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Spring break travel: Expect crowded beaches, uptick in international trips 03/22/2023 10:44am • Students from all D.C.-area school systems will get a well-deserved spring break in April. If you plan on taking your kids for a trip, expect busy airports and packed beaches. Unsurprisingly, shorelines will be mobbed as beaches in Florida and Hawaii are the top domestic destination for the 50 mi Maryland treasurer asks for patience, staffing and budget, in fixing beleaguered college savings plan 03/22/2023 07:31am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Maryland Treasurer Dereck Davis told a House Committee he is committed to revamping the��state���s troubled college savings plan.�� The Montgomery Co. high school student suffers possible overdose in McDonald's near school 03/21/2023 05:48pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, high school student is in the hospital, after suffering a suspected overdose inside a Gaithersburg McDonald's. Montgomery County police got a call about a reported overdose just before noon Tuesday. The restaurant is across the street from Quince Orchard High School Nando���s returns to Alexandria 03/21/2023 02:29pm • Nando���s Peri-Peri opens its newest D.C.-area location March 27, as part of Carlyle Crossing, the Wegmans-anchored mixed-use development in Alexandria, Virginia's Eisenhower East neighborhood. Nando���s operated a location on King Street in Old Town Alexandria, until it closed last year after 10 Growing bald eagle family at Dulles Greenway welcomes triplets as last egg hatches 03/21/2023 11:46am • In a cry for freedom, the third (and final) eaglet at a nest in Leesburg, Virginia, hatched Sunday morning. A bald eagle couple at the Dulles Greenway and the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy in Virginia welcomed the third baby to their family during a livestreamed hatching. More Local New Gerber baby formula recalled after possible bacteria exposure 03/21/2023 10:03am • There's a new recall that parents of infants should be aware of ��� a variety of powdered infant formula is being voluntarily recalled after concerns it was exposed to bacteria that could make some babies sick. Perrigo Company is recalling some of its Gerber Good Start Soothe Pro Powdered Infant Maryland lawmakers reach crossover deadline in session 03/21/2023 06:53am • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, left, gives an update on progress with his legislative agenda during a news conference on Monday, March 20, 2023, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� The Maryland General Assembly headed into the last three weeks of its annual legislative ses School safety update shows jump in arrests in Montgomery County 03/21/2023 12:11am • Although the number of times Montgomery County Public School administrators have called police to respond to incidents is down this year ��� 1,329 calls so far, compared to 2,814 for all of last school year ��� the number of arrests has increased. Calls for service included requests for help from Study reveals misconceptions among parents about vaping 03/20/2023 10:05pm • A national study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan revealed some possible misconceptions among parents when it comes to kids and vaping, including the belief that vapes are easily detected by smell. The study asked parents whether they thought they could tell their child was Alexandria parents indicted over 2022 death of baby from fentanyl overdose 03/20/2023 04:28pm • Two Alexandria, Virginia, parents have been indicted over the 2022 death of their child from a fentanyl overdose. Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano announced Tuesday that a grand jury had indicted 19-year-old Juan Oliva-Ruiz and 23-year-old Shantica Tillery on involuntary manslaughter and chi 'Man on Wire' legend Philippe Petit performs 'Wonder on the Wire' at National Building Museum in DC 03/20/2023 01:22pm • Hear our full conversation on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame.��� His stunning 1974 high-wire walk across New York City's ill-fated Twin Towers was chronicled in the Oscar-winning documentary "Man on Wire" (2008), and again in the narrative flick "The Walk" (2015). This week, Philippe Pe Fauquier Co. school board narrows who can challenge library books 03/20/2023 12:19pm • Not everybody agrees which books should be on school library shelves ��� and now, one Virginia school system wants to make sure disagreements are being voiced by families with children in their school. The Fauquier County School Board has voted unanimously to specify that only a student, a parent Compromise saves final season at beloved youth baseball field in Loudoun Co. 03/20/2023 04:59am • Word spread fast among parents of young baseball players in Loudoun County, Virginia, that Lions Field, one of the longtime home fields for Loudoun South Little League had been sold, which threatened the soon-to-start baseball season. As is often the case in 2023, worried parents vented in local 'An impossible situation': How the pandemic changed public education for DC-area parents, students and leaders 03/20/2023 04:30am • Many second-grade students struggled with reading skills at Brookfield Elementary in Fairfax County, Virginia, last year. As a result, the school appointed two separate teachers to lead sessions to help them get back on track. School leaders were particularly concerned about one student, Justin, Data Doctors: Facebook's new monthly charge: Hoax or real? 03/17/2023 06:01pm • Q: Is Facebook really getting ready to start charging users? A: The list of hoaxes that have plagued the world���s largest social media platform continues to grow, but one that has persisted for over a decade is that they will start charging everyone to continue using it. One of the more commo