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Shoppers store in Franconia closes next month 01/08/2020 09:03am • The Franconia Shoppers seen here is closing in February. The landlord has filed permits to divide the 65,000-square-foot space into three retail spaces. (Courtesy Google Street View) Shoppers Food, whose parent company United Natural Foods Inc. plans to completely exit the retail grocery busines Former Charles County JV wrestling coach charged with child sex abuse 01/07/2020 09:13pm • A Waldorf man, who recently worked for two different public school systems in southern Maryland, is accused of child sex abuse. The alleged abuse was reported in December, and 34-year-old George Andrew Taylor was charged Tuesday by the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Investigators said the vi School changes, teacher pay among proposals from Virginia lawmakers 01/07/2020 03:55pm • School funding, teacher pay, free tuition for some community college students and changes to school discipline rules are among the education-related proposals in Virginia's General Assembly this year. Parents could even be guaranteed four hours of annual leave, which may be unpaid, to attend pare Confusion, 'misinformation' over Montgomery County school boundary analysis 01/07/2020 02:20pm • Confusion and "misinformation" may be behind many of the hundreds of comments pouring into Montgomery County Public Schools about a pair of hot-button topics on the district's agenda. One of those issues is a districtwide boundary analysis, in which school officials are gathering detailed informa The Y’s Community Health initiatives aim to increase the health outcomes of district residents 01/07/2020 02:18pm • This content is sponsored by The YMCA of Metropolitan Washington. With the start of the New Year, many of us are thinking about our health: how to eat more veggies, be a bit more active, maybe even sleep more. But individual health can be complicated and confusing. Surprisingly, our interactions E-scooter rider injured after collision with Arlington school bus 01/06/2020 07:00pm • No children were hurt when an electric scooter rider collided with a school bus Monday afternoon in Rosslyn. It happened about 3:40 p.m. at the intersection of Wilson Boulevard and N. Oak Street. The person on the scooter was seriously hurt but is expected to survive, said Arlington County pol Is your Lamborghini too cold? Just ask Alexa to heat it up 01/06/2020 09:27am • The new Lamborghini Huracán Evo will be the first car with a new generation of Amazon Alexa Auto, Amazon's voice control system that's customized for use in automobiles. Sometimes you're driving your Lamborghini and the seat's a little too cold. You could press the seat heater button, but you'd 2 dogs that ran off after I-270 crash are reunited with owner 01/05/2020 06:03pm • Ena and Caleb were reunited with their owner Brian Shelton on Sunday after missing since a crash on I-270 in late December. (Courtesy Lost Animal Resource Group) Two dogs missing since running away from a crash on Interstate 270 last month have been reunited with their owner. Brian Shelton of Woodbridge woman going for 7th win on 'Jeopardy!' 01/03/2020 05:44pm • 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. Woodbridge, Virginia, political consultant Karen Farrell has won six games of “Jeopardy!” and will return Friday night to attemp 2019 battles returning to 2020 Maryland General Assembly 01/03/2020 08:32am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. When General Assembly lawmakers convene in Annapolis next week, they’ll take up thousands of new bills ― and eight pieces of unfinished DC-area parks offer a chance to start the new year off on the right foot 01/01/2020 03:13pm • Across the D.C. region, state and county parks kicked off the new year with First Hike events. In Fairfax County, Virginia, five parks featured First Hikes, including Huntley Meadows, a park popular with families, birders and wildlife photographers. Fairfax County Supervisor Dan Storck, who le Search continues for dogs who ran away after crash on I-270 in Montgomery Co. 12/31/2019 12:00pm • Community members have joined the search for two dogs that went missing after a crash along Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland, over the weekend, and a group that helps find missing animals is asking for more people to be on the lookout. Brian Shelton, of North Carolina, was driving no Maryland debuts new program offering routine calls to check on older residents 12/31/2019 10:35am • You know the worry. You’re trying to work and take care of your home while also trying to make sure mom or dad, living alone, is OK. Maryland wants to help. The state has started a new program — Senior Call Check. It is a first-in-the-nation statewide program that provides a call to senior Muhammad makes list of top 10 baby names in the US for the first time 12/31/2019 06:07am • For the first time, Muhammad is one of the top 10 most popular baby names for boys in the United States, according to data from the parenting website BabyCenter. Muhammad ranks at No. 10, up four spots from last year. The name has been climbing steadily on BabyCenter's rankings over the years and Charity paying off thousands in Prince William Co. school lunch debt 12/30/2019 10:22am • A local charity is working to let kids go back to school after the winter break free of lunch debt. Lunch debt — debt owed to schools from kids whose parents can’t pay for their lunches — is high in Prince William County, Virginia. Adelle Settle told WTOP, “Right now in Prince William Cou