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Calvert Co. billboard uses vulgar language and poop emojis to attack President Biden, VP Harris 05/05/2021 04:06pm • Editor's note: The image at the bottom of this story contains language that some readers may find offensive. A billboard in Calvert County, Maryland, where controversial messages have been posted for years, is turning heads again. The latest message uses vulgar language to describe President J In Montgomery Co., telecommuters invited to 'fake commute' for Bike to Work Day 2021 05/03/2021 06:39pm • The pandemic has made Bike to Work Day a different affair this year. It's still on for May 21, though, and Montgomery County, Maryland, will help make accommodations for would-be riders who are still telecommuting. A larger number of "pit stops" will be open around the county to pedaling commu DC small businesses are making a way through the pandemic 04/27/2021 04:40pm • This content is sponsored by Wells Fargo. Optimism is finally starting to grow across the country as more people receive the coronavirus vaccine and the nation as a whole begins to reopen. While the return of jobs and the economy make a climb back in the right direction, small businesses in th Mini golf to open in heart of Dupont Circle, in former location of Front Page, Buffalo Billiards 04/20/2021 12:34am • The Dupont Circle Swingers is described as “a 1920s English golf clubhouse.” (Courtesy Swingers) Get ready for putting, boozing and entertainment in the heart of Dupont Circle. The London-based mini golf venue Swingers is opening its first U.S. location. "My business partner and I 12-year-old charged with murder in teen's shooting death in Prince George's Co. 04/19/2021 01:32pm • A D.C. 12-year-old has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 13-year-old Saturday night in Capitol Heights, Maryland. Prince George's County police responded to a reported stabbing in the 1700 block of Ritchie Station Court, a shopping center, around 10:15 Some Prince George’s Co. restaurants get a 'dash' of cash to relieve pandemic-related strains 04/18/2021 05:00pm • The Board and Brew is one of 40 restaurants in Prince George’s County that received a “dash” of funds from food delivery app DoorDash — part of the company’s effort to support and help restaurants succeed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The expansion of DoorDash's Main Street Strong Pledg Despite pandemic, business startups are booming in Maryland 04/08/2021 04:09pm • As the COVID-19 crisis ravaged the U.S. economy, countless numbers of businesses shut down and millions of Americans lost jobs. Yet, the pandemic sparked an unexpected trend: The number of business startups is surging across the U.S., and especially here in Maryland. From April to December of Fredericksburg hosts arts and crafts fair 04/08/2021 01:39am • During a unique pandemic year, folks got creative at home making various arts and crafts. Now, they join the Fredericksburg Arts & Crafts Faire at the Fredericksburg Expo Center. "It is one of the few craft shows occurring this weekend pretty much in the entire country," Marketing Dir New Virginia liquor store in Pentagon City 04/02/2021 08:51am • New Pentagon City ABC store is similar in size to this ABC store on Kenmore Avenue in Alexandria. (Courtesy ABC) All those new Amazon HQ2 workers won’t have to venture far to stock their home bars. Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority is opening its newest ABC retail store in Penta 2021 White House Christmas ornament unveiled 04/01/2021 10:05am • It's way too early to be thinking about the winter holidays, but that's not stopping the unveiling of the official 2021 White House Christmas ornament. The year's collectible features a painting of the 1967 Blue Room Christmas tree. It commemorates President Lyndon B. Johnson's time in the White Virginia officials address Prince William group's vaccine equity concerns 03/30/2021 09:13pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Virginia health officials responded to concerns Monday night from the Prince William chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Stimulus checks could come quickly, but the jobless may have a wait for unemployment benefits 03/10/2021 06:05am • The $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill that President Joe Biden championed even before taking office is expected to land on his desk in coming days, but it could take some time for struggling Americans to see all the benefits. While the $1,400 stimulus payments could hit pe Timeline: 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in DC, Maryland and Virginia 03/05/2021 03:07pm • More than a year ago, reports began circulating about a mysterious new illness in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. It seemed like a world away, and it was — at first. That all changed March 5, 2020, when Maryland authorities announced the first confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the DC museums continue reopening as COVID-19 cases drop 03/03/2021 09:55am • A dozen D.C. museums are either open or starting to reopen as the District's COVID-19 cases continue to drop, according to the District's official website. What's reopening: The National Museum of Women in the Arts is reopening on Wednesday. It will be open from Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. Nearly 200 midshipmen moved to hotels as Naval Academy tries to curb COVID-19 spread 03/03/2021 05:45am • Nearly 200 U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen are now being housed in hotels as the academy tries to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 within the brigade at the academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The academy moved an additional 98 midshipmen to the Graduate Hotel on West Street in downtown Annapolis Tuesda