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Frederick crafting rental-property policy 02/16/2012 12:10pm • Frederick's five-year effort to identify scofflaw owners of rental properties and force them to bring their buildings up to city code will take at least 90 more days, but it has new direction.Alderwoman Karen Young summarized Wednesday five years of local and state research that caused her and other County Board Advertises Two Cent Tax Rate Hike 02/15/2012 09:37am • The Arlington County Board gave itself the flexibility to raise real estate taxes by as much as two cents as part of its FY 2013 budget process. The Board voted unanimously last night to advertise a rate of 97.8 cents per $100 of assessed value for Calendar Year 2012, two cents higher than the 201 Fatal fall prompts push for Md. balcony inspection law 02/10/2012 11:58am • ANNAPOLIS — A New Market woman whose son died in 2008 after falling through a rotting second-story railing urged state lawmakers Thursday to require balcony inspections in apartments and other multi-family dwellings.If legislators pass the bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Young, balconies on apartme New Commercial Tenant for Bromptons at Cherrydale 01/27/2012 10:35am • A commercial tenant will soon move into a building that’s been the center of a years-long controversy in the Cherrydale neighborhood. A Subway restaurant is coming to the Bromptons at Cherrydale building (3800 Lee Hwy), now known as 3800 Lofts. The residential space above the restaurant was Crime Report: Female Escort Sexually Assaulted 01/25/2012 06:20pm • A female escort was held against her will and sexually assaulted in a Crystal City hotel room last week, according to the latest Arlington County crime report. ABDUCTION WITH INTENT TO DEFILE / SEXUAL ASSAULT, 01/19/12, 2000 block of S. Jefferson Davis Highway. On January 19, around 8 pm, a female Northern Virginia Housing Fair Coming to Arlington 01/24/2012 10:30am • Arlington will host the second annual Northern Virginia Housing Expo this year. The event features dozens of exhibits “showcasing both homeownership and rental opportunities and resources throughout Northern Virginia.” There are also free workshops that will help prepare attendees for Mental health groups fear Md. will slash funding 01/17/2012 08:11pm • Darci Marchese, wtop.com WASHINGTON - It's budget-slashing time and among the most fearful of budget cuts are groups that look after the mentally ill. "After so many years of budget cuts, we're all in a very fearful mode," says Katherine Slye-Griffin, executive director of the National Alliance o D.C. apartment sales surge in 2011 01/17/2012 10:45am • Sales of apartment and condominium buildings in the Washington area surged to $4.7 billion in 2011, a $1.1 billion increase from 2010 and a sign that investors’ efforts to buy into D.C.’s heavy demand for rentals in particular is on the rise, according to CBRE Group Inc. Multifamily sale Chief: MPD asks for help with violent crimes; 170K fewer traffic tickets 01/05/2012 12:08pm • WASHINGTON - Increased ticketing has resulted in a significant change in driver behavior, the chief of D.C. police told WTOP on Thursday, thanks to more traffic and speed cameras and a focus on the skyrocketing number of cyclists on the road. Police have quadrupled the number of tickets issued to Park my ride: Site lists hidden parking spots for rent 01/04/2012 04:46pm • Meera Pal, wtop.com WASHINGTON - For many D.C. drivers, much of their time on the road is spent circling, in search of one of those coveted parking spaces. A new website is hoping to change that, by giving frustrated drivers more options when it comes to parking in the District. ParkatmyHou Companies get very creative with data about you 01/01/2012 12:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) - Companies are getting smarter at predicting your next move. As it becomes easier to gather information on consumers, businesses are crunching personal data in new ways to forecast a wide variety of behavior. In much the same way that credit scores predict how likely you are to pay y WTOP listeners help make Christmas brighter for homeless D.C. family 12/24/2011 05:21pm • WASHINGTON - Amanda and her husband were forced to move out of their rental home last year after he lost his job in construction. The family of six ended up at a homeless shelter in D.C., where they have been living since January. Christmas this year wasn't looking great for her four children whe Deliveries continue despite stolen van, care packages for troops 12/21/2011 08:13pm • UPDATE: On its Facebook page, Treats 4 Our Troops says it has secured a rental car and will resume local deliveries before Christmas. They have no updates on the stolen van. Wednesday - 12/21/2011, 8:14am ET ARLINGTON, Va. - A van full of care packages meant for deployed troops and wounded w If D.C. region wants jobs, it needs housing 12/20/2011 06:12pm • Adam Tuss, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- If housing is where the jobs live at night, then the D.C. region better start building more housing -- and housing that is priced right. That's the point John McClain, deputy director of the George Mason University's Center for Regional Analysis, is stressing to t Melody Makers: Karaoke organized for people with disabilities 12/20/2011 12:18pm • A karaoke craze is spreading in Frederick County thanks to Camille Kime, a local advocate for people with mental and physical disabilities.Once a month, Kime, along with the Frederick Challenger Civitan Club, sponsors a karaoke night for people with disabilities in the county. She doesn't get much h