Virginia Town Opens First Park With Direct Potomac River Access After 20-Year Wait Virginia Town Opens First Park With Direct Potomac River Access After 20-Year Wait Virginia Town Opens First Park With Direct Potomac River Access After 20-Year Wait
Virginia Town Opens First Park With Direct Potomac River Access After 20-Year Wait Leesburg finally has a way to get right to the Potomac. More than 20 years after the Virginia town bought the land, Veterans Park at Ball's Bluff has opened as the first municipal park in Leesburg with direct access to the river. The 86-acre park opened following a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday, Sept. 30, ending a wait that began when the town purchased the property for $2 million in 2001. Getting there took a while. Leesburg held onto the property for more than two decades while officials worked out plans and waited for funding to turn the preserved land into a public park. The first phas…
Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger
Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger A Maryland soccer standout who spent nearly two decades chasing wins on the pitch is taking the competition around the world. Silver Spring native Joanna Lohman, 44, has teamed up with former teammate Ali Krieger, 42, a Montclair, NJ native, for Season 39 of CBS' "The Amazing Race." For Lohman, it's another chapter in a career that began close to home. She grew up in Silver Spring, played for the Bethesda Scorpions and starred at Springbrook High School, where she was an All-Met selection and Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year. Lohman went on to Penn State, where she became the program'…
DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit
DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit The gloves are off in Maryland. The masks, according to federal officials, are staying on. The US Department of Justice sued the state on Thursday, Oct. 1, the same day Maryland's new restrictions on masks and identification for federal law enforcement officers took effect. And DOJ left little ambiguity about what happens next. "Federal law enforcement agents and officers cannot and will not comply with the Challenged Laws," attorneys wrote in the 25-page complaint filed in US District Court in Maryland. The lawsuit names Maryland, Attorney General Anthony Brown, the Maryland Police Train…
He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness
He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness He knew he was lost. So he stopped walking and waited for someone to find him. That help came from above in Fauquier County late Tuesday night, Sept. 29, when a sheriff's deputy used a drone and thermal imaging to spot a missing 65-year-old man sitting in a heavily wooded area hours after he left home for a walk. The search began around 10 p.m. on Mountjoy Road in Marshall after a relative reported the man missing, according to the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office. He had last been seen while it was still daylight. The man was enrolled in the sheriff's office's Project Lifesaver program, …
Make-A-Wish, Honor Flights, Police Week: Now Sgt. Todd Hand Begins His Own Recovery Make-A-Wish, Honor Flights, Police Week: Now Sgt. Todd Hand Begins His Own Recovery Make-A-Wish, Honor Flights, Police Week: Now Sgt. Todd Hand Begins His Own Recovery
Make-a-wish, Honor Flights, Police Week: Now Sgt. Todd Hand Begins His Own Recovery Todd Hand has spent nearly three decades showing up for other people. Now they're showing up for him. The longtime US Park Police sergeant, who has spent roughly 25 years on a motorcycle, is facing a long recovery after suffering serious traumatic injuries in the line of duty in Virginia last week. For Hand, the motorcycle has always meant more than getting from one assignment to another. Over the years, he has ridden in countless escorts and motorcades, helping grant wishes for children through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, welcoming veterans home on Honor Flights and supporting families th…
After Lives On Chains, 10 Rescued Virginia Dogs Finally Made It Inside: Now They Need Homes After Lives On Chains, 10 Rescued Virginia Dogs Finally Made It Inside: Now They Need Homes After Lives On Chains, 10 Rescued Virginia Dogs Finally Made It Inside: Now They Need Homes
After Lives On Chains, 10 Rescued Virginia Dogs Finally Made It Inside: Now They Need Homes For some of them, the good life started with something as simple as coming inside. Ten dogs rescued from chains, outdoor pens, abandonment and neglect in Virginia are now getting that chance, and PETA is looking for families willing to make it permanent. The dogs were brought to PETA's Norfolk headquarters following a weeklong relief effort in and around Galax, where fieldworkers teamed with the Twin County Humane Society. Some had spent much of their lives tethered outside. Others were abandoned or came from homes where their owners could no longer properly care for them. Now they're lea…
These MD Communities Rank Among Nation's Best Small Cities: New Study These MD Communities Rank Among Nation's Best Small Cities: New Study These MD Communities Rank Among Nation's Best Small Cities: New Study
