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Thanks to G. for sending the latest retail news from Union Station:. Thanks for your support over teh years at our Pop-up! Our space has been leased, and we will make space for the new Tennant. Our last days is on April 29th!. Please visit us at quavaro.com until we...

WASHINGTON — Ben's Chili Bowl is finally reopening its iconic U Street doors after nine months of renovations Friday. For the big event, there is a road closure and parking restrictions. From 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, U Street Northwest between 13th St and 12th St will be...

WASHINGTON - Police are responding to an active barricade situation on the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, where a person has climbed onto the structure, according to authorities. What we know:. The Metropolitan Police Department is on the scene of a barricade situation involving a subject who walked on top of...

The original Ben’s Chili Bowl reopens Friday after a nine-month renovation project. The grand reopening celebration includes a ribbon-cutting ceremony and live go-go music, and D.C. police said the event on U Street Northwest will close the block between 12th and 13th Streets until 4 p.m. First Amendment activity...

With recent columns about public playgrounds and public art, this week I thought I would tackle another “public” theme: public signage. It is a topic that has been a controversial challenge for County officials for one hundred years. Back in the late 1920’s, before there was a zoning ordinance, County officials and activists were concerned about the rapid increase in the number of...

Music lovers will be flocking to Adams Morgan in D.C. on Saturday for the neighborhood’s annual spring PorchFest, a free music festival showcasing more than 100 bands across more than 25 makeshift “stages,” many of which are actual porches. The festival is happening Saturday from 2 to...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Thursday it will move its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program office from Washington, D.C. to Indianapolis. The relocation is part of a major reorganization underway at USDA as the agency establishes the Food and Nutrition Administration, a new division to replace USDA’s Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. “Big win for […]

DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan accepted a homicide defendant’s waiver of his right to independently test DNA evidence on April 29. James Rice, 28, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Thomas Felder on May 1, 2024 at the...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Montgomery County Police are on the scene of a deadly crash involving a Ride On bus in Gaithersburg Friday morning. Roads are closed around the crash scene while police conduct an investigation to learn exactly what happened. Investigators have released very few details at this time....

Elbe’s Beer and Wine at 2522 University Blvd in Wheaton is celebrating a major milestone in May, marking 75 years in business serving the Wheaton community and Montgomery County. The longtime, family-run retailer traces its roots back to 1951, when Willie and Miriam Bobrow first opened the store as...