By Suzanne Pollak @SuzannePollak When Judy Davis visited her dying friend, a former kindergarten teacher, Davis said that her friend talked about the profound effect that her hospice volunteer work…
Local residents provide support to victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
By Suzanne Pollak While thousands of people flocked to area synagogues and churches during the past two weeks in a show of support for the 11 synagogue attendees gunned down as they prayed, others fel…
Be Thankful – always
“The Hypnotized never lie”– Pete Townshend “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. It has none of the trappings of the LSD-induced imagery of Christmas or the Meth-i…
Folk Festival Draws Hundreds in Takoma Park
TAKOMA PARK – Hundreds of Takoma Park residents gathered Sunday afternoon for the city’s annual folk festival to celebrate cultural diversity.
“Today’s event is terrific, one, we hav…
Community-minded dance group kicks up heels
Families participate in a Moving Field Guide, an interactive experience led by Dance Exchange artists along with naturalists. COURTESY PHOTO BY JORI KETTEN When Gene Kelly passed away, a dance critic…
Nothing to fear but . . . what?
When did we become so damn scared? When did fear overtake us? Was it on 9/11? Why is everyone so afraid of Donald Trump? Or, why is everyone so afraid of Hillary Clinton?Fear is nothing I woul…
Local pizza place celebrates 25 years in Rockville
\ROCKVILLE – Although the wall behind the counter of Giuseppi’s Pizza Plus is covered in Pittsburgh sports team logos, mother and son duo Sue and Scott Feldman now say Rockville is their community.…
Residents vow to rebuild paradise after Cyclone Pam
Friday, March 13, 2015 was the unluckiest day in the history of the 45-year-old South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. Twice rated as the “happiest country on Earth,” on that unhappy day Vanuat…
Takoma Park resident gives back to those in need
Seventy-five years after India sheltered his grandfather from the Holocaust, Joe Kselman of Takoma Park has returned to light up some of the country’s poorest villages.…
“We got along then and we get along now”: Former George Washington Carver students remember growing up in a segregated school system
When the Supreme Court overruled “separate but equal” in 1954, change gradually began to take hold in Montgomery County. But within the walls of the county’s all-black high school at the time, some st…