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This month's Third Thursday Poetry Reading will feature Anne Higgins as well as a chance for new poets to come out for an open reading. The reading is on May 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the T...

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Takoma Park Police Department, in partnership with the Takoma Park Recreation Department, will give kids a chance to experience the life of a cop. The department will hold four sessi...

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  Catch up on news you might have missed this week, including the latest in North Potomac’s Belward Farm controversy, the charging of a Gaithersburg man in the death of his son and a...

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  It's Mother's Day weekend, and you know what that means—flowers, chocolates, maybe brunch or breakfast in bed for Mom. Patch wanted to help. We honored Maryland's moms by enco...

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  To honor mothers around Montgomery County, Patch asked users to upload photos of their moms and leave a comment about what makes them so great. The heartfelt expressions of love an...

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Time magazine has glommed onto a trend called attachment parenting, which includes "extended breastfeeding," when a mother breastfeeds her child past infancy, babyhood, and into toddlerdo...

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The smell of one of Washington, D.C.'s most iconic dishes will be wafting through the air in Takoma next week, according to a story in the Washington Post. Horace and Dickie's, an H ...

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In a city bogged down by traffic congestion, Jo Reyes has found a solution to avoid the frustration: biking. As the owner of The Green Commuter in Takoma Park, Reyes has been able to...