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How safe is a road trip home to see the family? 08/05/2020 07:10am • "I didn't look at our drive as a vacation or a trip," says Christy Frank, who drove 10 hours with her three children from Copake, New York, to her hometown of Tiffin, Ohio. "We were just trying to get across the state to do exactly what we were doing at home, but at my parents' house." After mont 'The numbers are not on our side': Montgomery Co. officials warn of large gatherings 07/31/2020 02:49am • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, are urging residents to limit large gatherings, such as graduation ceremonies, warning that they are not safe and are not allowed under the county's Phase Two coronavirus recovery plan. "We continue to urge people to have the smallest social gatherings," Montgomery County Council approves measures on housing, health and voting by mail 07/28/2020 08:14pm • The Montgomery County Council held a marathon legislative day Tuesday with action on more than 19 items, including a plan for the Maryland county to pump funding into a health initiative aimed at tackling the spread of COVID-19 and calling for a vote-by-mail election in November. The council appr DC area restaurants can rent e-bikes by the week 07/28/2020 11:22am • Restaurants that rent a Spin bicycle will have the option to buy it. (Courtesy Spin) D.C. area restaurants can rent electric pedal assist bikes from Spin for deliveries for $39 a week with unlimited use, an option for some owners to bypass the fees they pay delivery companies. The bicycles co Md. lawmakers unveil recommendations to avert housing evictions 07/28/2020 04:57am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. With an ���onslaught��� of eviction filings expected in the coming months, a group of Maryland lawmakers released recommendations Monday on Interest in she sheds, in-law suites grows 07/27/2020 08:50am • Attached in-law suites, like this one in Manassas Virginia, are more common in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. In California and Texas, separate accessory dwelling units are more common. (Photo by Benjamin C. Tankersley/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) They go by many names ��� granny flats City-State Brewing breaks ground in DC's Edgewood neighborhood 07/27/2020 08:43am • Owner James Warne, right, speaking with James Partlow of the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development at City-State���s official groundbreaking. (Courtesy City-State) After more than three years of fundraising and planning, a former Senate staffer���s brewery started construction Fears and uncertainties abound for Md. tenants, landlords and courts as eviction moratorium ends 07/24/2020 10:11am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Hundreds of thousands of Marylanders are at risk of being put on the street with their belongings, after a federal moratorium on evictions Review: 'The Rental' is killer Airbnb horror hindered by unlikable relationship drama 07/24/2020 02:08am • Dan Stevens, Sheila Vand and Jeremy Allen White appear in a scene from "The Rental." (Allyson Riggs/IFC Films via AP) The best horror concepts are right under our noses with untapped fears in our daily lives. Many of us have stayed at an Airbnb, but did we ever stop to think just how dang Montgomery County officials call for 'national strategy' on pandemic 07/22/2020 04:50pm • Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, ripped into the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in a Wednesday briefing that's part of a weekly effort to keep the community updated on local efforts to deal with the public health crisis. County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles, How this DC-area business adapted to provide pandemic-related service 07/22/2020 04:30pm • As ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and health concerns continue to impact businesses, one area company is trying to adapt amid a major event cancellation and new-found need. Temp-Power generator rentals lost work with the Marine Corps Marathon cancellation, but it's also providing service Montgomery Co. resolutions: Vote-by-mail, eviction protections, Indigenous Peoples Day 07/21/2020 06:12pm • The Montgomery County, Maryland, council on Tuesday introduced a resolution supporting a vote-by-mail plan that would mail ballots directly to voters, skipping the requirement to apply for absentee ballots. The move comes after Gov. Larry Hogan called for a plan that would have all polling places Maryland begins spreading around eviction prevention funding 07/20/2020 08:29pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. With the end of a federal moratorium on evictions looming, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) doled out $2.3 million in eviction prevention fund Eviction fears prompt faith leaders to ask Va. Gov. Northam to intervene 07/19/2020 07:44pm • Virginia faith leaders addressed Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam at a virtual news conference on Sunday where they asked him to hold off on evictions so they can help inform residents about the assistance and protections in place to keep people in their homes who have been unemployed due to the coronavi Tenant advocates fear 'tsunami of evictions' in DC 07/16/2020 08:11pm • Losing a job and looking for a new one during the pandemic is a struggle that many D.C. residents are currently facing. When paychecks do not come in, many are finding it difficult, if not impossible, to stay current on rent. That fact has tenant advocates worried about what will come when the fr