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Local News April 22, 2024

Activists at Supreme Court Protest Move to Penalize Homelessness

by Kyle Swenson

WASHINGTON POST: Homeless activists gather Monday to protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices heard City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case centered on an Oregon city’s laws on people camping and […]

Local News April 18, 2024

PGC Council Introduces Voluntary Curfew Legislation Ahead in Time for Summer Months

by John Domen

WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County Council member has reluctantly proposed an expanded curfew, saying there’s “no reason to have a 15-year-old or a 16-year-old” without a chaperone during the wee hours on a school […]

Local News April 17, 2024

UMD Food Pantry Sees 60% Increase in Need

by Irit Skulnik

DBK NEWS: The University of Maryland’s campus food pantry saw a more than 60 percent increase in users between 2022 and 2023, according to pantry manager Larry Tumlin. The pantry, which offers students and staff […]

Local News April 9, 2024

Concerns About Crime in Downtown DC? Talk to the People Wearing Red Shirts

by Nick Lannelli

WTOP NEWS: More help is coming in downtown D.C. for residents and business owners who have questions or concerns about crime. The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) announced Tuesday that it was adding a team […]

Local News April 8, 2024

PGC Company ‘New Digz’ Offer a More Sustainable Way to Sell, Buy Clothes

by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant

WTOP NEWS: A Prince George’s County, Maryland, business owner wants you to think before you throw out that used dress or shirt. Sadiqa Brown, co-founder of New Digz Consignment, wants residents to know that donating […]

Local News April 1, 2024

A Channel Has Opened for Vessels Clearing Wreckage at the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Site

by The Associated Press

WTOP NEWS: The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in the clearing of debris at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a […]

Local News March 28, 2024

Recovery Efforts at Key Bridge Shift to Salvage Operation

by Hugo Kugiya

BALTIMORE BANNER: The day after the bodies of two victims were recovered from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the focus at the site of the wreckage turned from recovery to salvage. “This is not […]

Local News March 26, 2024

Search For 6 Missing Construction Workers Continues After Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse

by Jessica Kronzer

WTOP NEWS: More than 12 hours after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, six members of a road crew who were on the Baltimore bridge at the time it was rammed by a […]

Local News March 21, 2024

140 Iconic DC Cherry Trees to Be Removed for 3-Year Repair Project at Tidal Basin

by Jessica Kronzer

WTOP NEWS: As part of a multimillion dollar rehabilitation project to address flooding issues, officials say 140 of D.C.’s famed cherry trees will be cut down along the Tidal Basin and Potomac River for construction. […]

Local News March 20, 2024

Md. Health Officials Have Applied for New Federal ‘AHEAD Model.’ Here’s What It Means.

by Danielle J. Brown

MARYLAND MATTERS: State health officials have placed their bid for Maryland to be among the first participants in a federal program that will help fund state initiatives to improve patient outcomes and bridge inequities, while […]

Local News March 18, 2024

Another Legislative Session, Another Late, High-Priced Debate Over Sports Venues

by Josh Kurtz

MARYLAND MATTERS: In 1996, the Maryland General Assembly spent its entire legislative session debating a proposal to build a new state-funded football stadium in downtown Baltimore, along with plans to spend millions more on infrastructure […]

Local News March 13, 2024

Bald Eagle Rescued from Car Grill After Collision in Maryland

by Thomas Robertson

WTOP NEWS: A Calvert County, Maryland, Animal Control officer swooped in to save a bald eagle after a collision Saturday. A driver alerted Animal Control early Saturday that they collided with an eagle on Route […]

Local News May 18, 2023

Neighborhood Grocery Store Opens on Rhode Island Avenue in Woodridge

by Alison Beckwith

HYATTSVILLE WIRE: A new neighborhood grocery store has opened along Rhode Island Avenue in the Woodridge area just south of Mount Rainier giving residents along Route 1 another option to grab grocery essentials. Aurora Market, […]

Local News May 17, 2023

Renowned chef returns to DC in partnership with Salamander Washington

by Jeff Clabaugh

WTOP: Kwame Onwuachi, a former chef at the Kith/Kin restaurant at The Wharf, is returning to D.C. in a partnership with the Salamander Collection, and its Salamander Washington D.C. hotel in Southwest. Salamander Resorts & […]

Local News May 8, 2023

WTOP Lists: Upcoming music festivals across the DC area

by Jason Farley

WTOP: You can’t throw a proverbial rock across the Potomac River without hitting a DMV music festival. In recent weeks, Maryland hosted the M3 Rock Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion, D.C. hosted Project GLOW Fest at […]

Local News May 8, 2023

Low-income Marylanders face food insecurity as federal COVID benefits come to an end

by Maryland Matters Guest Commentary

MARYLAND MATTERS: With the federal health emergency nearing its end in mid-May, low-income Marylanders are still struggling with food insecurity and the costs of everyday household items, according to a statewide hunger-relief non-profit. “Between inflation […]

Local News May 5, 2023

Former Bladensburg Sanitation Worker Set to Graduate From Harvard Law

by Alison Beckwith

HYATTSVILLE WIRE: A former sanitation worker in Bladensburg will graduate from Harvard Law School this spring and is using his story to help others in the industry. Raised by a single father who often worked […]

Local News May 4, 2023

IKEA to deliver more urban format stores to DC area

by DMV Digest Staff

WTOP: Furniture and housewares retailer IKEA will open new format stores in Fairfax, Virginia, this summer, and in Gaithersburg, Maryland, this fall. The stores, called “Plan & Order” stores, are much smaller than traditional IKEA […]

Local News May 4, 2023

We Own Now’s 2nd Annual ‘Ownership is the New Black’ Symposium

by DMV Digest Staff

WASHINGTON INFORMER: Grammy Award-winning artist Derek Minor (@thederekminor) is set to host We Own Now’s (@WeOwnNowOrg) 2nd Annual “Ownership Is The New Black” symposium at The Wharf (Union Stage) in Washington D.C. on May 11, […]

Local News May 2, 2023

May 1 Celebrated as Inaugural DC Statehood Day

by James Wright Jr.

WASHINGTON INFORMER: The DC Statehood PAC, with the support of D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), declared May 1 as DC Statehood Day, a first, at an event held at the National Press Club in […]

Local News May 1, 2023

Cafe Azul Opens New Location in Riverdale Park

by Alison Beckwith

HYATTSVILE WIRE: Cafe Azul – Caracas de Ayer will open its new location this Saturday, April 29,  at the Station at Riverdale Park. Previously located in Hyattsville’s Arts District, the popular Venezuelan restaurant has moved to a new […]

Local News May 1, 2023

World’s (unofficially) largest bounce house comes to Maryland

by Jeff Clabaugh

WTOP: A 16,000-square-foot, 37-foot high bounce house that’s touring around North America is making a stop at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Maryland, beginning May 20. The Big Bounce America, operated by Florida-based event producer […]

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