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‘Like staying overnight in a museum’: Travelers rent historic C&O Canal Lock House – WTOP News (opens the original)
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Long before it was just a hiking and biking trail, the C&O Canal was a major shipping route in the United States, and special houses were built along the various locks of the canal for those who worked there. Nearly 200 years later, you can spend the night in a handful of homes. The newest renovated Lock House available to book is on Lock 8. It sits right along the tow path, between the Clara Barton Parkway and the Potomac River. It was built sometime in the 1830s. It comes with beds, furniture
Thursday shooting on Prince George’s college campus started with altercation at nearby high school – WTOP News (opens the original)
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A shooting on the campus of Prince George’s Community College that wounded a 15-year-old last week started with an altercation at a nearby high school, police said. Court documents allege the 16-year-old suspected shooter first tried to rob the teen of a jacket worth around $1,000 on Sept. 24. They were in a bathroom at Largo High School when the suspect pointed a gun at the 15-year-old, police said. The 15-year-old told investigators that both boys are students at the school, but didn’t know ea
DC courts are busier, but funding isn’t keeping up with the work – WTOP News (opens the original)
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The dockets at D.C. Superior Court and the nearby Court of Appeals keep getting longer, but funding for the courthouses has stayed flat for years. Now House Republicans are also pushing for a major cut to the court system’s budget, something court officials say would have a detrimental effect on the local justice system. The proposed budget cut comes at the same time that the courts are asking for a 13% increase in funding this year to keep up with the workload that comes when case filings doubl
The oldest State Fire Marshal office in the country gets first Black leader – WTOP News (opens the original)
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A well-known veteran of fire houses around Calvert, Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties is now making history statewide in Maryland. On Monday afternoon, Caroll Spriggs was sworn in as the 24th state Fire Marshal in Maryland, but the 53-year-old is the first Black man to ever hold the position. He was sworn in at the Calvert County government offices in Prince Frederick with dozens of firefighters from around the region on hand to celebrate him. “Y’all have no idea the feeling that I have
Half of DC region residents are thriving while many struggle with rising costs, new survey finds – WTOP News (opens the original)
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Life has been turbulent around the D.C. region for the last few years, but the impact has not been distributed evenly. Still, there’s less optimism about the direction things are going and frustration with how expensive things are, especially housing, according to a new survey conducted by the Greater Washington Community Foundation. Called “Voices of the Community,” the Greater Washington Community Foundation worked with Gallup to survey thousands of residents around the D.C. area to get a sens
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