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Your mail-in ballot status? Montgomery County wants to calm worried voters 10/28/2020 05:21pm • Amid a surge in early voting in Maryland, Montgomery County officials say they are also dealing with anxiety from voters who submitted mail-in ballots and want to be absolutely certain their votes are counted. Election officials mailed more than 377,000 ballots to voters in Montgomery County this Report: Better access to transportation important for equity 10/28/2020 01:34pm • Inequitable access to transportation for Black communities has been an issue dating back before before the civil rights movement, and there's renewed effort to better address those challenges now. A recent report from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation explores the issue of transportation Overriding veto, Montgomery County Council approves bill to spur housing at Metro stations 10/28/2020 12:30pm • The Montgomery County Council has overridden a veto by the county executive and enacted a bill that aims to grow the number of housing developments on Metro property in the county. The council on Tuesday voted 7-2 to override County Executive Marc Elrich’s veto of the More Housing at Metrorail Woman follows man, 84, home and robs him in his Bethesda garage 10/28/2020 11:29am • Montgomery County police are seeking this suspect in a Bethesda robbery. (Montgomery County police) Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, are looking to identify an older woman who robbed an older man in Bethesda after following him home from a store. They released surveillance photos on Wed DC-region traffic rebounded in summer but still below average 10/28/2020 10:07am • The number of cars crowding D.C.-area roads has rebounded since coronavirus lockdowns took hold in early spring, though it has not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new analysis of traffic levels in the capital region. Roadway volume bottomed out in April at about 50% of what t Bugatti unveils a super light hypercar that can top 300 miles an hour 10/28/2020 08:52am • Bugatti unveiled an 1,800-horsepower hypercar Wednesday that’s even less practical than the powerful multimillion-dollar two-seaters the brand usually makes. The Bugatti Bolide — a name that comes from French slang for “very fast car,” according to Bugatti — is a con Volkswagen moves North American HQ from Herndon to Reston 10/28/2020 08:47am • In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, file photo a logo of the car manufacturer Volkswagen is pictured. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file) Volkswagen, which opened its North American headquarters in Herndon in 2007, will stay in Virginia's Fairfax County for the foreseeable future. VW has signed a leas Widening of congested Va. Route 28 in Fairfax County set to begin 10/28/2020 08:27am • Work to widen a busy two-mile stretch of Va. Route 28 in Fairfax County that runs from the Prince William County line toward Interstate 66 will begin within weeks. The Fairfax County Department of Transportation on Tuesday provided details of the project, which will widen Route 28 from four to si Richmond police: Man stole running car with baby inside 10/28/2020 07:37am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A man accused of stealing a running vehicle with a baby inside has been arrested in Virginia. Richmond police said in a news release that officers found the abandoned vehicle about 10 minutes after it was stolen in the city early Monday morning. The child was unharmed. T Pipes, cables could face major disruption by plan to widen Beltway and I-270 10/28/2020 06:50am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. WSSC Water, the utility that provides water and sewer service to Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, made headlines in March when it Alexandria Drive-In returns for encore 10/27/2020 12:16pm • The Alexandria Drive-In was such a hit during our summer of quarantine that it's returning for a special encore movie series this fall. "We really had no idea what we were getting into when we started in the summer," co-founder Allen Brooks told WTOP. "We sold out the run of six weeks in four Manassas Park, developer team to create a downtown to 'bring to life a place' 10/27/2020 11:51am • Many people know Manassas Park only as a stretch of congested Va. Route 28, bordered by the historic city of Manassas and Prince William County. The independent city of Manassas Park, with a population of just over 14,000 people, last week entered an arrangement with a developer with the goal of Fewer flights, fewer passengers take bite out of DC’s airports revenue 10/27/2020 09:32am • Revenue collection is sharply down this year at Reagan National and Dulles International airports, with a drop in everything from airlines to parking garages and newspaper stands putting the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority far behind on its budgeted revenue. For the year to date throug BWI Marshall concourses will start looking more digital 10/27/2020 08:47am • Clear Channel Airports’ work on signs at BWI is underway, with most upgrades expected to be implemented by spring 2021. (Courtesy Clear Channel Airports) BWI Marshall has awarded a contract to Clear Channel Airports, a division of New York-based Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, for new digital Car Review: Nissan looks to impress with the 2020 Sentra 10/26/2020 04:04am • Compact sedans have lost some luster to the crossover onslaught, so much so that some automobile manufacturers have stopped making them all together. Nissan isn’t one of them. The Sentra remake really is the biggest redo of the company’s compact sedan. First off, it looks more upscale and less l