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Paid parking starts April 1 in Ocean City 03/26/2019 10:28pm • Paid parking season is fast approaching for one of the D.C. area's most popular getaway destinations. Paid parking begins in Ocean City on April 1 and will last until Oct. 31. Street parking and parking in a municipal lot will cost $2 per hour, while parking in the Inlet lot will coast $3 per hou Cherry blossom peak bloom predicted to be earlier than anticipated 03/26/2019 09:52am • The peak bloom for the cherry blossoms along D.C.'s Tidal Basin has been pushed up to April 1, the National Park Service tweeted Tuesday. Peak Bloom Update! - Determining the peak bloom date requires checking both the forecast and where the trees are in the blooming process. The indicator tree is Retailers want to go cashless. But opponents say that's discriminatory 03/26/2019 09:23am • Retailers and restaurants say eliminating cash at their stores makes them more efficient. But opponents argue that cashless stores exclude millions of Americans without bank accounts. Americans use cash in 30% of all transactions, according to a 2017 survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Fr Make travel easier, more enjoyable with these 5 expert tips 03/26/2019 12:50am • Samantha Brown practically lives out of a suitcase. In the last two decades, she has captured the cultures, cuisines and people of more than 60 countries and 250 cities on a number of travel TV shows, including her current PBS series, “Samantha Brown’s Places to Love.” And along the way, sh HopSkipDrive, a kid-friendly ride service, comes to Washington 03/25/2019 06:30pm • Los Angeles-based HopSkipDrive is bringing its youth transportation car service to Washington and said it will make life easier for busy Beltway parents. The service uses highly-vetted drivers, called “CareDrivers,” who pass a 15-point certification process that includes fingerprinting, back 8 ways to boost ROI on your vacation home 03/25/2019 09:30am • Get more return. If you've invested in a vacation home, you have options for recouping some expenses when you're away. You've been able to deduct expenses, mortgage interest and property taxes if you limited personal use to 14 days per year or 10 percent of the time the home was rented, whichever 10-foot sinkhole: Northbound George Washington Parkway to remain closed through weekend 03/23/2019 09:15am • The northbound lanes of a major stretch of the George Washington Parkway in Virginia will remain closed through the weekend, though officials from the National Park Service say repairs are going well and hope to have the road open for some traffic by Monday. Road crews and engineers are working t WATCH: Storms, with some hail and graupel, charge through DC area 03/23/2019 01:30am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'ae7fe356-de71-437f-a8db-d0a132b1f363' }).render("950615367680fff2");}); After a total soaking Thursday that bro Police: Fairfax Co. burglaries target victims of Asian, Middle Eastern descent 03/22/2019 10:33pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are asking the public for help after a series of burglaries, mainly targeting victims of Middle Eastern or Asian descent, have resulted in losses of over a million dollars. The areas of 10 recent burglaries were released by police on Friday. In December, police Q&A: Annapolis Film Festival 'healing year' to honor Capital Gazette victims 03/21/2019 12:32am • The Annapolis Film Festival returns this Thursday through Sunday, but unlike past years, the seventh annual event comes during a "healing year" after the Capital Gazette massacre. “We’re paying tribute to our friends at the Capital Gazette who lost their lives," co-founder Patti White s Man convicted in 2017 rape, murder of artist in Northeast DC 03/20/2019 06:22pm • Two years after a woman was attacked by an intruder as she was loading up her car to leave D.C., a jury convicted the man charged with her rape and murder. Jurors found El Hadji Toure, 30, formerly of Laurel, Maryland, guilty Wednesday of all 13 counts he was facing, including the murder and rape Arlington County's recycling costs continue to rise; future of glass uncertain 03/20/2019 05:15pm • Arlington County’s costs for recycling is continuing to rise after a Chinese ban last year, officials said, but most of what residents place in the recycling bin is still getting recycled. Costs for processing recyclables have risen from $15.73 per ton to $28.62 per ton in the last six months a Get in the cherry blossom mood with these food and drink deals 03/20/2019 07:55am • Springtime is here! It's finally that wonderful time of year when D.C. turns warmer and brighter and more cheery under the sun that bounces off the blooming cherry blossoms. Visitors and residents alike bask throughout the city to see the Yoshino cherry trees during the fleeting beauty that is pe Metrorail safety oversight handed back to local leaders 03/18/2019 06:17pm • Local leaders took back control of Metrorail safety oversight Tuesday, marking a long-awaited milestone and freeing up millions in federal funding for the region. The Metrorail Safety Commission is a new local body certified by the Federal Transit Administration. The transfer of authority from th Need a drink? Live! Casino has an app for that 03/18/2019 07:55am • Live! Casino & Hotel says it is the first casino in the industry to roll out an “Uber for drinks” feature on its mobile app. Want a drink and don’t want to leave the slot machine or poker table? You can wait for the roaming servers, or you can just tap the app and track the location of