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Maryland Attorney General Frosh: Keep guard against holiday shopping scams 12/02/2021 04:00am • It's the holiday shopping season, which is also a time when scammers are busy trying to separate consumers from their money. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh led an hourlong online forum Wednesday aimed at helping consumers avoid being scammed. "The folks who are trying to steal your money a Rockville small business owner faces twin challenges of COVID, cancer 12/01/2021 04:50am • Kenia Garcia, owner of Nature by Trejo, shows her wares at the Wheaton Recreational Center. (WTOP/Dick Uliano) The pandemic has been hard on many of the D.C. region's small businesses, but the owner of a Rockville, Maryland, gift shop has double the challenge because she's been diagnosed with ca Arena Stage presents August Wilson's 'Seven Guitars' 11/29/2021 04:39am • His plays have made acclaimed movies from "Fences" to "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." This month, Arena Stage presents August Wilson's "Seven Guitars" now through Dec. 26. "It takes place in the 1940s in Pittsburgh," Artistic Director Molly Smith told WTOP. "This is a story that centers on seve The best meal kit delivery service for every budget 11/28/2021 07:00pm • What to cook for dinner? For people who are busy, culinary-challenged or looking for a simple solution -- or just a break from shopping -- meal kit delivery services aim to solve that problem. There are many options available, from organic meal kits to those aimed at weight loss at a variety of p DC business owners hard at work for Small Business Saturday 11/27/2021 05:37pm • As the nation celebrates Small Business Saturday, D.C. business owners say, for them, the day is a chance for people to support businesses in the community, and not the usual big box stores. Amaya Smith, co-founder of The Brown Beauty Co-op in Dupont circle, says she's happy that Small Business S For Small Business Saturday, VP Harris and family drop by DC's Downtown Holiday Market 11/27/2021 05:34pm • For Small Business Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris paid an afternoon visit to D.C.'s Downtown Holiday Market for a little holiday shopping and to stress the vital role of small businesses in the U.S. economy. Accompanied by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, stepson Cole Emhoff and his girlfrie Going to the store may be your smartest bet to navigate the supply chain crisis this holiday 11/27/2021 03:05pm • The supply chain crisis means last-minute gift buyers may have little choice but to go shopping the old-fashioned way this holiday season. High demand, combined with supply chain delays, materials' shortages and troubles hiring workers, are shrinking the availability of items both online and at s These major chains boomed as small retailers had to close up shop 11/27/2021 01:55pm • Many Americans are shopping small Saturday to support mom-and-pop clothing, toy, furniture, sporting goods, hardware and electronics' stores. But this year's Small Business Saturday promotion is unlikely to change the fortunes of independent shops in America, which have diverged dramatically from Annual gift guide helps you 'shop local' in DC area 11/27/2021 09:52am • Many people started holiday shopping earlier than usual amid worries supply chain issues would make it harder to get all of the presents on their lists in time; but advocates for local businesses say that’s all the more reason to "shop local." "It’s always a good job creator and by shopping ' Shoppers return to DC-area malls in droves 11/26/2021 09:34pm • At shopping malls around the D.C. region, people were shopping like it was Black Friday 2019 — before the coronavirus and its impact figured into the everyday lives of Americans. At Tysons Corner Center in Tysons, Virginia, people inched through blocks of car traffic to reach the garages. Meanw Former Montgomery County police chief who was public face of Beltway Sniper investigation dies at 68 11/26/2021 04:34pm • Former Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose, who became the public face of the investigation into the Beltway Sniper rampage that terrorized the D.C. region, has died. Moose, who left his post in 2003, was 68, according to a statement from the department. Moose's wife posted a message Hypothermia alert issued for Montgomery Co. as Black Friday temps dip in DC area 11/26/2021 12:03am • Meteorologists said that Thanksgiving Day would see temperatures fall into the 40s in the D.C. area, and those sliding temperatures led to a hypothermia alert in Maryland hours before any in-person Black Friday shopping could begin. Here's what you need to know. Officials with Montgomery County E Small Business Saturday: Guide to shopping small in the DC area 11/25/2021 04:38pm • The turkey and pumpkin pie have been gobbled up, and your focus has shifted to that holiday shopping list. Before grabbing your phone and loading up your online shopping cart or heading for the big-box retailer, D.C.-area small businesses hope you give a thought to shopping local. Small Business Police: 2 women found dead in empty Va. lot; man charged 11/25/2021 09:42am • HARRISONBURG, Va. — A Virginia woman who went missing earlier this month has been found dead. The Daily Progress reported Wednesday that Tonita Lorice Smith was found dead in Harrisonburg this week. Harrisonburg police said that the 39-year-old Charlottesville woman was one of two people found Ho ho hell: Here's how many Americans are dreading holiday shopping 11/25/2021 09:17am • If you're not feeling particularly cheery about holiday shopping this year, you're far from alone, according to a new survey. Nearly half of American consumers are dreading it, LendingTree said after polling more than 2,000 people. And the big reasons come down to how much they think they'll need