Takoma Park News

Over the next few months, much of Verizon's phone lines in Montgomery County will switch from traditional copper to a more advanced fiber optic system, a move that has some residents worried their options for Internet, cable and phone providers will be drastically limited.

A man wanted on homicide and attempted homicide charges stemming from a July 1 slaying in Prince George's County barricaded himself in a Takoma Park apartment Monday afternoon, according to Takoma Park Police, who earlier in the day captured another man wanted in connection with that slaying.

The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday voted down guidelines on how to implement a proposed ambulance fee, scuttling debate for now on the contentious issue.

Takoma Park, MD light heavyweight Darnell "The Ding-A-Ling Man" Wilson was stopped at the end of the 10th round by top-ranked cruiserweight Grigory Drozd tonight in Moscow, Russia.

Montgomery County school board member Christopher S. Barclay of Takoma Park checks on Javier Sanchez, 4, of Takoma Park during Monday's kickoff of the county's free summer lunch program.

Investigators work at the site where two Red Line Metrorail trains collided with one another between the Fort Totten and Takoma Park stations.

Dora Escobar owns five cash-checking and money-wiring businesses in the Takoma/Langley Park Crossroads and says she knows firsthand that her clients, many who live in rental units in the Crossroads, can't afford increases in rent.

Takoma Park's Crossroads Farmers Market will open for its third season today, offering a smorgasbord of food and produce, from locally-grown fruits and vegetables to Salvadoran pupusas and Korean bulgogi dishes.

A rush-hour collision Monday between two Metro trains north of downtown Washington, D.C., killed at least four people and injured scores, Mayor Adrian Fenty said.

An injured man is carried away at the site where two subway trains collided on the Red line between the Fort Totten and Tacoma stations in the northeastern part of Washington D.C., on June 22, 2009.

A Metro train smashed into the back of another at the height of the Monday evening rush hour, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others as cars from the trailing train jackknifed into the air and fell atop the first.

Two fatalities have been confirmed as a result of a collision of two Metro trains between the Takoma Park and Fort Totten stations on the Red Line, according to the transit agency.

Casting about for a cause, the Young Activist Club at Piney Branch Elementary settled on something close at hand: the hundreds of polystyrene trays and plastic utensils discarded daily in the school cafeteria.

Two men armed with semi-automatic pistols robbed an armored truck employee Thursday outside a bank in Takoma Park, according to police, who are looking for the public's help in identifying the suspects.

The state Department of Education expects to get an opinion from the Attorney General's Office at the end of the month on who should pay the penalty if Montgomery County's plan to fund maintenance of effort is rejected.

Friendship United Methodist Church, located north of Damascus, was originally built in 1901.

This is a special show called "Pano in American Tradition" at Takoma Park Community Center , 7500 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, Maryland from June 12 to July 25, 2009.

Montgomery County police say an 84-year-old Takoma Park woman was killed after she was pinned under her car in a driveway.

If anything can be learned from the national recession, it's that tempers can flare the longer people go without money in their pockets.

Paula Nersesian helps daughter Kira Goo, 9, test the step-stool provided for Piney Branch Elementary pupils at last night's Takoma Park council meeting.