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1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (112+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Jennifer De Angelo Baxter, a Virginia public school teacher, handcrafts elaborate creations…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (758+ words) Fall festivals are BACK, and spooky season is right around the (terrifying) corner. Fall festivals, football, haunted houses and ghost tours await you. A big party awaits you on Pennsylvania Avenue. This weekend might be the biggest rave the iconic…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (90+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. The Playtime Project has spent years helping families in shelters. Now it’s…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (19+ words) Two women are sharing their love of reading through a mobile book boutique that travels around Maryland and Delaware....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (234+ words) For the second straight year, D.C.’s creative community will come together on Monday for the District’s 202Creates Con. It’s a daylong series of roundtable discussions, featuring leaders in D.C.’s entertainment, sports, hospitality and other sectors to focus attention on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (516+ words) WTOP is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. All this month, discover stories from the diverse Latino communities in the D.C. region, here at WTOP.com and on air at 103.5 FM. Music, dancing and the rhythms of Brazil filled…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (26+ words) The Oceans Calling festival, a three-day music event in Ocean City, Maryland, was canceled Friday as weather conditions worsened due to an incoming nor'easter....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (12+ words) Artist Zane Killgo will present digital collages he created depicting the neighborhoods....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (334+ words) Many communities are also implementing sensory programming, such as aromatherapy and culinary programs in which meals are crafted to provide familiar, nostalgic scents and tastes. Ultimately, Schless says, it’s about “understanding what somebody enjoyed doing and finding appropriate and safe…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (652+ words) The Southeast Public Library, part of the D.C. Public Library system, has just undergone a $41 million makeover. And this week, officials there are celebrating the reopening. The building, constructed in 1922 and one of several libraries built with funds from the Carnegie…...