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Alumni Famous and notorious past residents of Takoma and Silver Spring	Blogs Locals with a point of view	Business directory Shop Local!	Community organizations	Emergency Information

Events and Festivals	Government	Neighborhood and Tenant Organizations	Libraries	Non-Profits

Public Schools & Colleges	Sports	Transportation	utilities	weather

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	Business Associations & Business Support Organizations





	Other Local Media Sources & Publications

Community Events & Festivals
Takoma Park Farmers' Market	Silver Spring Artist's Market
Takoma Park Film Festival	Silver Spring Farmers' Market
Takoma Park Folk Festival	SilverDocs Film Festival
Takoma Park Independence Day Celebration	Silver Spring Jazz Festival
Takoma Park Jazz Festival	Magical Montgomery Cultural Fair
Takoma Park Street Festival	Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade
If there is a Community Event or Festival that you would like to see listed here, please email us at: web-at-takoma-dot-com.

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Local Government Links
Takoma Park	City of Takoma Park Takoma Park Police Department Takoma Park Recreation Department City of Takoma Park - Library
Silver Spring	Silver Spring Regional Center
Montgomery County	Montgomery County Government Montgomery County Board of Elections Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Montgomery County Park & Planning Montgomery County Park Police Montgomery County Police Department Montgomery County Public Libraries
Maryland	Official website of the State of Maryland Maryland State Board of Elections Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration Maryland State Police
District of Columbia	Official website of the District of Columbia DC-Takoma Neighborhood Library
If you know of a Local Government link that you would like to see listed here, please email us at: web-at-takoma-dot-com.

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Utilities & Emergency Information
Utilities	Pepco (Potomac Electric Power Company) Report a power outage: 1-877-PEPCO-62 (1-877-737-2662) Report downed wires: 202-872-3432 Washington Gas Emergency Phone Numbers: (703) 750-1400 or 1 (800) 752-7520 WSSC (Washington Suburban Sanitary Comission) Emergency Phone Number: (301) 206-4002
Weather Emergencies (For Emergency Weather Information, tune your NOAA Weather Radio (or VHF radio) to: KHB-36, or 162.550 MHz)	National Weather Service Flood or Flash Flooding Info. Severe Storms Info.
Other/General Emergency Management	Alert Montgomery City of Takoma Park: Emergency Management Maryland Emergency Management Agency Federal Emergency Management Agency American Red Cross CDC - Emergency Management & Response Montgomery County Dept. of Homeland Security Ready.gov (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security)
If you know of a website relevant to local emergency preparedness, please email us at: web-at-takoma-dot-com.

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Community & Neighborhood Organizations
Birth Options Alliance (formerly Takoma Park Birthing Circle)
Boy Scouts Troop 33
Foggy Bottom Morris Dancers
Historic Takoma
Linden/Montgomery Hills
Old Town Resident's Association
Safe Takoma
Save Our Sky Home Heating Cooperative
Silver Spring Historical Society
South Silver Spring
Takoma Attachment Parenting
Takoma D.C. Neighborhood Association, Inc. (Formerly Plan Takoma)
Takoma Horticulture Club
Takoma Park Municipal Band
The Takoma Park Singers
Woodside Park
If there is a Community Organization that you would like to see listed here, please email us at: web-at-takoma-dot-com.

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Public Schools & Colleges
Click to jump to: Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools College/Higher Education	The MCPS Home Page
Elementary Schools	Bel Pre Elementary School Broad Acres Elementary School Burnt Mills Elementary School Cannon Road Elementary School Cloverly Elementary School Cresthaven Elementary School Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School East Silver Spring Elementary School Fairland Elementary School Forest Knolls Elementary School Galway Elementary School Georgian Forest Elementary School Glen Haven Elementary School Glenallen Elementary School Greencastle Elementary School Harmony Hills Elementary School Highland Elementary School Highland View Elementary School Jackson Road Elementary School Kemp Mill Elementary School Montgomery Knolls Elementary School New Hampshire Estates Elementary School Oak View Elementary School Oakland Terrace Elementary School Pine Crest Elementary School Piney Branch Elementary School Rolling Terrace Elementary School Sligo Creek Elementary School Stonegate Elementary School Strathmore Elementary School Takoma Park Elementary School Viers Mill Elementary School Weller Road Elementary School Westover Elementary School William Tyler Page Elementary School Woodlin Elementary School
Middle Schools	A. Mario Loiederman Middle School Argyle Middle School Briggs Chaney Middle School Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School Eastern Middle School Francis Scott Key Middle School Silver Spring International Middle School Sligo Middle School Takoma Park Middle School White Oak Middle School
High Schools	James Hubert Blake High School John F. Kennedy High School Montgomery Blair High School Northwood High School Springbrook High School
College/Higher Education	Montgomery College - Takoma Park Campus
For more schools & colleges in the area, visit our "Resource Directory."

