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Beach town businesses welcome visitors as they struggle to find employees 05/27/2021 04:11am • Funland in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, is open and preparing for the summer crowds, though it, like many other businesses along the ocean, struggle to find enough workers for the season. (Photo Chris Darr/Funland Rehoboth) Businesses near the Delmarva beaches and in the Outer Banks expect this sum Memorial Day weekend brings rain, wind and cool temps to DC-area beaches 05/26/2021 03:12pm • As Memorial Day Weekend quickly approaches, beach vacationers will probably want to pack warn and plan some indoor activities, as rainy, windy and cool weather will roll in throughout the holiday weekend at Virginia, Maryland and Delaware beaches. Maryland and Delaware Maryland and Delaware beache DC region's rush hour traffic is back 05/26/2021 05:05am • Drivers may have noticed that they are starting to hit the brakes more often on what were once non-congested D.C.-area roads. But the days of cruising during the pandemic era are likely over ��� rush hour is back. And it's not just heading into Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial summer kickoff. Work from the beach: How some made the most of telework 05/26/2021 04:10am • The view from Paz Magat's Ocean City getaway rental. The Wheaton resident is one of many who worked near the beach during the pandemic. (Courtesy Paz Magat) With working from home becoming the new norm during the pandemic, the lack of a change in scenery led some people to get a bit stir crazy. Condo and home rental market booming at Delmarva beaches 05/25/2021 04:02am • The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the economies of the area and the nation, but for people who rent houses and condominiums at the Delmarva beaches, the desire for social distancing led to an uptick in bookings. ���I feel like people are very anxious to be coming to the beach,��� said Kim Loon Lifeguarding amid a pandemic: Ocean City lifesavers get ready for 2021 beach season 05/24/2021 03:58am • When Memorial Day weekend begins later this week, a team of close to 200 lifeguards will be back on duty, at 97 lifeguard stands set up along 10 miles of beach in Ocean City, Maryland. ���We���re really expecting a boom year for the Town of Ocean City,��� said Butch Arbin, who is captain of the O What���s the future of office space as more telework? DC-area planners weigh-in 05/23/2021 11:50am • More freedom to transform space as needed is the trend office development planners said they see coming to the D.C., area as more people get ready to return to the office. They talked about hybrid work spaces with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments during an Technical Advisory Com Amazon's 'Helix' in Arlington may be too tall for FAA regulations 05/18/2021 09:01am • Amazon is currently constructing the crown jewel for its second headquarters complex in Arlington County, Virginia, but an organization that oversees the D.C. region's local airports believes the signature 350-foot helix-shaped office tower that is part of the development will be too tall. Engine 10 things to know about the red-hot housing market 05/10/2021 04:57pm • This content is sponsored by Van Metre Homes. There's no doubt about it. With inventory at record lows, days on market measured in hours instead of days and escalating prices, the housing market in Northern Virginia is on fire. Loudoun County, in particular, continues to have the strongest market Ready to Return to In-Person Work? MCDOT Commuter Services Can Help! 05/10/2021 12:16pm • This content is sponsored by Montgomery County Commuter Services. For many people, to work remotely has been the norm for more than a year. But, as more people are vaccinated, employers have started to give their employees the opportunity to come back to the workplace safely. Companies underst Maryland public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine 04/23/2021 12:51pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Maryland's public higher education system will require that students, faculty and staff returning to campuses in the fall be vaccinated against COVID-19. University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman announced the decision in a statement Friday. The system will allow appr Pittman: proposal for third Bay Bridge span should be put ���on hold��� 04/21/2021 08:29pm • The Maryland Transportation Authority prefers Option 7, from Sandy Point to Kent Island, as pictured here from the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on a proposed third Bay Bridge span. (Courtesy Maryland Transportation Authority) This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s new Metro GM Wiedefeld on budget, control center, ridership and more 04/07/2021 03:41pm • Metro's general manager on Wednesday spoke about the effect of federal relief money on Metro's budget, the changes at the troubled control center, what a post-pandemic system will look like and more. General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said during a Northern Virginia Transportation Alliance talk on We Loudoun Co. leaders, Va. Senator discuss uses of American Rescue Plan funding 03/25/2021 06:23pm • Loudoun County, Virginia, is laying out the ways in which it plans to use funding from President Joe Biden's COVID-19 relief package that Congress recently passed. Virginia is expecting to receive $4 billion from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Loudoun County will get $80 million in tw How the pandemic has reduced DC traffic, by the numbers 03/09/2021 04:47pm • While the pandemic has no doubt led to heavy traffic on The Information Superhighway, the flip side of that is lighter traffic on the regular superhighways ��� especially around D.C. Traffic analytics company Inrix has published its 2020 global traffic scorecard, and it lends hard data to what th