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Anne Arundel Co. to offer $5K bus driver bonuses amid national shortage 11/04/2021 03:07pm • New and existing school bus drivers in Anne Arundel County are on track to get new $5,000 bonuses as officials in the Maryland county aim to fill a shortage of drivers that has snarled back-to-school transportation in the county and across the region. The $4.2 million plan to offer the $5,000 ret Review: 'Finch' stars Tom Hanks, a robot and a dog ��� what more could you want? 11/04/2021 10:59am • If you still need a sign of where the film industry is headed, note that arguably its biggest star, Tom Hanks, has just made back to back movies for the streaming service Apple TV+. Last year, he starred in the underrated submarine flick "Greyhound," which is well worth watching if you missed Montgomery Co. council reassures parents it has enough vaccines for kids 11/04/2021 08:51am • Montgomery County, Maryland, is moving ahead with plans to get kids aged 5 to 11 vaccinated, and health officials are reassuring parents that they have enough pediatric doses to go around. Data shows there are roughly 105,000 children aged 5 to 11 in the county. Dr. Earl Stoddard, chief admini Loudoun Co. sheriff's colonel grilled about school sex assaults 11/04/2021 05:21am • The controversy swirling around a 15-year-old boy charged with sexually assaulting two girls at separate Loudoun County, Virginia, high schools was a heated topic at Wednesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. When Col. Mark J. Poland with the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office went before the board t Sophie B. Hawkins performs at Tally Ho Theater in Leesburg 11/04/2021 04:13am • Listen to the full conversation on our podcast "Beyond the Fame." She gained fame as a chart-topping singer-songwriter on pop radio in the 1990s. This Friday, Sophie B. Hawkins performs at Tally Ho Theater in Leesburg, Virginia. "I'm probably going to do this solo acoustic, which I love Exploring Private High Schools in Los Angeles 11/04/2021 12:00am • While private schools around the country had a tumultuous time during the pandemic, with some seeing enrollment spikes while others experienced declines, private high schools in Los Angeles have remained a stable option for parents considering education choices. Statewide, private high school enrol What Parents Need to Know About Testing for Dyslexia in Schools 11/04/2021 12:00am • If your child is having a hard time learning to read, struggling with pronunciation or spelling, and finding it difficult to recognize words, it may be time to have them tested for dyslexia. Dyslexia, or developmental dyslexia, is the most common neurobehavioral learning disorder. Between 80% to 90 Montgomery County schools investigating 'serious incident' at Wootton High 11/03/2021 11:24pm • The school system in Montgomery County, Maryland, is investigating a "serious incident," in which police were called to one of its high schools. The incident happened Tuesday just after 4 p.m. in a locker room and involved members of the varsity football team at Thomas S. Wootton High School in R As shots begin to go into young arms, Md. wants COVID-19 vaccines available at schools 11/03/2021 06:30pm • Doctors, nurses and other providers have now started the big task of putting COVID-19 shots in the arms of half a million of the smallest Marylanders. Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday that state health officials had authorized providers in the state to immediately begin scheduling appointment Considering a career transition or graduating college without a clue as to what���s next? 11/03/2021 03:48pm • This content is sponsored by IBEW Local 26. Chris Cash and Bill Murphy know from experience, how one small change can influence the course of your life. Director and Assistant Director of Apprenticeship respectively, Cash and Murphy can tell you it���s because that���s exactly what becoming a Area pols react to Youngkin���s Va. victory 11/03/2021 02:40pm • Politicians across the area are reacting to Republican Glenn Youngkin���s victory over Democrat Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday in the Virginia gubernatorial election. ���This morning I spoke with Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin to congratulate him on being elected Governor of the greatest Commonwealth DC parents relieved as Children's National gives out 1st COVID shots to young kids 11/03/2021 02:03pm • Doctors are wasting no time in getting shots into younger kids��� arms, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director gave the go-ahead Tuesday night for kids ages 5 to 11 to get the shots. ���I���m feeling really nervous,��� confided 8-year-old Journey Arnold, while waiting for h McAuliffe concedes as Youngkin projected to win Va. governor's race; Republicans lead in lt. gov., attorney general races 11/03/2021 09:53am • Republican Glenn Youngkin, a former business executive and a first-time political candidate, was projected early Wednesday by The Associated Press to win the governorship of Virginia, beating Democratic former governor Terry McAuliffe in a result that seemed unlikely over the summer and could have n Montgomery Co. businesses land record investments 11/03/2021 09:20am • Money raised through private investors, venture capitalists and initial public offerings by businesses in Montgomery County, Maryland, has reached a record $18 billion through the first three quarters of 2021. That compares to $4 billion for all of 2020. The Montgomery County Economic Developm Looking at Private Middle Schools in Washington, D.C. 11/03/2021 12:00am • While Washington, D.C. residents have increasingly enrolled their children in public elementary schools in recent years, they tend to cast a wider net when approaching middle school. "Middle school is the time at which many families who would not necessarily consider private school, who would not c