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Local heroes to be lauded by IMPACT Silver Spring

Award include a Latino parents group, a public safety advocate, and a teenage leader (Hawa Touré, pictured above)

It takes a watershed!

The Anacostia Watershed Society battles to restore our polluted tributaries

Rummage through Diane MacEachern's Big Green Purse

Local author offers ideas on how to keep your green green... and stay in the black doing it

The vintnery pleasures of Mrs. K's wine cellar

 


From journalist to racqueteer

Shannon Feaster makes Silver Spring her home court

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COUNTY NEWS

Silver Place promises affordable housing and a home for M-NCPPC


Leggett closes $440 million county budget gap


Residents invited to celebrate Earth Day by taking the Cool Capital Challenge and reducing their carbon footprint


Below the fold

Fight the Fear Factor

Four local activists give reasons to hope in 2008

Frankie Blackburn
Betsy Taylor
Michael Shuman
Gustavo Torres

Go for personal impact

Frankie Blackburn is inspired by personal connections:

"Looking at our own behavior is going to underscore why it's worth preserving democracy and treating people with compassion and inclusivity."

Clear the air

Betsy Taylor
imagines blue skies in our future:

"Imagine...instead of feeling hopeless about a global economic machine built on coal and oil, you are feeling excited about the new ways we generate power, grow food, and live in community"


Join the local revolution

Michael Shuman sees another option in the global marketplace:

"The Small Mart Revolution is not about getting people to take morally sound acts that only the rich can afford. It's about all of us taking advantage of the local bargains that inundate us."

Be a change agent

Gustavo Torres urges his neighbors to get involved in the immigrant debate:

"Don't limit yourself to theoretically supporting immigrants.

Live up to the tradition of American history."

 

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General Assembly opens,
but hard feelings remain
Legislators and environmentalists work to lower greenhouse gas emissions
Governor O'Malley focuses on education and public safety in 2009 budget
Maryland can weather tough times, says O'Malley in State of the State address
Reagan Day?
Maryland senators want to remember the Gipper
Legislator wants proof of citizenship for voter registration
Domestic partners and insurance companies get the rules
More restrictions possible for oystermen
O'Malley's Baystat may control cleanup funds
O'Malley scolds EPA for vehicle pollution roadblock
Governor and General Assembly grapple with foreclosure crisis
Franchot worried about
mortgage crisis and taxes
Law would punish drivers with loose pets in pickup beds

 


Looking ahead: 2008

Takoma Park:
New year, new mayor, new opportunities
County:
Keeping priorities straight during a budget crunch
Maryland:
A chance for progress
Congress:
A year of transition from Republican control

 


Retrospective

A look back at twenty years
Looking back at 2007 in Silver Spring and Takoma Park
Best of the Best of the Best 2007: You voted for your favorites... Read the results

 


Takoma news

Takoma fails to keep carbon diet set in 2000
ISO Republicans: Takoma Park lacks non-Democratic judges for 2008 elections
It's a done deal: new council takes office
Kathy Porter: Q & A
Is Takoma Park going condo?
Talk of Takoma: George’s Leventhal's collision with near-death—“You come this close, it makes you pause”
Talk of Takoma: Professor Backwoods discovers Broadway—John Guernsey's Valentine of a musical
Talk of Takoma: Don't trash-talk Brennan
Talk of Takoma: Leon Seltzer documents the Salvadoran "children left behind"
Spring Park spring sees the light
Takoma Park remains a Sanctuary City
The ethics of eating: Local non-profit promotes compassion at the dining table

 


Takoma Pork


Colbert loses mayoral bid. But read about his inspiring campaign
Focus on schools
Critics are raving about Pork TV's new fall lineup

 


Silver Spring

Silver Spring construction to reach new heights
Coalition works to reopen the Old Blair Auditorium

 


Montgomery County

Infrastructure responsibility is a must; Poplar Run developers face unprecedented requirements to contribute
Sligo Creek Golf Course
Big changes, major reservations

 


U.S.

Edwards, Wynn face off on bankruptcy, corporate donors

 

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Opinion

Granola Park: Pool Party!

"Shocking revelations by three councilmembers have called into question the accuracy of a recent resident survey. Dramatic confessions from the podium at Jan. 14th city council meeting, caused pandemonium. Almost."

From the editor: Resolution
Sin of the Month: Hope?
Progressively Speaking: Omnivore's Democracy

 


GreenThink

Resolution Earth: How can I reduce my carbon footrint

 

Activists take polar plunge
to fight global warming

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Sligo Naturalist: Sneaking around the gutter.... or the attic as the case may be
Green Money: Four great green funds for 2008
Jane Lawton remembered for environmental legacy
Montgomery County setting new climate change agenda
Maryland burning: state could pay heavy price for global warming, researchers warn
EarthTalk: Without good soil: nothing!
Mission: Food self sufficiency
Calvert Cliffs meltdown could spell disaster, anti-nuclear groups say
State encourages cover crops to cut erosion, pollution, but funds lag

 


Biz Buzz

Takoma Park's Window Wonderland
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Arts & Entertainment

Resolution: Art!
Takoma issues call for public art
Wammies
The World on a Plate: Nicaro Restaurant Lounge; Eclectic American cuisine from a Nicaraguan chef
The Local Dish: Splurging for scratch at CakeLove
Your own personal pizza: A panel of experts (um...college students) rate local pies

 


Home & Garden

Mile a minute weed meets its match? Bob Trumbule turns loose the Chinese weevil
Quite simply, they blow:
Leafblowers do more harm than good
Gardening Coach: Landscapes and the Law
Easy Gardener: Bare bones and spring dreams

 


Health & Fitness

Old Age in a New Age: Local author shines a light on movement to transform eldercare
Resolution Evolution: Start where you are
Experts warn: drug-resistant staph developing in communities

 


Family

Parenting: The perfect child
apParently: Doing nothing

"When you sit down at the end of the year and attempt to tote up the accomplishments, the stay at home parent has an invisible list."


International connections

Teaching Peace

 


Et al.

Queries for Carrie: Cold comfort

 

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