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⛈️ Today’s weather: Isolated showers and potential thunderstorms after 5pm can be expected, with a partly sunny sky and high of around 89°F. A north wind at approximately 7 mph is also anticipated. Precipitation chance stands at 20%. Moving into Thursday night, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected before 8pm, followed by isolated showers between 8pm and 11pm. The sky will be partly cloudy, with a low of about 69°F, and a north wind at around 7 mph. Precipitation chance increases to 30% later in the night.
9 arrested July 4th Weekend for boating under the influence in Maryland, police say
MARYLAND (DC News Now) — Police said multiple people were arrested during the July 4th Weekend during the Dry Water Operation initiative. Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) said officers made nine arrests for boaters who were operating while under the influence of alcohol from July 4 to July 6. It was the highest number of […]
Olney Theatre Presents ‘Beautiful’ The Carole King Musical
The Drifters! The Shirelles! Neil Sedaka! The Righteous Brothers and Carole King!. The singers who croon their tunes at Olney Theatre Center (not so far away) make them some kind of wonderful in “Beautiful,” the jukebox story of singer-songwriter Carole King. The singers almost steal the show with...
Matt About Town: Get up close and personal with bugs of the DC area, thanks to an award-winning photographer
A Gaithersburg, Maryland, photographer is making a name for himself by utilizing a lesser-known photo technique, which he mainly uses to capture bugs in his neighborhood. Meet Benjamin Salb, who has garnered an online following of hundreds of thousands using a method called “focus stacking.”. It’s something Salb said...
A Penny for Your Thoughts – News of Greater Falls Church: July 18-24, 2024
Question: What do Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York have in common? A broad question, perhaps. They all have different governance structures, different politics, and diverse and different populations. Some have coastal shorelines; others are completely inland, but the answer is that all those jurisdictions, or portions of them, constitute the 64,000 square mile Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States, and plays a major role, particularly, in the economies of Maryland and Virginia. The larger commonality, though, is the shared environmental benefits and challenges presented by the use of the Bay and its tributaries over the past 300 years.
NVAR Chief Offers Chamber Info on Price Boom
As this month’s numbers show, the prices that residential real estate properties are commanding in the City of Falls Church are continuing to skyrocket, and no one seems to think they will level off anytime soon. The City’s average single family home is now going for $1,297,818, and some are getting closer to $3 million.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Update Wednesday July 17
The heat wave is about to break. After four days in a row at or over 100ºF (in Baltimore), a strong cold front is gaining intensity in a hurry this afternoon into the evening. There are no promises, but I can state this with proof below: The models have...
Converting Commercial Buildings To Residential Living
While The Little City enjoys a boom of commercial and residential development projects, the surrounding region is seeing many commercial areas stagnate, prompting multiple office building repurposing projects, which are open or coming soon. According to a Fairfax County report earlier this year, office space in the Bailey’s Crossroads region...
Gov. Moore announces $12.1M to expand electrical vehicle charging stations
MARYLAND (DC News Now) — Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced Wednesday that $12.1 million in federal funding will be used to expand electrical vehicle (EV) charging stations across the state. This comes after the first round of conditional awards was announced to add the sites as part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program. Officials […]
Winning $560K 'Multi-Match' Jackpot-Winning Ticket Sold At Maryland Sheetz
The big winner came in Cumberland, where a player his a $560,000 Multi-Match jackpot on a ticket sold at Sheetz on Bedford Road, while a $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold at the Pilot Travel Center in Hagerstown. Neither prize has been claimed. The Mutli-Match ticket matched all six winning numbers...
Maryland State trooper rescues dog left in hot car on I-495
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A Maryland State trooper is being hailed after rescuing a dog from a hot car on the side of I-495 Tuesday. According to the Maryland State Police, Trooper Shane McGregor assisted the College Park barrack with a reported dog left in a hot car on the shoulder of I-495 near the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
Research Cessna 402 Crashes In Maryland River
A twin-engine Cessna 402 crashed in the Tred Avon River about 4.5 miles south of Easton Airport (ESN) in Maryland yesterday morning, killing the pilot. Robert Merlini, 56, reported loss of engine power after taking off from Tipton Airport about 9:00 a.m., en route to Easton Airport to pick up technicians for an air-sampling flight. The airplane was found submerged in eight feet of water.
Video shows Sen. John Fetterman in aftermath of I-70 crash in Maryland
Video from U.S. Sen. John Fetterman's crash in Maryland last month has been obtained by Pittsburgh's Action News 4. At our request, Maryland State Police provided the bodycam video that shows the Pennsylvania senator and his wife, Gisele, in the aftermath of the crash on Interstate 70 in Hancock. Watch...
Football Player Capsules: Taizse Johnson
Fall camp begins in August, and to preview the upcoming 2024 season we take a look at each scholarship player on Maryland’s roster, from jersey No. 0 to No. 99. RECRUITING: A four-star out of St. John’s (Washington, D.C.) in the 2021 class, Johnson had offers from most of the nation’s elites.
Woman, 80, Dies Weeks After Fairfax County Crash, Police Say
An 80-year-old woman has died after suffering what were initially believed to be non-life-threatening injuries in a Fairfax County crash earlier this month, police say.On Wednesday, July 3, Mount Vernon resident Donna Gulino was involved in a two-vehicle crash in the 8600 block of Richmond Hig…
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