Takoma Park News

A building that housed a movie theater for decades in Takoma Park, is a total loss Saturday morning after a pre-dawn fire.

Bored with the season yet? Venues all over Montgomery County are hoping you're not.

Officer Carla Magnaye of the Takoma Park Police Department speaks with the driver of a suspicious vehicle during a routine night on patrol Nov.

With the 2010 General Assembly looming, the top priorities for environmental interests will be transit-oriented projects and creating county fees for stormwater management.

Some students at East Silver Spring Elementary School will be reassigned to Sligo Creek Elementary School next year to manage class sizes at Sligo Creek, but East Silver Spring parents fear the move will fracture a growing community just beginning to unite.

Montgomery County Council members have unanimously agreed to give up their scheduled cost-of-living pay increase that would have taken effect in December.

Marilyn Piety says large trucks parking on the narrow streets of her Silver Spring neighborhood are unsafe and can affect the quality of life for herself and her neighbors.

Takoma Park police have released a composite sketch of the man who attacked and sexually assaulted along the Sligo Creek trail last week.

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett stepped into the lion's den for the last Town Hall meeting of the year with county residents at the Takoma Park Middle School Nov.

The Takoma Park community is on the alert and police are looking for a suspect in the sexual assault of a woman that took place Thursday on the Sligo Creek Stream Valley Trail.

A charming four-bedroom home in Takoma Park offers an attractive mix of old and new elements.

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett criticized the County Council on Wednesday for taking too long to pass several bills that he says would improve residents' quality of life.

Montgomery County Councilman George L. Leventhal criticized council President Philip M. Andrews for what he viewed as an attempt to bypass the committee chaired by Leventhal.

MOUNT RAINIER a ' On a brisk fall night here, Brent Bolin fires up his corn-burning stove.

On the program this week Linda Gunter from Beyond Nuclear in Takoma Park, Maryland joins Helen Caldicott for an in-depth discussion about the culture and politics of nuclear power.

Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election.

A Bethesda woman struck and killed by a school bus Wednesday is being remembered as a tireless advocate for the homeless.

A woman was struck and fatally injured by a county schoolbus in front of Bethesda Elementary school Wednesday afternoon.

First Test for Election Cryptography -- The first government election to use a new cryptographic scheme that lets both voters and auditors check that votes were cast and recorded accurately will be held tomorrow in Takoma Park, MD.

A new electronic voting system being used today for the first time in a government election in the U.S. will allow voters and elections auditors in Takoma Park, Md.