PHOTOS BY JAY KELLER Festivities for the annual House and Garden Tour included a concert by the Takoma Park Community Band. Photographer Jay Keller captured some unique reflections of

BY BILL BROWN, PHOTOS BY JULIE WIATT Summer came in with cloudless sky, a slight chill, and a bright, warming sun - perfect weather for "dancing up the dawn."

PHOTOS BY JAY KELLER "It was amazing!" said Lucy Neher, one of the race organizers. "We broke a lot of records," she said, "and had a lot of fun." Twelve 6-year

COMMUNITY • BY MORGAN FECTO

Inside Shampoo, Inc, a hair salon on Carroll Avenue, the white walls and seafoam chairs urge patrons to sit back and relax. But at

PHOTOS • JAY KELLER Saturday, Jan. 12:  Takoma Park residents  cleaned up trash and invasive species in Takoma Woods. It was  joint effort between Friends of Sligo

PHOTOS • JAY KELLER, MARY ELLSWORTH, BILL BROWN Friday, January 11 friends, former patrons, and fans of Video Americain gathered at the Carroll Ave. store to bid farewell in

The passing of 12th Night, Jan 6, is traditionally the end of the holiday season. Jan 7 Takoma Park's curbs are lined with discarded Christmas trees, ready to

PHOTOS • BY JULIE WIATT For 25 years or so Takoma Park has celebrated the winter solstice with a mummers play and dance performance at the town gazebo and

PHOTOS • BY BILL VALDEZ, RICK WEISS, AND STAFF The winter holidays feature festive lights and displays. Here are some to be seen in Takoma Park. We'll add more

PHOTOS • BY MARY ELLSWORTH and RILEY SKIDMORE A Dec. 15th evening vigil for the gun violence victims of the Newtown, CT school massacre Dec. 14 was held at

PHOTOS • BY BILL BROWN Roscoe the rooster is cozy for winter. He's wearing a jaunty scarf, and he's surrounded by a choice of lovely, hand-knitted hats, should he

PHOTOS • BY REBECCA RINI The annual Silver Spring Thanksgiving Parade, officially named the Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade, started the holiday season with giant balloons, floats, Santa's sleigh, several

Wistful shoppers started to line up 20 minutes early for Video Americain's closing sale.  The locally-beloved video-rental store is closing after nearly 18 years in Takoma Park's Old

As the East Coast prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, The children (and more than a few adults) of Takoma Park gathered for a Halloween costume contest

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

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,

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,"

MUSIC • BY AMANDA ZIADEH The 26^th annual WAMA awards kicked off a little after 8 p.m. on Sunday, February 19. As the line outside the State Theatre

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