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This D.C. Housing Complex Is So Bad It Might Get a Tax Break

It’s been four months since Wanda Gore has been able to use her elevator. The one closest to her second-floor apartment in The Gale Eckington, a hulking housing complex on Q Street in Northeast D.C., has been shuttered since early February. To get outside, the 55-year-old Gore, who is blind and uses a wheelchair, has t
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River otters are returning to city waterways across the Chesapeake region in surprising numbers

"It's a good example that some of the water quality regulations have worked."
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Between Baltimore And D.C. Is A Central Suburb With A NASA Space Center, Charming...

If you're thinking of making a trip to Maryland, you might be interested in big cities and attractions like Baltimore, Washington, D.C., or even Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay. However, at the center of it all is the small suburb of Greenbelt. Situated about 30 minutes northeast of DC and 40 minutes from Baltimore (t
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Bowser names Dr. Kim Jackson interim chancellor of DCPS

WASHINGTON - D.C. Public Schools will have a new leader starting next week, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday. Dr. Kim Jackson will serve as interim chancellor of DCPS, after current Chancellor Dr. Lewis D. Ferebee steps down later this week. According to Bowser, Jackson has worked for DCPS since 2012,...
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Alexandria’s Noah Lyles Smashes World Best in Rare 150-Meter Race

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Olympic champion Noah Lyles, the Alexandria City High School graduate who has become one of the world’s biggest track stars, added another historic achievement Tuesday, running the fastest 150 meters ever recorded at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic. According to World Athletics,...
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Latin Supper Club Cielo Opens in Arlington

More on the people, places, and culture defining Arlington, McLean and Falls Church. A new Latin supper club is giving Clarendon another reason to stay out late. Cielo, which opened June 16, is all about dichotomies: dark and light, good and evil, sweet and savory. The physical space is divided into what owner Michael
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Escape The Crowds At This Blissfully Quiet Maryland State Park

Looking for a place where the only traffic jam involves a family of deer crossing the trail?. Cedarville State Forest in Brandywine is southern Maryland’s answer to finding actual peace and quiet in the 21st century. Here’s a question nobody asks anymore: where can you go in Maryland and...
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Man hospitalized after robbery, shooting at gas station in Prince George’s County

SEAT PLEASANT, Md - A man was hospitalized after an early morning robbery and shooting at a gas station in Prince George’s County. The shooting was reported at the Exxon station around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday in the 5600 block of MLK Jr. Highway in Seat Pleasant. Police said the...
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Sewer socialism is flowing through America’s cities

America's cities are seeing a socialism surge, but it's not the post-Cold War boogeyman that schoolchildren were warned about. The big picture: It's called sewer socialism, and is the cornerstone for policies from New York's Zohran Mamdami, Seattle's Katie Wilson and Washington D.C. mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis Geor
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Maryland man sentenced to nearly 10 years in multi-million-dollar money laundering scheme

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A Maryland man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy that moved millions of dollars in proceeds from fraud schemes targeting businesses, government agencies and other organizations. U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox sentenced Yahya...

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