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Water’s End Brewery opens third Virginia taproom, in Fredericksburg 07/06/2022 10:55am • Water’s End Brewery, started by a former Fairfax County police officer in 2016, has opened its third Virginia location, in Fredericksburg. The first Water’s End opened in Lake Ridge, Virginia. A second opened in 2020 in Woodbridge, at Potomac Festival Shopping Center. More Food and Pandemic recovery underscores hotels’ importance to local communities 07/06/2022 09:47am • This content is sponsored by AHLA. Hotels are an economic engine and dedicated community partner in every city and town across the United States. That was highlighted in a particularly dramatic way during the pandemic, as travel numbers decreased and jobs in the industry went away. With Herndon police officer shoots suspect, arrests 2 in stolen car incident 07/06/2022 03:40am • Herndon, Virginia, police said an officer shot and wounded a suspect and arrested two others that attempted to steal a car Tuesday afternoon. It happened at around 12:30 p.m. on the corner of Elden Street and Alabama Drive, near the Dulles Park Shopping Center. More Virginia News Mo Reckless driving violations in DC could cost you big 07/04/2022 09:30pm • If you plan on driving around the District this holiday, make sure to drive safely, or it’ll cost you big. According to the National Highway Safety Administration, the number of motor vehicle deaths was up 3% in March 2022 compared with a year earlier, a result of speeding and traveling without 4 wounded in shooting at car wash gathering in Manassas 07/04/2022 08:25am • Four men were wounded in a shooting at a large gathering in a car wash parking lot in Manassas, Virginia, late Sunday night, police say. A large group had gathered in the parking lot of Sam's Car Wash on Sudley Road in the Westgate Plaza Shopping Center when an argument broke out, according to po Barbecue costs up ahead of 4th of July, ways to save 07/02/2022 09:30am • As the 4th of July approaches, many Americans are preparing to fire up their grills and host cookouts for friends and family. But as prices surge across the board, hosting a barbecue is costlier than it was this time last year. The cost of the average Independence Day cookout for 10 people is 17% The surprising reason supermarkets sell flowers 07/02/2022 06:04am • All stores have marketing tactics to get you in the door — stylish mannequins, elaborate display windows, posters screaming about all the discounts you can find inside. But some are far more subtle, so much so that chances are you've hardly ever noticed them. Picture your local grocery store, f DC ends COVID-19 contact tracing unit 07/01/2022 11:44am • More than two years after launching the COVID-19 contact trace force to help identify people potentially exposed to the coronavirus and slow the spread of disease, the District says it's winding down operations. The city's contact tracing team officially closed shop Thursday, according to a state Sprouts Farmers Market kicks off Burtonsville Crossing redevelopment 07/01/2022 09:41am • Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market will open its second D.C.-area store at Burtonsville Crossing, kicking off the redevelopment of the shopping center in eastern Montgomery County. The organic grocer has signed a lease for 23,200 square feet at the shopping center, at Old Columbia Pike and Nati Suspect still sought in Prince William County armed carjacking; shopping center reopens 06/30/2022 05:49pm • Stonebridge, a shopping area in Potomac Town Center, in Woodbridge, Virginia, has reopened after a search for suspects in an armed carjacking. The Prince William County police said the carjacking happened on Bayside Avenue in Woodbridge earlier Thursday. Officers spotted the stolen car around Hotel employees enjoy historic opportunities amid industry comeback 06/30/2022 02:56pm • This content is sponsored by AHLA. 2020 was the worst year on record for the hotel industry, and 2021 wasn’t much better. Over the two-year period, hotels lost a collective $111.8 billion in room revenue alone. But after years of pandemic-related restrictions, the summer of “revenge tr Aslin Beer opens Logan Circle beer garden and coffee shop 06/30/2022 09:22am • Craft brewer Aslin Beer Co., with breweries and taprooms in Herndon and Alexandria, Virginia, opens a beer garden with coffee shop in D.C.’s Logan Circle Friday. It is at 1740 14th St. NW, at 14th and S streets. More Business News It's happening, DC. It's happening! See yo The Margaux development continues to transform the end of the Orange Line in Prince George's Co. 06/29/2022 12:45pm • It used to be that the New Carrollton Metro Station was where you'd go to go somewhere else. But that's changing. Standing in a spot that used to be overflowing with the cars of commuters taking Metro, Amtrak, or the MARC train, a team of elected leaders from Prince George's County, standing with Live! Casino employees rack up $336,000 in 15-minute shopping spree 06/29/2022 09:30am • Maryland’s Live! Casino & Hotel capped off its 10th anniversary celebrations by giving 100 employees a chance to fill their carts at a Costco on the casino’s dime. The 100 employees were chosen by a random lottery. Live! Casino & Hotel has about 2,600 employees total. More DC Council passes bill easing restriction on medical marijuana for patients over 21 years old 06/29/2022 04:40am • Thanks to an emergency bill passed by the D.C. Council, access to medical marijuana is easier for D.C. residents over the age of 21 and older. A doctor's recommendation is no longer needed for patients looking to register for a patient card, meaning patients can now self-certify their eligibility