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WTOP App Rewards Sweepstakes - Official Rules 06/24/2021 05:19pm • WTOP App Rewards Sweepstakes Official Rules NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES.   Eligibility: The WTOP App Rewards Sweepstake Silver Diner opening soon in Ashburn 06/24/2021 09:10am • Rockville, Maryland-based Silver Diner will open its first Loudoun County restaurant on June 30. The new Ashburn, Virginia, location will be the diner chain’s 19th in the D.C. region. The Ashburn Silver Diner is at the Commonwealth Center, at the intersection of Loudoun County Parkway and Russe In some DC neighborhoods, COVID-19 vaccination rates among teens lag behind 06/23/2021 11:22pm • COVID-19 vaccination rates among teenagers vary across D.C.'s eight wards, a disparity that has some officials concerned about this fall's return to schools and the possibility of outbreaks, as the more easily transmissible delta variant spreads. Data from the city's Office of the Deputy Mayor fo Loudoun Co. School Board halts comment period on transgender policy following raucous crowd 06/22/2021 11:49pm • The Loudoun County School Board in Virginia abruptly cut off its public comment period Tuesday night, when a crowd commenting on a proposed policy that would expand transgender student rights became unruly. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said one person was charged with disorderly conduct an Anne Arundel Co. executive asks Capital Gazette's new owner not to make cuts 06/22/2021 08:37pm • Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman has sent a letter to the new owner of the Capital Gazette urging it to keep the paper going as is. "Part of what I hope to accomplish is to shine a light on what's going on here," Pittman said during a news conference on Tuesday. His letter details Bowie preschool mourns the loss of beloved teacher's aide 06/22/2021 06:26pm • A Bowie, Maryland, preschool is mourning the sudden loss of a beloved assistant teacher who was found dead in an Annapolis apartment last weekend. The body of Erica Bonora, 39, was found Saturday at a home in the 1000 block of Spa Road. "She will be sorely missed. ... This hurts very deeply, f Summer Passport registration now open to kids in Prince George's Co. 06/21/2021 06:36pm • Children 12 to 18 years old in Prince George's County can now register for a variety of safe and fun activities this summer. The Alsobrooks Summer Passport Experience offers programs that are centered on what the county calls the "3 E's:  Education, Experience/Entertainment and Entrepreneurship. Editor of Annapolis paper that endured newsroom shooting says goodbye 06/19/2021 03:16pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The editor of the Capital Gazette, which won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage and courage in the face of a massacre in its newsroom, is leaving the Maryland newspaper. Rick Hutzell, who worked at the Annapolis paper for more than three decades, authored a Virginia's Brian O'Connor honored by College World Series 'Road to Omaha' statue 06/19/2021 09:00am • Virginia's O'Connor honored by College World Series statue originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington For anyone who goes to Omaha to watch or play in the College World Series, the first thing you're going to notice at the ballpark is a big statue out front. It's called "The Road to Omah Face-to-face fundraising returns, with a heavy dose of Democratic Gubernatorial campaigning 06/19/2021 08:53am • Democratic gubernatorial candidates Rushern L. Baker III (left) and Michael Rosenbaum (right) greet one another Thursday evening, as lobbyist Leonard N. Lucchi looks on. (Josh Kurtz/Maryland Matters) One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the absence of large-scale political e DC educators share plan to tackle learning loss 06/18/2021 05:48pm • D.C. schools are developing a plan that will address the learning loss that happened over the pandemic, and it will be a plan that will meet kids where they are in their learning. D.C. Public Schools is planning a multipronged approach to the differing degrees of learning loss that teachers will 'Experiencing the grief journey': How to cope with the death of a father on Father's Day 06/18/2021 03:46pm • Holidays are always difficult to get through when you're grieving a loss, and this Sunday, Father's Day, can be especially hard. Marcie Fairbanks, director of family services at Capital Caring Health, said you don't have to rush the process, and if a friend or loved one is the person grieving, yo Some DC parents irked after schools close for Juneteenth at the last minute 06/18/2021 02:53pm • D.C. Public Schools closed Friday for Juneteenth, America’s newest federal holiday, but the last-minute decision surprised and frustrated some parents. On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, making June 19 the country’s 12th federal holiday. It m Virginia task force seeks to make school meals, calendars more culturally inclusive 06/17/2021 03:52pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Thursday formed a task force charged with making school meals and academic calendars more culturally inclusive. Its two subcommittees will make recommendations on providing more diverse food offerings to students of different religious and ethnic backgrounds. The Prince William School Board considers later high school start times for 2022 06/17/2021 08:00am • 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. The first bell at Prince William County Schools could be ringing a lot later for high schoolers in fall of 2022, as the division will