These MD Communities Rank Among Nation's Best Small Cities: New Study Several Northeast communities are among the best small cities to live in the US, according to a new study. WalletHub released its 2026 Best Small Cities in America ranking on Tuesday, Sept. 29. The list compared 1,318 cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 using 45 measures of livability. The personal finance website based its rankings on five main categories: affordability, economic health, education and health, quality of life, and safety. Each category accounted for 20 points in a city's overall score. The Boston suburb of Lexington, Massachusetts, took the top spot nat…
Nor'easter Uncovers Possible 19th-Century Shipwreck Remains Nor'easter Uncovers Possible 19th-Century Shipwreck Remains Nor'easter Uncovers Possible 19th-Century Shipwreck Remains
Nor'easter Uncovers Possible 19th-Century Shipwreck Remains A powerful nor'easter uncovered what's believed to be a large piece of a ship that wrecked more than 140 years ago. The storm exposed wooden wreckage along the south shore of Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Saturday, Sept. 26. The remains are believed to be from the Warren Sawyer, a three-masted wooden schooner that sank off the island's coast in December 1884. The discovery was first reported by the Nantucket Current on Saturday, Sept. 26. Jason Graziadei, the newspaper's editor-in-chief, spotted the large wooden beams held together by iron fastenings near Miacomet Beach. …
Caroll Spriggs II Takes Historic Oath As Maryland's First African American State Fire Marshal Caroll Spriggs II Takes Historic Oath As Maryland's First African American State Fire Marshal Caroll Spriggs II Takes Historic Oath As Maryland's First African American State Fire Marshal
Caroll Spriggs II Takes Historic Oath As Maryland's First African American State Fire Marshal Maryland’s history-making State Fire Marshal has officially taken the oath. Caroll H. Spriggs II was sworn in on Monday, Sept. 28, at the Calvert County Administration Building in Prince Frederick, less than two weeks after being appointed to a six-year term leading the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Spriggs, 53, is the first African American to serve as Maryland State Fire Marshal in the department’s 132-year history. The ceremony also brought Spriggs back to familiar territory. Caroll H. Spriggs II Maryland State Police Before rising through the ranks of fire service across M…
Talk About A Lucky Deli: Five $50K Maryland Lottery Winners Sold There In The Same Drawing Talk About A Lucky Deli: Five $50K Maryland Lottery Winners Sold There In The Same Drawing Talk About A Lucky Deli: Five $50K Maryland Lottery Winners Sold There In The Same Drawing
Talk About A Lucky Deli: Five $50K Maryland Lottery Winners Sold There In The Same Drawing Something was apparently in the sandwiches at one Maryland deli. Five tickets sold at Ollie’s Beer, Wine & Deli in Rockville each hit for $50,000 during the midday Pick 5 drawing on Tuesday, Sept. 22, according to the Maryland Lottery. Same store. Same drawing. Same $50,000 prize. The five tickets each matched the winning number, 88768, in exact order, turning one Montgomery County deli into the source of a combined $250,000 payday. And apparently Pick 5 was just getting warmed up. Five days later, the Sunday, Sept. 27 evening drawing produced 14 more $50,000 winners when 6…
She Went To San Diego To See The Sunsets: Maryland Grad Detained By ICE Far From Home She Went To San Diego To See The Sunsets: Maryland Grad Detained By ICE Far From Home She Went To San Diego To See The Sunsets: Maryland Grad Detained By ICE Far From Home
She Went To San Diego To See The Sunsets: Maryland Grad Detained By ICE Far From Home A Maryland college graduate went to California chasing sunsets. She never made it home. Eagla Tilahun, a recent Towson University graduate, was on a graduation trip in San Diego when she was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to friends who are now raising money to get her back to Maryland. Nearly 3,000 miles from home, Tilahun is now being held at a detention center in a state unfamiliar to her, fundraiser organizer Mahielt Hailu said. The trip was supposed to mark a milestone. Tilahun graduated from Towson in the spring with a degree in public health, accordin…
'For Carson': Maryland Community Turns Lemonade, Ice Cream, Soccer Into Support For Local Boy 'For Carson': Maryland Community Turns Lemonade, Ice Cream, Soccer Into Support For Local Boy 'For Carson': Maryland Community Turns Lemonade, Ice Cream, Soccer Into Support For Local Boy
'For Carson': Maryland Community Turns Lemonade, Ice Cream, Soccer Into Support For Local Boy Western Maryland has found a lot of ways to show Carson Negley just how many people are in his corner. Near Frost Elementary in Frostburg, two boys set up a folding table with a pitcher of lemonade, stacks of plastic cups and a handwritten sign offering drinks for $1. At the bottom were two words. “For Carson.” Will and his friend Alec were raising money for their schoolmate and friend, one small piece of a much larger community response that has taken shape since Carson's family learned earlier this month that his leukemia had returned. The community has stepped up for Carson Neg…