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Prince George's County officials urge vigilance as COVID-19 cases rise 10/29/2020 02:16pm • Officials in Prince George’s County, Maryland, warned against “COVID fatigue” and said the county would remain in Phase Two of pandemic-related restrictions as cases in the county continue a recent rise. Prince George’s County was “the hardest-hit jurisdiction in our region,” County E 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' composer reflects on scoring Freddy Krueger 10/29/2020 12:41pm • Few horror characters are as iconic as the clawed slasher Freddy Krueger, but the fear creeped into our nightmares with boiler-room imagery set to truly disturbing music. Composer Charles Bernstein reflects on scoring “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984). "I had not been much of a horro Md. medical experts challenged by public skepticism of COVID-19 vaccine 10/29/2020 09:50am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. As pharmaceutical companies race to get a COVID-19 vaccine on the market, Maryland lawmakers and policy experts have found themselves rush Podiatrist: Pandemic is leading to problems with people’s feet 10/28/2020 08:38pm • The coronavirus crisis is beginning to impact people’s feet, according to a D.C.-area podiatrist with advice for what might help. “We’re actually seeing a huge array of foot issues that have come from people who are now homebound because of the pandemic,” said Dr. Howard Osterman of Foot Northam calls for continued diligence on virus, patience over election results 10/28/2020 03:37pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday said that while no new COVID-19 safety regulations are coming just yet, the rise in cases in areas of the commonwealth, especially the southwest, are "concerning," and that he was monitoring the situation "very closely." He also said at the media briefing Parents, teachers push back on DC's plan to reopen schools to more students 10/28/2020 03:24pm • Parents and teachers in D.C. are pushing back on the city's plan to reopen schools next month to about 7,000 elementary school students. Though some parents are happy their children will have the opportunity to return to in-person learning, others worry about those kids who are not getting the sa Nationals decline options on Eaton, Sánchez and Thames 10/28/2020 03:07pm • Nationals decline options on Eaton, Sánchez and Thames originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThe Nationals player purge continued Wednesday when players were eligible to become free agents.The organization declined options on Adam Eaton, Aníbal Sánchez, Howie Kendrick and Woman follows man, 84, home and robs him in his Bethesda garage 10/28/2020 11:29am • Montgomery County police are seeking this suspect in a Bethesda robbery. (Montgomery County police) Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, are looking to identify an older woman who robbed an older man in Bethesda after following him home from a store. They released surveillance photos on Wed Northern Virginia sees uptick in coronavirus cases 10/27/2020 04:05pm • Consistent with much of the U.S., COVID-19 cases in Virginia have been climbing. But for now, Northern Virginia is not seeing the kind of surge other communities in the state are. Statewide, the seven-day average of new daily cases was at 1,094. Though that's not quite yet comparable to the se Manassas Park, developer team to create a downtown to 'bring to life a place' 10/27/2020 11:51am • Many people know Manassas Park only as a stretch of congested Va. Route 28, bordered by the historic city of Manassas and Prince William County. The independent city of Manassas Park, with a population of just over 14,000 people, last week entered an arrangement with a developer with the goal of Ideas for having a safe Thanksgiving during COVID-19 Pandemic 10/27/2020 07:00am • Should you cancel Thanksgiving dinner to avoid contracting or spreading the novel coronavirus? For tens of millions of Americans, the holiday means traveling to be with their family for a cozy gathering and an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner featuring turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and ot GALA Hispanic Theatre returns from pandemic with newly-renovated space 10/27/2020 12:19am • GALA Hispanic Theatre has constructed a set encased in plexiglass, which both protects audiences during the pandemic and doubles as a symbolic representation of the characters' emotional state. (Courtesy GALA Hispanic Theatre) It's one of the only Hispanic theaters in the entire region with 25% of recent Alexandria COVID-19 cases possibly tied to workplace 10/26/2020 08:37pm • As the long-predicted fall surge of COVID-19 accelerates nationwide, the City of Alexandria in Virginia is detailing how over 400 of its recent cases possibly originated. The city's Health Department interviewed 422 infected residents from Sept. 21 to Oct. 19 and found that one-fourth of them had Maryland urges residents to shop local for the holiday season 10/26/2020 07:19pm • Many Maryland retailers and restaurants have suffered significant economic loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And there's a simple way residents can give these small businesses a hand up this holiday season: Shop locally. Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot said people can support their communiti Eye-opening tips to know about frames when buying glasses 10/26/2020 04:45pm • It can be fun picking out a new pair of glasses, and a locally-based consumers' group wants you to know that you don't have to spend a fortune on frames to get a good quality pair. "Price points, the big price differences, they're just kind of window dressing," said Kevin Brasler, executive edito