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7 living room renovation ideas on a budget 08/21/2019 12:00am • What's the primary motivation for tackling any room renovation, whether it's a living room, bedroom or bathroom? Aesthetics, according to HomeAdvisor's State of Home Spending Report, released in June. Especially if you're looking to remodel your living room, improving the appearance of the space and Giant to open 1st new-format store built from the ground up 08/20/2019 09:30am • The new 67,000-square-foot store is at 10210 Mill Run Circle, in Owings Mills, Maryland. (Courtesy Giant) Giant Food will open its first grocery store to be built from the ground up with its new, expanded format in Owings Mills, Maryland, Aug. 23, with others planned throughout the Washington an Hip to knit: How social media is expanding the knitting community 08/16/2019 12:02am • If knitting or crocheting makes you think of something your grandmother might do or that musty, patterned blanket draped over the back of her sofa, then it’s time to update that image and maybe pick up those knitting needles yourself. Knitting has enjoyed a resurgence in part due to social medi Montgomery County hospital practices for big move to new facility 08/14/2019 09:33pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '1d0061dc-62c5-4a59-8d2c-a156a58ceac7' }).render("37561535f4eb7b16");}); A Montgomery County, Maryland, hospital i The Brass Knob, Adams Morgan’s palace of antique wonders, to close 08/13/2019 08:19am • Adams Morgan antique store The Brass Knob Architectural Antiques, long a fixture for antiques buyers and interior designers in Greater Washington, will close its doors in November. The Brass Knob posted the news on its website in early August and the Washington Post published a profile and tribut Maryland Association of Counties convention is schmoozefest to end all schmoozefests 08/13/2019 07:59am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The 2018 Maryland Association of Counties summer convention carried the title “Water, Water, Everywhere.” And indeed, a primary focus of No sales tax on many things in Md. this week 08/12/2019 07:19am • If you still have to finish up your back-to-school shopping or just needs some new clothes, this is the week to shop in Maryland. Maryland's tax-free holiday runs until Saturday, Aug. 17. Items that are exempt from sales taxes are mostly clothing and footwear that are sold for $100 or less. B Winners: WTOP’s 2019 TOP 10 Contest 08/12/2019 04:21am • Who has the best beer, barbecue, burgers and more in the D.C. area? WTOP readers and listeners voted on their favorites. Here are the winners for the 2019 TOP 10 Contest: Best Burger The Burger Shack A family-run restaurant with two locations in Chantilly, Virginia and Ashburn, Virginia.  Run Maryland students could win scholarship during tax-free week 08/11/2019 01:48pm • Two lucky students will get something extra this Shop Maryland Tax-Free Week: a scholarship. For the third straight year, the Maryland Retailers Association is holding a contest for a $2,500 scholarship. This year, the University System of Maryland Foundation said it will match that amount if the Today in History: Aug. 11 08/11/2019 12:00am • Today is Sunday, Aug. 11, the 223rd day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On August 11, 1992, the Mall of America, the nation's largest shopping-entertainment center, opened in Bloomington, Minnesota. On this date: In 1919, Germany's Weimar Constitution was signed by President Fried America's biggest teacher's union calls on Walmart to stop selling guns 08/09/2019 08:19pm • The largest teacher's union in the United States is calling on Walmart to stop selling guns. The American Federation of Teachers also demanded that the company stop donating to politicians who take money from the National Rifle Association and threatened a boycott if the Colonial Downs files signatures for Dumfries ballot question 08/09/2019 07:28am • Live horse racing starts Thursday in New Kent County. (Courtesy Colonial Downs) This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Before Colonial Downs can open a satellite gaming Police investigating Gaithersburg assault near shopping center 08/08/2019 04:23pm • Four people were injured — including someone who was stabbed — Thursday afternoon in Montgomery County, Maryland, near a shopping center. Police said it happened around Rothbury Drive and Goshen Road in Gaithersburg around 3 p.m. Two people were taken to the hospital, and the other two ref Hilarie Burton launches campaign to help high school in Sterling 08/07/2019 09:37am • Park View High School in Sterling, Virginia has been struggling in recent years with funding for its football team and other extracurricular activities. Now a famous school alumnus is raising funds to help out. "One Tree Hill" star Hilarie Burton launched a campaign called "High School Forever Concerns raised about deal that put cameras in Montgomery Co. school buses 08/06/2019 04:45pm • Montgomery County, Maryland's inspector general has issued a report that raises concerns about the agreement that put cameras — including exterior stop-arm cameras — in county school system buses. Under the 2016 agreement, first with Force Multiplier Solutions, now with Bus Patrol America, Mo