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Old Lucketts Store will host its spring market next month 04/08/2019 07:46am • The Old Lucketts Store in Leesburg, Virginia will host its well-established Lucketts Spring Market for three days in May at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville. And there will be beer. The three-day event, which will be held May 17-19, is in its 21st year. 2019's market will includ Walmart partners with Google for voice-assisted grocery shopping 04/02/2019 08:13am • Walmart's grocery strategy has a missing piece: voice shopping. It is turning to Google to fill the gap. Amazon customers can shop groceries from Whole Foods by calling out orders in their homes to their Echo devices, but Walmart customers have lacked that option. Walmart doesn't make its own 'You turn us on and we're there': Looking back at 50 years of news on WTOP 04/01/2019 05:16am • We have to give credit where it's due. Back in 1969, legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham had been listening to WAVA, a small AM station out of the Virginia suburbs that broadcast all news. WTOP, then owned by the Post (and located at 1500 on your AM dial) was different from wh Get ready for a fast-paced CBD land grab 03/26/2019 11:29am • The CBD gold rush has begun. CBD, the chemical found in hemp and marijuana plants, is showing up in shampoos, lattes, body oils, gummy bears and dog treats. It's being sold in coffee shops and farmer's markets, mom-and-pops and high-end department stores and most recently, drugstore chain CVS. 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 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 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 Setting a 'record': The 45 turns 70 03/19/2019 09:43am • Before streaming services and digital downloads, millions of people got their music fix from the 45 rpm single. First rolled out by RCA in 1949, the 7-inch wax disc with its distinctive large central hole became the ideal way to buy the songs you wanted to play over and over. 1974 was consider DC startup Framebridge opens first storefront on 14th Street 03/18/2019 12:12am • Five years after launching its direct-to-consumer framing business online, a D.C.-based startup is planting brick-and-mortar roots in the city. Framebridge, once dubbed the Warby Parker of frame-worthy art, is opening a 1,200 square-foot shop March 19 on 14th Street NW. Framebridge founder and Ch America's best neighborhoods? Arlington's Bluemont tops the list 03/07/2019 10:40am • School and neighborhood research, reviews and rankings site Niche puts four Arlington, Virginia, neighborhoods in the top 25 on its new list of 2019 Best Places to Live in America list, and Arlington's Bluemont neighborhood landed at the very top. Niche uses data from its own research — as well After 20-year-run, beloved 14th Street store closes 03/07/2019 12:04am • Serving platters, tea kettles and kitchen towels line the perimeter of the 14th Street shop Home Rule. A quirky sink display overflows with glittery gold sponges, and shower curtains hang from the ceiling. The small store, no larger than a studio apartment, stocks everything one might need for t Review site ranks Arlington, Virginia, as ‘Best City to Live in America’ 03/05/2019 07:15pm • Arlington has once again been ranked as the “Best City to Live in America” by the online review service Niche. The website awarded the county with its top marks in part due to its high-quality public schools, low crime rate, abundant night life options and walkability. Niche calculates the ra LEGO replica of DC cathedral raises funds for 2011 earthquake damage repairs 03/01/2019 05:49pm • (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: 'a303467c-a5f7-458f-9f49-b8f34e2aa0c1' }).render("259615366fe928e3");}); At the Washington National Cathedral, b Best spring sales for 2019 02/27/2019 07:00pm • Getting the biggest savings on your favorite products is about timing the sales on those items correctly. There's a perfect time to buy every product if you're looking for a discount. You'll find the best deals on items as the season for using them ends, around holidays or at a season kickoff. Sprin Can Vienna’s small businesses survive in a big box/Amazon world? 02/26/2019 03:15pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, TysonsReporter.com, and republished with permission. Business is hurting in Vienna. The Maple Avenue Market closed last week, as did the GameStop, with an employee there citing increasing rents as the leading cause. As store after store shuts