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Where the DC area stands on COVID-19 vaccinations for kids 12 and up 05/13/2021 11:35am • Several Maryland and Virginia jurisdictions and D.C. will start vaccinating children 12 and up for COVID-19, as federal agencies approve the use of a coronavirus vaccine on younger kids. Here's what you need to know. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week cleared the use of the P Motorcycle rally gets staging area, up to 100K bikes expected 05/12/2021 11:22am • Things are coming together for a major Memorial Day weekend motorcycle rally. It now has an official starting area and it looks like more bikers could be coming. “At the very last minute, the mayor came through for us,” said Joe Chenelly, executive director of AMVETS. The veterans service org Silver Spring events-based plant business finds success expanding to retail during pandemic 05/09/2021 04:47pm • The coronavirus pandemic shut down events last year, leaving a Silver Spring, Maryland, event-based plant business scrambling. Jeff Kushner's business Plants Alive! has provided designer plants for presidential inaugurations and for the dressing rooms of singers like Elton John and Paul McCartney Rolling to Remember will move ahead without dedicated staging area 05/07/2021 06:25pm • The Rolling to Remember event in D.C. planned for Memorial Day weekend may attract 50,000 bikers, but for now it's moving ahead without a dedicated staging area. Organizers first asked to use a Pentagon parking lot as a staging area, but were denied due to COVID-19 concerns. The event's predecess Weekend Road and Rail: Beltway work, I-66 closures and Metro shutdowns 05/07/2021 05:25am • With rain in the forecast, most road projects will likely move forward, but be sure to stay tuned. The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) has a planned ramp closure off the Capital Beltway and work at the Northwest Branch, the Virginia Department of Tran Bowser, DC officials address confusion over mask guidance; launch new portal for vaccine records 05/03/2021 04:22pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declined to address confusion Monday over the latest mask mandate to come out of her office over the weekend. The updated order, initially released Friday night and then updated Saturday, left some business owners trying to figure out what to do next. Asked at a Monday Heir of Rolling Thunder legacy continues search for Memorial Day site 05/01/2021 03:58pm • Rolling to Remember is looking for a spot in D.C. where it can carry on the motorcycle demonstrations for veterans that started 34 years ago. Back then, it was Rolling Thunder riders who annually flocked to D.C. in order to honor war veterans who were either taken prisoner or are still Missing in Weekend Road and Rail: Stops on the Beltway and I-66, Greenway closes for race 04/30/2021 08:40am • The weather this weekend will be work-friendly and most projects are expected to be going forward. This means the overnight stops on the Beltway and Interstate 66 in Virginia, 9th Street Tunnel closures in D.C. and of course Beltway work on the Northwest Branch Bridge. But Saturday, there will be a DC Funk Parade Festival celebrates Black Broadway 04/30/2021 02:56am • After canceling last year, the DC Funk Parade Festival is back this weekend. It is presented by the nonprofit organization The MusicianShip from May 1-8. "Last year's cancelation was devastating," Jessica Teachey of The MusicianShip told WTOP. "Thankfully, the 2020 Funk Parade was at such Summer camps prepare to operate under new CDC guidelines 04/27/2021 04:50pm • Over the weekend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance for summer camps, suggesting masks for all campers and staff, as well as social distancing and vaccinations for all adult staff members. But according to one nonprofit that operates outdoor adventure camps in V Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidates have first debate 04/25/2021 11:54pm • Four out of the seven Republicans running for governor in Virginia met Sunday in their first debate, covering topics ranging from education to law enforcement to the economy, with each promising to turn back liberal Democratic policies and end a GOP losing streak. he event, sponsored by the V Weekend Road and Rail: Work continues on I-295/DC-295, I-66, Beltway 04/16/2021 08:02am • Some of last weekend’s scheduled road projects were delayed by weather, so with almost no chance of rain this weekend, we may see work on the roads. New sections of DC-295 are being impacted by the ongoing corridor project, and work on the Capital Beltway in Maryland continues. Here’s the roundu Got a movie idea? Chesapeake Film Fest hosts virtual Hollywood speaker series 04/13/2021 02:30am • Do you have a creative movie idea but no idea how to actually get it made? Check out "The Journey of a Hollywood Idea," a virtual speaker series by the Chesapeake Film Festival on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. "We are trying to find really creative wa Virginia State Fair plans comeback this fall 04/12/2021 09:41am • Don't worry about being too short to ride. The Virginia State Fair — which was sidelined in 2020 because of the pandemic — plans to be back this year on a run from Sept. 24 to Oct. 3 at the Meadow Event Park in Caroline County. Ticket prices for the 2021 event will be posted in late spring Massive DC Memorial Day motorcycle ride aims to raise awareness of veteran issues 04/11/2021 06:26pm • Tens of thousands of people are expected in D.C. this Memorial Day for a massive motorcycle demonstration to raise awareness of issues facing veterans nationwide. The annual Rolling Thunder ride ended two years ago and American Veterans, or AMVETS, swept it up, creating the new Rolling to Remembe