect 800 Maryland students are a poor idea, according to Education Secretary Arne Duncan,

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

HEALTH • BY DARLENE REYES Two years after Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray signed the “Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Amendment Act of 2010” details about the

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

BIZ BUZZ • BY JAMIE LEE Not many businesses would welcome a mob. But Now and Then is one of those places.  On Friday, June 15, from 4:30 p.m.

MUSIC • BY ABI ROME "Seven master artists, seven traditions, one extraordinary collaboration."  That was the tag line on the flyer for the CD/DVD Release Concert of the newly

"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

HEALTH • BY JAMIE LEE Note: scroll to the bottom for maps and other biking resources An old adage says that bikes run on fat and save you money, while

If you want to listen to something besides splashing at the pool or insects buzzing by the grill, the Takoma Park Jazz Festival is on Sunday, June 10

GRANOLAPARK · BY GILBERT Dear Readers, Snipper got the clock. The Takoma Park City Council handed the clock to him a week after Councilmember Reuben Snipper stepped down.

PHOTOS • BY JULIE WIATT The Takoma Park House and Garden Tour on May 6 offered an up-close glimpse into both old and new North Takoma. The self-guided

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

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