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Md. Gov. Moore announces millions in funding for affordable housing in Silver Spring 06/13/2023 09:10pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced that the state will funnel $6.3 million toward affordable housing constructions in Montgomery County on Tuesday. The move comes after approval of the funding in a recent Board of Public Works meeting. Moore sits on the Board of Public Works along with Treasurer D Rockville bank employee sentenced for fraud scheme targeting churches, religious organizations 06/03/2023 08:43am • A man from Rockville, Maryland, was sentenced Friday to three years in federal prison for a yearlong bank fraud scheme that stole millions from local churches and religious organizations. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland said that Diape Seck, 29, helped carry out the fraud Frederick Co. sheriff seeks separate trial in Maryland machine gun conspiracy case 06/01/2023 09:43am • Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins wants to be tried separately from the Maryland gun dealer he's accused of conspiring with. Charles Austin "Chuck" Jenkins, 66, was indicted by a federal grand jury in April on charges of conspiracy and making false statements when he helped gun shop owner Ro $5.4 billion Prince George's Co. budget approved. What's in, what's out? 05/26/2023 12:23pm • The county council in Prince George's, Maryland, passed a $5.4 billion budget for fiscal year 2024 on Thursday. While many of County Executive Angela Alsobrooks' priorities remained in it, others didn't receive funding. An initiative that will pay for security camera vouchers for county homeowner More new apartments coming to Crystal City to feed Amazon HQ2 demand 05/24/2023 10:40am • A rendering of Block W, a housing project to be built by developer JBG Smith in Crystal City. (Courtesy JBG Smith) Developer JBG Smith, which is bringing thousands of new apartments to market in Arlington County's National Landing to meet demand from Amazon's growing workforce, has submitt Moore issues first vetoes, lets cannabis search bill and others become law without his signature 05/20/2023 07:35am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Gov. Wes Moore (D) issued the first vetoes of his administration on Friday. He allowed several others to take effect without his signatur Even with new hip, Prince George's Co. man held without bond in strange kidnapping case 05/15/2023 07:42pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man in a strange kidnapping and hit and run case, which included a woman claiming she was randomly abducted, driven around naked in a rental van for about 12 hours and stabbed in the hand, was ordered held without bond Monday. It all started in Southeast D.C. F Md. father, son convicted in drug trafficking conspiracy 05/13/2023 03:36pm • A federal jury convicted a Laurel, Maryland, man and his son Thursday on drug-related charges, following a nine-day trial focused on a series of events involving their now-deceased marijuana supplier. Scott Williams, 45, and Taeyan Williams, 26, were convicted of a drug trafficking conspiracy and Indoor roller skating rink and pickleball venue opens in Northeast DC 05/13/2023 01:35am • The District���s Edgewood neighborhood is now home to a massive complex featuring 14 pickleball courts and D.C.���s only indoor roller-skating rink. Located inside the Bryant Street NE complex, Kraken Kourts & Skates is a ���multi-generational gathering space with family programming.��� I 13 high school graduation gift ideas 04/30/2023 08:00pm • Gifts for graduates With the school year winding down, many families are preparing to celebrate the graduation of their high school seniors. Whether the student is college-bound, taking a gap year or entering the workforce, mark this milestone with a thoughtful or practical graduation gift. Here Arlington���s a top destination for apartment searches 04/25/2023 11:00am • If the number of apartment searchers are any indication, Arlington County, Virginia may be getting many new residents. RentCafe ranks Arlington No. 7 on its list of Most Wanted Cities for renters in April. The District is the only other D.C. metro destination to make the top 30, at No. 26. For buyers, short-term vacation rentals no longer as attractive 04/24/2023 12:27pm • Second home sales surged during the first year of the pandemic, peaking in August 2020, up 89%from pre-pandemic levels. Maryland and Delaware beach communities became among the most-frenzied for vacation home buyers. Second home sales have now dropped 52% since that peak, according to March d DC-area rents still rising despite national trend lower 04/19/2023 12:16pm • Average apartment rents in March nationally posted the first year-over-year decline in three years, though the D.C. area was among metros where rents continued to rise. The average rent for a new lease signed in March in the D.C. metro was $2,628 a month, up 1.1% from March 2022, according to Red Prince George���s Co. approves new rental assistance program. But how will it be paid for? 04/19/2023 12:15pm • The Prince George���s County Council unanimously approved the creation of a new rental assistance program on Tuesday. No one from the public spoke out against the program, and no one from the council did either. Instead, the looming fight appears to be over how to fund it. Under the legislatio Frederick County sheriff on leave after being ordered to surrender service weapon in machine gun conspiracy case 04/13/2023 05:01pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Frederick County Sheriff Charles ���Chuck��� Jenkins pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal criminal charges related to what prosecutors sa