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Public Libraries

Long Branch Library
8800 Garland Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20901
240-777-0910

Silver Spring Library
8901 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
301-565-7689

Mon., Tues., Thurs. 10 a.m.- 9 p.m.; Wed. 1-9 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. 10-5; Sun. 1-5 (during the school year)

Takoma Park Library
101 Philadelphia Avenue Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-891-7259

White Oak Library
New Hampshire Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20904

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Local Non-Profits
Anacostia Watershed Society
Art for the People
The Campaign for Fresh Air & Clean Politics
CASA of Maryland
The Center for Adoption Support and Education
The Center for a New American Dream
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Compassion Over Killing
FairVote
Food for Life Global
Friends of Sligo Creek
Friends of Takoma Transit
Impact Silver Spring
Institute for Conservation Leadership
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Maryland Native Plant Society
Neighbors of Northwest Branch
Paws Across the Border, Inc.
Shepherd's Table
Sustainable Takoma
The Takoma Foundation
TPSS Co-op
Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad
If you know of any more local nonprofit organizations (with websites), please email us at: web-at-takoma-dot-com.

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Local Sports
Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts Baseball
Takoma Fire (Takoma Park Girls Fastpitch Softball)
Takoma Park Babe Ruth Baseball Camp
Takoma Park Neighborhood Youth Soccer
Takoma Park-Silver Spring Babe Ruth League Baseball
Takoma Park Softball
Are there any local sports teams we've missed? Please email the information to us at: web-at-takoma-dot-com.

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Transportation
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro)
Montgomery County Transit (Ride On Bus Services)
If there is a transportation-related link that you would like to see listed here, please email us at: web-at-takoma-dot-com.

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Click here to visit our very own Voice blogs

Residents with Web Pages and/or Blogs

Ed Baker

Bill Brown

Debbie Cook (The Silver Bee Blog)

David Corn

Jennifer Deseo (The Silver Spring Penguin Blog)

Lydia Douglas

Seth Grimes (Breakthrough Analysis Blog)

Susan Harris (Takoma Gardener Blog)

Sonja Kuepper

Amy Kincaid (Fundraising Breakthroughs blog)

Thomas Nephew (Newsrack Blog)

More Local Blogs

See the list of topical, local blogs hosted by the Voice.

Jen's Gym

Just Up the Pike

Silver Spring Daily Photo: Living in George's Backyard

Silver Spring, Singular

Space 7:10 at Kefa Cafe

Wild Takoma

If you are a resident of Silver Spring or Takoma Park and have a web page and/or blog that you would like to be listed here, please email us at: web-at-takoma-dot-com.

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Famous Alumni/Past Residents
Tori Amos (singer)
Brady Anderson (baseball player)
Steve Barber (baseball player)
Carl Bernstein (journalist)
Keter Betts (jazz musician)
Lewis Black (comedian)
Montgomery Blair (Postmaster General)
Rachel Carson (conservationist & author)
William Caswell (physicist)
Crystal Chappell (actress)
Dave Chappelle (comedian)
Connie Chung (TV personality)
Dominique Dawes (Olympic gymnast)
Cara DeLizia (actress)
Matt Drudge (internet journalist & talk radio host)
Mike Ealy (actor)
John Fahey (guitarist)
Wayne Federman (actor)
Steve Francis (basketball player)
Dan Futterman (actor)
Goldie Hawn (actress)
Keith Howland (rock musician)
Joe Lally (straight edge musician)
Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans (football player)
Reverend Jen Miller (priestess)
George Pelecanos (crime writer)
Nora Roberts (romance writer)
Norman Solomon (activist)
Shawn Springs (football player)
Ben Stein (actor & TV personality)
David Vanterpool (basketball player)
Lisa Ann Walter (actress)
Did we leave out your favorite Takoma Park or Silver Spring alumnus? Email us at: web-at-takoma-dot-com.

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