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Wealth Wise Teens aims to improve financial literacy for students
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Aubree Masud and Adithya Kapoor are students from Langley High School in McLean, Virginia who have formed an organization called Wealth Wise Teens. It teaches financial literacy to different schools, community centers and libraries. They started this group after noticing that financial literacy was not taught in their regular classes and […]
Maryland Finally Honors Belmont Syndicate After More Than 100 Years
According to Felani Afrika Spivey, a descendant of Alexander Satterwhite, without the monument, Belmont would just be a story circulated, the monument makes it real. On Sept. 21, Maryland’s Montgomery County honored four Black men who purchased land in 1906 to create an upscale Black neighborhood called Belmont. According...
Maryland ranks 2nd among most tech-addicted U.S. states, study
BALTIMORE, MD—A recent study conducted by ZeroBounce analyzed data across U.S. states using key metrics such as the percentage of homes with smart devices, internet users per square mile, tech-related search queries, and average screen time to explore the top tech-addicted U.S. states. The research provides a ranking based on a composite score that reflects each state’s overall tech adoption and usage.
Virginia and Maryland could see dangerous wildfire season this fall
Virginia and Maryland's fall fire season could be particularly active this year due to summer's extreme heat and drought, forest officials tell Axios.Why it matters: Fall is prime time for camping, hiking and leaf peeping in the parks surrounding the DMV, all of which could be impacted should more forest fires occur this season.And it's possible that smoke from such fires could affect people in the Washington region, officials say.The big picture: Despite rain from Hurricane Helene, the region continues to be "abnormally dry," says Shannon Wolfe, a fire manager with Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Forest Service.This comes after...
Maryland football failed its first Big Ten test. Next comes undefeated Indiana.
When Maryland football visits Indiana on Saturday, the team will face a Hoosiers squad that is 4-0 for the first time since 2000, has racked up an unprecedented number of points and will likely be backed by a partisan crowd that could fill the 52,626-seat Memorial Stadium for kickoff at noon. That’s just fine with Billy Edwards Jr. “I think we’re all excited for the opportunity,” the redshirt ...
Chesapeake Bay is cleaner but will miss 2025 pollution targets
WASHINGTON — Chesapeake Bay is cleaner than it used to be but is falling short of 2025 targets for reducing pollution, federal and state officials and most of Maryland’s congressional delegation said on Wednesday. “The short version is that it’s going in the right direction. The longer story is that we’re still behind,” Adam Ortiz, administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mid-Atlantic region, said at a Capitol Hill press conference. ...
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