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Project to bring back historic Old Town hotel gets underway this summer 04/28/2022 11:44am • D.C.-based May Riegler Properties and D.C.-based Potomac Investment Properties have secured construction financing to restore a historic Old Town Alexandria hotel. The building, at Prince and Washington streets, originally operated as the George Mason Hotel from 1926 to 1971, and was most recentl Political Notes: Anne Arundel���s ���Lincoln Project,��� Sierra���s surprise, Hogan���s Reagan play, a scolding for Franchot and more 04/28/2022 10:40am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. An Anne Arundel County Democratic activist is launching a political action committee that she hopes will play a similar role in local and How to Transition From College to Medical School 04/27/2022 08:00pm • Congratulations! 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Hailing from the sleepy town of Evensville, Tennessee, Elijah Boles first set foot on the campus of Yale University in Connecticut in fall 20 Tysons senior living high-rise, with 7-figure condos, 80% pre-sold 04/21/2022 08:32am • A pair of senior living high-rises and community being developed in Tysons, Virginia, is already 80% pre-sold, and the project won���t be finished until 2024. Construction on The Mather began in October, and is now going vertical. The project was originally announced in 2019. Phase one include What Is a Social Security Statement? And Why You Should Be Checking It 04/18/2022 08:00pm • The Social Security Administration no longer mails paper Social Security statements to most people under age 60. Younger workers who want to check their earnings history or taxes paid need to create a my Social Security account to obtain their statement online. Here's why you should view your Social As her final legislative session ends, Md. Sen. 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