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'So much safer now': Bicyclists ride new bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road 01/07/2023 04:49pm • A small band of devoted bicyclists braved chilly winds Saturday to ride on the newly-installed bike lanes on Old Georgetown Road, which have been previously criticized by some Maryland drivers as troublesome, unnecessary and annoying. Seven bicyclists took part in the ride that began in downtown 'Don't feel safe': Brightwood planning community meeting after deadly shooting 01/06/2023 09:17pm • A longtime D.C. resident recently told Kim Patterson, a newly-elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and vice president of the Brightwood Community Association, that she no longer plans to take the bus from Georgia Avenue downtown. The woman's brother had previously mentioned that he wasn't c Data Doctors: Preventative maintenance tips for your computer 01/06/2023 07:03pm • Q: What preventative maintenance tasks should I be doing to help my computer run better? A: As with many other items in daily life, preventative maintenance is the key to avoiding expensive repairs that often come as a surprise. Imagine driving your car until it broke down instead of regularly Can a ferry system increase tourism for waterfront towns along the Chesapeake Bay? 01/06/2023 01:54pm • Right now, it's just an idea, and not a new one, but tourism groups around Maryland are coming together to fund a study that will look at whether a ferry system could work around the Chesapeake Bay. When the ferry would run, how often it would run, exactly where it would run, and even at what Receive a DC parking ticket? Here’s how to get alerts to pay it on time 01/05/2023 06:54pm • D.C. said that all its residents can enroll in the Ticket Alert System, a service aimed at making sure you know and remember that you have unpaid parking tickets and traffic citations, so you pay or contest them in time. “DC DMV has worked hard to streamline the TAS enrollment process and make 2 teens charged with carjacking ride-hail driver in Prince George's Co. 01/05/2023 04:38pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, have arrested two teen boys in connection with an armed carjacking of a ride-hailing driver Monday night. The two Landover residents, ages 16 and 17, were charged as adults with armed carjacking and firearm-related offenses. More Prince Georg Potomac man sentenced to 9 years in prison for Bethesda armed carjacking 01/05/2023 08:35am • A 19-year-old man has been sentenced for his role in a June 2022 armed carjacking at a parking garage in Bethesda, Maryland. Herbert Randall, of Potomac, was sentenced to nine years in prison and five years of supervised probation upon release for charges of Armed Carjacking and Use of a Firearm Metrorail operator accused of operating train under the influence 01/05/2023 04:45am • A Metrorail operator is accused of operating a train while under the influence and has been arrested. The incident, as first reported by Greater Greater Washington, happened on Dec. 23, after a Blue Line train bypassed the Van Dorn Street Station. It came to a stop for more than 30 minutes and th Va. transportation leaders on lessons learned a year after I-95 winter storm standstill 01/04/2023 08:51pm • It's been one year since a winter disaster on Interstate 95, when thousands of drivers were stranded on icy roads in Northern Virginia. State transportation leaders are reflecting on lessons learned from the incident. "This was such an extraordinary event," said state Sen. Dave Marsden, who chair This year’s Consumer Electronics Show is expected to be much bigger 01/04/2023 11:03am • The annual Consumer Electronics Show, one of the biggest in-person events, saw a sharp decline in attendance last year, but is expected to be significantly bigger this year. Arlington, Virginia-based Consumer Technology Association stages the annual show. The four-day event begins Jan. 5 at the L Financial New Year's resolutions 01/02/2023 10:30am • Improve your financial life. Embrace the allure of a fresh start. The beginning of a new year is a great time to commit to your money goals, budget better, pay down debt, ditch bad habits and improve your financial picture to reach your goals. If you want 2023 to be a better year for your mon DC police chief marks 203 homicides in 2022, shares policing strategies 01/02/2023 09:58am • For D.C. police, 2022 ended with the loss of more than 200 people to violent crimes, a number that police chief Robert Contee said is "completely unacceptable" even as overall crime declined last year. "Last year, 203 people lost their lives to senseless violence in our city. That’s 203 too man Car Review: The 2023 Cadillac Escalade is a big luxury SUV that will get you noticed 01/02/2023 04:16am • Cadillac has been a popular choice among large luxury SUVs since it introduced the Escalade in 1999. The 2023 Escalade looks to continue its winning ways for big dollar rides. The Escalade is very stylish for a big SUV and it is very recognizable. Cadillac uses a bold style that really makes the lar Fairfax Co. officer broadcasts 'audio porn' on police radio 01/01/2023 09:10pm • Moments after D.C. rang in the New Year, an off-duty officer in Fairfax County inadvertently broadcast "audio porn" over police radio, according to the department's Internal Affairs Bureau. Fairfax County Police told WTOP that the audio transmission, which occurred around 12:30 a.m. on Jan 1., wa Gas explosion causes rowhomes to collapse in Port Richmond 01/01/2023 02:31pm • Click here for updates on this story    PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) -- A gas explosion shook up a Philadelphia neighborhood on Sunday morning. The explosion in the Port Richmond section of the city caused the collapse of two rowhomes and a third home was compromised, police