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Weekend Wakeup: Weather affects road projects 01/10/2014 06:29pm • Weekend drivers hibernate during the winter -- or so it would appear. Whereas summer weekends are abuzz with rush-hour-like-traffic, the roads go quiet during the dreary winter months in Washington. Even recurring congestion like on I-66 and the predictable sluggishness on the B/W Parkway in M Bethesda Events This Month 01/09/2014 01:55pm • Check out some of the events coming up this weekend and in the rest of January. If you’d like to see your event featured, fill out our event submission form. Also, please check out the event calendar to see all that is going on. Friday Gallery B — January Opening Reception Kanninen, Van Doren Announce School Board Candidacy 01/06/2014 05:45pm • Two Arlington School Board hopefuls have formally announced their candidacy. Barbara Kanninen, Nancy Van Doren and Greg Greeley are running for the Democratic endorsement for school board, hoping to replace the retiring Sally Baird. The endorsement caucus will be held on May 15 and 17. Kanninen Local music events entertain before ringing in the New Year 12/26/2013 10:39pm • WASHINGTON - The last weekend of 2013 could be the perfect way to keep the festivities going before ringing in the mid-week New Year. Friday at The Fillmore Silver Spring, hip hop star and actor Common is scheduled to perform. His last album was released in 2011, but the rapper recently collabor One more game for Ravens' anthem singer 12/21/2013 07:25pm • WASHINGTON - Baltimore Ravens games have started the same way virtually every weekend since the team's inception in 1996. But today will be their National Anthem singer's last. Mishael Miller has been singing the Star-Spangled Banner at Ravens home games since he graduated from Morgan State Uni Backstage: Holiday-themed musical fun around the region 12/20/2013 12:41am • WASHINGTON - Christmas is less than a week away, so that means that this weekend is full of holiday-themed events. Scheduled for Friday night at the Black Cat, the "Krampus Kristmas" DJ party will feature staff-curated sets of punk, garage and metal. The venue's listing for the event humorous Morning Notes 12/17/2013 09:00am • Safety Improvements Approved for Custis, W&OD Trails – The County Board on Saturday (December 14) approved funding for safety improvements for the Custis Trail and the W&OD Trail. The approval is the first step toward constructing federally-funded improvements for the Custis Trail along Lee H Wakefield HS to Host Holiday Bazaar and Craft Fair 12/12/2013 03:45pm • (Updated at 4:00 p.m.) A “Holiday Bazaar and Crafts Fair” will be held at the new Wakefield High School (1325 S. Dinwiddie Street) this weekend. The event is being held from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14. More than 50 vendors, many of them local and regional artisans, will Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 12/12/2013 01:41am • Tablets are at the top of wish lists for the third year in a row, but there are a lot of great gadgets out there for the tech lover on your list. Jim Barry, Digital Answer Man with the Consumer Electronics Association, brought his top tech gift picks into the Glass Enclosed Nerve Center on Thurs Fear the Krampus: A different kind of Christmas story 12/09/2013 11:41am • WASHINGTON -- Across Alpine Europe during the Christmas season, men and women adorn themselves in devil horns and carry pitchforks, hellbent on scaring children into behaving. Krampus is a kind of anti-Santa. He looks like a demon, but is actually St. Nicholas' helper. According to lore, the t Weekend Wakeup: Weather is the weekend's main traffic concern 12/06/2013 04:05pm • WASHINGTON -- The biggest hurdle for travelers this weekend will likely be winter weather. Snow, sleet and, a driver's worst nemesis, freezing rain, are forecast to begin early Sunday. ABC7 Chief Meteorologist Doug Hill calls it the "dreaded wintry mix" for good reason. Sunday's storm will likely Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 12/06/2013 01:57am • 8:10 p.m. - Mike McCarthy, editor-in-chief of DC Magazine Download Things to do this weekend as you stay safe from the snow and ice 7:50 p.m. - George Wallace and Ari Ashe of WTOP, USA Today's Chris Chase Download The Redskins can at least keep it close wi Weekend Events: Holiday cheer and Christmas beer 12/05/2013 03:19pm • WASHINGTON - WTOP's Jim Farley gets retirement sendoff at Newseum 12/05/2013 05:28am • Hundreds of broadcasters from across the country attended a retirement sendoff for WTOP vice president of news and programming Jim Farley at the Newseum Wednesday night. The evening's tone was mostly flattering to Farley's contributions and accomplishments, but not without a jab or two from his staf Wintry-mix, cooler air head for D.C. area 12/04/2013 02:04pm • WASHINGTON -- The ingredients are coming together for yet another mixed bag of precipitation in the region Sunday, which could mean snow and sleet over the weekend. The action began Thursday as spring-like warmth mixed with rain and colder air began to move into the area. Patchy fog rolled in al