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Silver Spring restaurant feeds front-line COVID-19 workers 04/21/2020 04:38pm • Spiro Gioldasis says his restaurant, Pacci’s Trattoria has lost 75% of its business during the pandemic. But he’s using his situation to help the surrounding community. (WTOP/J.J. Green) Spiro Gioldasis was standing on a chair, with a screwdriver, gently repairing a chandelier that hangs ove Schools scramble in pandemic to get kids computers, Wi-Fi 04/21/2020 03:41pm • School systems, teachers, students and their parents have had to adapt to virtual classrooms at an unprecedented pace because of the coronavirus pandemic. The changes can be challenging, even for students who are well-equipped with laptops and high-speed internet. But thousands of students don't Marriott approaches cleanliness in new way amid coronavirus pandemic 04/21/2020 10:18am • This Marriott employee uses an electrostatic sprayer to clean a hotel room. (Courtesy Marriott International) Bethesda, Maryland-based Marriott International has created a global cleanliness council, comprised of senior leaders from its own housekeeping, engineering, food safety, occupational he Northern Virginia food pantry turns to gift cards during coronavirus pandemic 04/21/2020 10:06am • Clients drive up for Haymarket's distribution line early April 18. The Virginia food pantry has recently switched to giving out gift cards during the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy Haymarket Regional Food Pantry) A Northern Virginia food pantry is seeking a new way to support their community fa Middleburg purchases thousands of restaurant vouchers for residents 04/21/2020 09:39am • Middleburg is using a rainy day fund to help businesses and residents. (Photo by Pete Marovich For The Washington Post via Getty Images) Middleburg purchased thousands of restaurant vouchers from town restaurants and has distributed them to residents to spend as the Virginia town deals with the Coronavirus diary: Under quarantine at home and delivering the news 04/21/2020 04:47am • I’m Will Vitka, digital editor for WTOP.com. I’ve been at home, working while in self-quarantine for longer than most. It’s been more than 40 days. And here’s what it’s been like. We need caffeine This is where I write the news. My dog Moby has become my editor. Unfortunately, most of h How golfers can contribute to coronavirus food aid with backyard practice 04/21/2020 04:13am • Julieta Stack, the director of instruction for the Baltimore Golf Academy, is challenging golfers to help out the Maryland Food Bank. (Courtesy Julieta Stack) Staying at home does not mean golfers have to socially distance themselves from their golf clubs. Julieta Stack, the director of instr DC-area pastry chef sweetens the day for front-line workers 04/21/2020 01:00am • Front-line workers at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital pose with their treat box. (Courtesy Samantha Arita) When your business revolves around making desserts for events, a stay-at-home order could spell disaster. But the owner of one such Fairfax, Virginia, business is now baking treats for work University of Maryland announces class of 2020 graduation plan 04/21/2020 12:07am • Schools across the country are struggling to come up with a viable plan to celebrate graduating seniors who missed the majority of their final semester on campus, and the University of Maryland announced how it will honor the class of 2020. University President Wallace Loh said there will be a li Coronavirus updates: Md. secures half a million COVID-19 tests; coronavirus cases top 25,000 04/20/2020 11:55pm • The shipment of 500,000 COVID-19 tests from South Korea arriving at BWI Airport April 18, 2020. (Courtesy Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan) The latest The state of Maryland has acquired 500,000 new COVID-19 tests from a South Korean health care company, Gov. Larry Hogan announced. Virginia is wor Trump targets Hogan in attempt to flip testing criticism back on governors 04/20/2020 08:36pm • President Donald Trump sought to turn criticism about federal coronavirus testing availability back on governors Monday evening, claiming some didn't "understand" what they were being told by administration officials and assuring that there was plenty of capacity ready to b Losing sleep during the pandemic? 'Give yourself a break,' expert says 04/20/2020 08:00pm • Anxiety that impacts your sleep is common during a pandemic when you don't know what's going to happen, and a D.C. mental health expert advises you not to be too hard on yourself. “Not worrying about insomnia in itself will help you,” said Dr. Elspeth Cameron Richie, chair of psychiatry at Me Maryland General Assembly won't hold special session in May 04/20/2020 05:35pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly will not reconvene in a special session next month. House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson made the announcement Monday. The legislature adjourned early last month from its annual 90-day legislative session because Stimulus check fraud concerns Secret Service 04/20/2020 11:11am • Do you know what a government-issued stimulus check looks like? As U.S. Treasury checks from the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) are being mailed and issued to millions of Americans, federal law enforcement authorities are concerned that check fraud will Coronavirus-delayed DC Bike Ride rescheduled for November 04/20/2020 09:11am • The DC Bike Ride is an annual 20-mile course that ends near the U.S. Capitol building with a festival. (Courtesy DC Bike Ride) The District’s annual DC Bike Ride, originally scheduled for May 15 but sidelined during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been rescheduled for this fall. DC Bike Ride, a