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'It's working:' National Harbor businesses, residents pleased with youth curfew effects
NATIONAL HARBOR Md. (7News) — National Harbor local Ivy Tucker was out to dinner, enjoying her meal, when things took a turn for the worse one night back in April. "The fighting started outside of a restaurant that I was in, and then people were running away from it and running in the restaurant," Tucker told 7News.
2024 annual Prince George’s County Fair cancelled due to lack of volunteers
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (DC News Now) — The Prince George’s County Fair will not happen this year. Organizers announced the cancellation on its Facebook page. They said it was due to a lack of volunteers to work the fair. “This decision has been made in the interest of ensuring a successful event in 2025 by […]
Maryland Public Service Commission denies more than half of Pepco’s rate increase request
MARYLAND (DC News Now) — The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) denied more than half of Pepco’s rate increase request, it said in a statement released Monday. In May of 2023, Pepco — which provides electricity to customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties — submitted a multi-year rate plan (MYP). It requested $116.2 million […]
Juneteenth celebrations on tap around region
Southern Maryland will feature several events around the region to celebrate the annual Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers arrived in Texas to inform people that the Civil War was over and enslaved people were now freed. That day, known as Juneteenth to many, was celebrated unofficially in the African American community, and in 1980 Texas became the...
Group protests VDOT plan to add express lanes to Woodrow Wilson Bridge
A proposal to add express lanes, and even Metro, to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge is getting some pushback from the Coalition for Smarter Growth. The Coalition says that, if enacted, the Virginia Department of Transportation’s 495 Southside Study will create traffic bottlenecks. They’re asking locals to voice their displeasure by emailing public officials, and say that the express lanes will not improve general traffic on the bridge and that more cars will avoid the bridge and spill onto local roadways.
Stroll down King Street: Virginia road ranked among the world's most beautiful
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — A visit to Old Town Alexandria can already feel like a breathtaking getaway, and it's only certified further after a street was recently ranked as one of the most beautiful in the world by Architectural Digest (AD). It's hardly a surprise, but King Street was...
Braddock park to be dedicated to longtime civic activist Judy Guse-Noritake today
A park in the Braddock neighborhood is being dedicated today to late civic activist Judy Guse-Noritake, a longtime advocate for parks who died in 2022. For years, Guse-Noritake was a regular presence at city commissions and public hearings to advocate for better park space and better amenities for mixed-income communities. She helped found the Braddock Metro Citizens’ Coalition and was a prominent voice in shaping Old Town North.
Fort Ward project update coming this month ahead of construction scheduled this summer/fall
The City of Alexandria is gearing up for an overhaul to the storied Fort Ward Park. Since early 2015, the City has been working on plans to revitalize Fort Ward and make the park more accessible. Planned changes include a new and more accessible playground, picnic shelters on a new pathway, and more memorialization/preservation of burial sites used by the Black community that settled at the fort after the Civil War.
Calvert County Celebrates Their 2024 Graduates
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. – Calvert County Public Schools held their 2024 graduation ceremonies through June 5 and 6. Each graduation was held at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro. To kick off the ceremonies Patuxent High School held their graduation ceremony early afternoon on June 5 followed by...
County Council Set to Interview Police and Fire Chief Nominees
The County Council will interview police chief nominee and current Assistant Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) Chief Marc Yamada on June 11. The Council has also scheduled an interview with fire chief nominee and former City of Alexandria fire chief Corey Smedley for June 25. County Executive Marc Elrich announced...
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