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There’s a battle being waged in a nearby jurisdiction to save open space. It has nothing to do with building houses, roads or strip malls. This slow-growth battle is taking place along a two-mile strip of green space between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. Yes, the Mall is in danger of being plowed…
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A couple of weeks ago, this sportswriter turned on his laptop and decided to listen to a playback of the previous night’s Potomac Cannons’ game. The broadcast was, in a word, brutal. The guy barely knew all the players’ names. Once, he said, ”Fly ball to left field, and it is … .” It took…
Efforts to implement a commuter tax in the nation’s capital have at least one lawmaker in Maryland threatening a border war, while Virginia’s governor is calling for an end to the war of words. Gov. Mark R. Warner said the dispute belongs in the courts, and Attorney General Jerry Kilgore promised Prince William officials Tuesday…
A peaceful Occoquan River supplied the backdrop early Wednesday while overhead the traffic roared, raced and rained small particles on the assembled group under the Va. 123 bridge. With shovels at the ready, local, state and federal elected and governmental officials ceremonially broke ground for a new, $24.6 million, six-lane bridge that will join Prince…
BALTIMORE — Both area Marshalls clothing stores were hit by a ring of thieves that stole men’s suits and returned them later for cash, according to the Associated Press. The Baltimore-based thieves are accused of stealing the suits from stores at Potomac Mills mall in Woodbridge and Manaport Plaza in Manassas and 68 other stores in…