From the Maryland Reporter website:

NEW FACES Looking at who has - and has not - filed as candidates for the November election, there will be at least 26 new members of the legislature in 2011, writes Alan Brody in the Gazette.

IMPROVED MARC The Post's John Wagner reports that former...

By Jonathan Wilson

In Virginia, board members for Fairfax County Public Schools have voted to close Clifton Elementary.

Thursday night's board meeting was contentious.

At-Large board member Tina Hone attempted to offer a compromise: an amendment to postpone a decision about Clif...

By Patrick Madden

D.C.'s Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services has demonstrated a "remarkable turnaround" in how it educates juveniles under its care. That's according to the monitor who oversees the court-ordered reform of the system.

In a 54-page filing in D.C. Superior Court,...

WASHINGTON (AP) Metro is planning a major change in service patterns next summer to alleviate congestion in northern Virginia.

The change would reroute a third of blue line trains along the yellow line bridge, crossing the Potomac River and up to Greenbelt along the green line. Three trains...

By Natalie Neumann

Firefighters are trained to deal with fire, but this week's weather is forcing crews to deal with a different kind of heat.

Part of the crew at Engine 16 in downtown D.C. responds to a call for a woman experiencing multiple faintings, possibly heat related and trans...

By Rebecca Sheir

A couple who obtained a marriage license in Virginia, but held their wedding in Maryland, were told their marriage wasn't valid.

But Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says this marriage law has been in place in the Commonwealth, and across the country, for deca...

(July 9-16) THE REAL METROPOLIS If you fancy a film, make it a classic. The Avalon Theatre rebuilds Fritz Lang's 1927 masterpiece Metropolis with 25 minutes of lost footage tonight in Northwest DC. The unsullied vision of a dystopian future shines with help from the hopeful light of a movie pro...

BALTIMORE (AP) The Maryland Department of the Environment says it is seeking $1.2 million in fines for violations including stormwater violations at a Baltimore sugar plant and lead paint violations at Baltimore properties.

The largest fines totaled $296,000 for lead paint violations at 22...

WASHINGTON (AP) Metro is planning a major change in service patterns next summer to alleviate congestion in northern Virginia.

The change would reroute a third of blue line trains along the yellow line bridge, crossing the Potomac River and up to Greenbelt along the green line. Three trains...

By Matt Bush

In Maryland, a new civic building and public square has been opened in Silver Spring. The complex at the corner of Fenton Street and Ellsworth Drive houses large meeting rooms, an art gallery, and rehearsal space for the Round House Theatre School.

But it's the outdoor pu...

BALTIMORE (AP) The effect of this week's heat wave on MARC commuter rail service is prompting the Maryland Transit Administration to extend the hours of its customer call center and keep an MTA staffer at Union Station each night. The MTA also plans to keep buses on standby when a high above 90 d...

By Patrick Madden

The controversy surrounding a firm with close ties to Mayor Adrian Fenty and its contract to help build city parks and rec centers is becoming a campaign issue. Mayoral hopeful and D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray says the city's attorney general should be fired after helpi...

BALTIMORE (AP) The effect of this week's heat wave on MARC commuter rail service is prompting the Maryland Transit Administration to extend the hours of its customer call center and keep an MTA staffer at Union Station each night. The MTA also plans to keep buses on standby when a high above 90 d...

By Patrick Madden

The controversy surrounding a firm with close ties to Mayor Adrian Fenty and its contract to help build city parks and rec centers is becoming a campaign issue. Mayoral hopeful and D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray says the city's attorney general should be fired after helpi...

BALTIMORE (AP) The effect of this week's heat wave on MARC commuter rail service is prompting the Maryland Transit Administration to extend the hours of its customer call center and keep an MTA staffer at Union Station each night. The MTA also plans to keep buses on standby when a high above 90 d...

By Michael Pope

Collecting hair from departed loved ones was once commonplace, and after the death of George Washington in 1799 many people made requests for locks from the First Scalp.

But only one piece of his mourning jewelry identified the name of the original owner as well as the...

From the Maryland Reporter website:

NEW FACES Looking at who has - and has not - filed as candidates for the November election, there will be at least 26 new members of the legislature in 2011, writes Alan Brody in the Gazette.

IMPROVED MARC The Post's John Wagner reports that former...

By Jonathan Wilson

In Virginia, board members for Fairfax County Public Schools have voted to close Clifton Elementary.

Thursday night's board meeting was contentious.

At-Large board member Tina Hone attempted to offer a compromise: an amendment to postpone a decision about Clif...