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New supermarket in DC Ward 7 under consideration 01/27/2022 08:10pm • After years of limited grocery options, some residents of Ward 7 in Northeast D.C. could soon get a supermarket. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city has agreed with a major grocer to move into the Capital Gateway Market near Fort Dupont — a move that she notes is especially urgent for the east en After 'Walking in Memphis,' Marc Cohn sings his life story at The Birchmere 01/27/2022 12:59pm • Hear our full conversation on my podcast "Beyond the Fame." The Birchmere is about to levitate "ten feet off of Beale." Or is it Mount Vernon Avenue? Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Marc Cohn comes to Alexandria, Virginia on Feb. 2. "I must have played there 20 times," Cohn told WTO What to research when choosing an online university in US 01/25/2022 12:00am • For many prospective international students, deciding to attend a U.S.-based online university is the first step in the path toward completing an undergraduate or graduate degree. But choosing to pursue an online degree can often lead to questions about how to find the right fit. "International s LA Fitness opens at Woodmore Towne Centre 01/24/2022 09:22am • The 42,000-square foot LA Fitness location at Woodmore Towne Centre is the sixth in Prince George’s County and the 18th in the region. (Courtesy LA Fitness) Big Box fitness chain LA Fitness has opened its newest D.C.-area location: at Woodmore Towne Centre in Glenarden, Maryland. The 42,000 Data Doctors: Decoding Wi-Fi router tech specs 01/21/2022 07:09pm • Q: I’m shopping for a new Wi-Fi router and want to understand what all the numbers and letters mean. A: Shopping for a Wi-Fi router can be one of the most confusing experiences until you can decode all those numbers and letters. Wi-Fi generations The first thing to understand is which generat Call Your Mother’s 6th deli location opens in DC’s West End 01/21/2022 08:31am • Call Your Mother is opening a sixth deli location in D.C.’s West End. (Courtesy Call Your Mother) Deli and bagel shop Call Your Mother, a self-professed “Jew-ish" deli, has opened its sixth location, in D.C.’s West End. It shares space with the Mercy Me cafe at the Yours Truly DC Hotel Va. ABC stores to adjust opening hours as employees impacted by COVID-19 01/20/2022 05:19pm • The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) will be adjusting opening hours to noon at the 395 stores around the commonwealth, as exposures among employees makes operations more difficult, the authority said Thursday. Virginia ABC said the change will allow its reduced workforce to be Spokes bicycle shops in Northern Va. sold to Trek 01/18/2022 10:04am • Trek Bicycle has bought all six of Northern Virginia's Spokes Etc. bicycle shops, including its popular Quaker Lane location in Alexandria, the company said Monday. In mid-March, the Spokes Etc. stores will become Trek Bicycle stores. More Alexandria News More Virginia News Austin company brings IV drips, cryotherapy to Alexandria 01/14/2022 11:33am • Fast-growing alternative wellness chain Restore Hyper Wellness will open its second D.C.-area location, in Alexandria's Bradlee Shopping Center, this spring. Restore Hyper Wellness has one location on Rockville Pike in North Bethesda, and has plans for a third D.C.-area location in Arlington’s Water’s End Brewery expands to Fredericksburg (with a chicken partner) 01/14/2022 10:11am • Water’s End Brewery, started by a former Fairfax County police officer in 2016 with its first location in Lake Ridge, Virginia, in 2016, will open a third location in a historic building in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Its second location, in Woodbridge, opened in 2020. More Business Ne Suspect, 3 others injured after Columbia chase ends in crash 01/13/2022 08:29am • A police chase in Columbia, Maryland, ended with the suspect striking another car and injuring three people Wednesday evening. The Howard County Police Department said the pursuit began near a shopping center in the 6400 block of Dobbin Road around 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, after an officer saw a man Driver critically injured after crashing into Georgetown shop 01/13/2022 07:16am • A man was critically injured after his car flipped and crashed into a store in Georgetown Wednesday night. D.C. police said it happened around 10 p.m. when a driver was going over the speed limit on Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest. More D.C. News Moments later, the dri 3 charged with 20 burglaries in Silver Spring, Wheaton areas 01/12/2022 11:47am • Three men, two from D.C. and one from Maryland, are charged with 20 commercial burglaries in the Silver Spring and Wheaton areas of Montgomery County. Kevon Neal, 32, of D.C., Jaron Anderson, 22, of District Heights, Maryland, and Kevin Bing, 27, of D.C., are charged with the burglaries and with Afghan refugees resettling in N. Virginia describe challenges, needs 01/11/2022 04:59pm • One of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service’s employees is Muzghan Azizy, who immigrated from Kabul in July just ahead of the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan. She spoke during a ribbon-cutting for LIRS’ new site in Alexandria, which opened last month. (Courtesy LIRS) Hundreds Best jobs in America in 2022 01/11/2022 09:00am • The right job for you The pandemic continued to influence the extreme fluctuations of the job market and the way we worked in 2021. Many workers who were able to remain remote did so, as concerns over the coronavirus persisted in spite of access to vaccines; others returned to a workplace that lo