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Montgomery Co. Council gives final approval to budget with eye toward pandemic recovery 05/27/2021 01:08pm • One day before Montgomery County moves into Phase 3 of its COVID-19 plans, the Maryland county's council approved a $6 billion budget that includes a number of items aimed at pandemic recovery. "It's always difficult to put together a budget of this scale and complexity," said Council President T Beach town businesses welcome visitors as they struggle to find employees 05/27/2021 04:11am • Funland in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, is open and preparing for the summer crowds, though it, like many other businesses along the ocean, struggle to find enough workers for the season. (Photo Chris Darr/Funland Rehoboth) Businesses near the Delmarva beaches and in the Outer Banks expect this sum Memorial Day weekend brings rain, wind and cool temps to DC-area beaches 05/26/2021 03:12pm • As Memorial Day Weekend quickly approaches, beach vacationers will probably want to pack warn and plan some indoor activities, as rainy, windy and cool weather will roll in throughout the holiday weekend at Virginia, Maryland and Delaware beaches. Maryland and Delaware Maryland and Delaware beache Prince George's Co. to lift mask mandate Friday 05/26/2021 02:25pm • The mask mandate in Prince George's County, Maryland, will be lifted Friday May 28 at 5 p.m., County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said in a news conference Wednesday. Masks will still be required on public transport and in schools, childcare and health care settings. Alsobrooks made the announc Work from the beach: How some made the most of telework 05/26/2021 04:10am • The view from Paz Magat's Ocean City getaway rental. The Wheaton resident is one of many who worked near the beach during the pandemic. (Courtesy Paz Magat) With working from home becoming the new norm during the pandemic, the lack of a change in scenery led some people to get a bit stir crazy. NC surfer rescues Falls Church man caught in rip current while releasing daughter's ashes 05/25/2021 11:40am • 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. A Falls Church man releasing his daughter's ashes on the Outer Banks of North Carolina last week is alive today because Adam Zboyovski ha Mazza Gallerie will be redeveloped as apartments 05/25/2021 08:55am • Developer Tishman Speyer has acquired Mazza Gallerie, the largely empty shopping center in D.C.���s Friendship Heights, and will redevelop it as apartments, though it appears it will retain a large retail portion as well. Tishman Speyer issued a brief statement Tuesday saying it will build new re Condo and home rental market booming at Delmarva beaches 05/25/2021 04:02am • The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the economies of the area and the nation, but for people who rent houses and condominiums at the Delmarva beaches, the desire for social distancing led to an uptick in bookings. ���I feel like people are very anxious to be coming to the beach,��� said Kim Loon DC mayor devotes $400 million investment in affordable housing in new budget 05/24/2021 05:07pm • The D.C. mayor wants $400 million devoted to creating more affordable housing. Mayor Muriel Bowser will deliver her budget to the D.C. Council on Thursday. With the new project in the Petworth neighborhood Spring Flats nearing completion behind her, Bowser said she plans to commit $400 million Montgomery Co. lawmakers set to OK $6B budget, move 'full steam ahead' with reopening 05/24/2021 02:05pm • Lawmakers in Montgomery County, Maryland, are set to give final approval to a $6 billion operating budget billed as a road map for a post-pandemic recovery, and also say the county is moving "full steam ahead" with a plan to lift most coronavirus restrictions come Friday. The council is scheduled Lifeguarding amid a pandemic: Ocean City lifesavers get ready for 2021 beach season 05/24/2021 03:58am • When Memorial Day weekend begins later this week, a team of close to 200 lifeguards will be back on duty, at 97 lifeguard stands set up along 10 miles of beach in Ocean City, Maryland. ���We���re really expecting a boom year for the Town of Ocean City,��� said Butch Arbin, who is captain of the O New Georgetown canal boat is close to being put in the water 05/23/2021 04:12pm • The Georgetown canal now has water flowing through it, and soon you will be able to ride in a brand new boat on it. "We hope to get as many visitors to travel the roughly one-mile trip up on the canal in Georgetown, beginning hopefully later this year," said Jeffrey Nichols, executive director of 'This has been traumatizing for people': Montgomery Co. officials discuss mask guidance, evictions 05/19/2021 03:29pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are acknowledging that many residents may continue to wear masks even after the county voted to ease rules for face coverings earlier this week. During an online news briefing Wednesday, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said that many people will c Maryland���s weakest counties see strongest home sales 05/17/2021 12:19pm • Kimberly Alster first purchased property near Deep Creek Lake in Maryland���s Garrett County 12 years ago. At the time, the idea was to use the home for frequent family vacations. When the pandemic struck, however, the Alsters decided to trade city life for the great outdoors and move permanently. I Business travel has disappeared ��� will it ever come back? 05/17/2021 05:40am • Book tickets. Schedule meetings. Obsess over your presentation. Pack a carry-on. Rush to the airport. Check out the lounge. Priority boarding. Take off. Land. Get to the hotel. Meet clients. Seal the deal. Fly home. Repeat. For countless executives and salespeople, business trips have been a bedr