666 days ago - Rather than waiting around for a pair of workers to check their water meters, about 4,000 businesses in Prince George and Montgomery counties will receive new automatic meter reading units.

Montgomery devoting $9,000 to new endeavor

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Domestic violence victims at risk during holidays

666 days ago - The holiday season brings cheer and joy to most people but also brings together factors that cause domestic violence, experts believe.

Train carrying hazardous gas derails in Carroll

666 days ago - A few hundred residents were asked to evacuate Friday after a freight train carrying a toxic gas derailed in Carroll near the Howard County line.

Jeanne Kirkpatrick, a small-town girl who became a world leader

673 days ago - She grew up in rural Oklahoma, but when former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick passed away in her sleep Thursday evening at her Bethesda home, she had long been acknowledged as one of America’s most effective and respected Cold War strategists and diplomats.

Bush says farewell to outgoing GOP leaders, vows regular meetings with Dems

673 days ago - President Bush bade farewell to leaders of the outgoing Republican majority in Congress on Friday and promised to meet regularly with their incoming Democratic replacements.

Horses could fund Virginia roads

673 days ago - Racehorses could help Virginia raise much-needed transportation funding if legislation slated for introduction in January, at the beginning of the next year’s General Assembly session, is approved.

Smokefree DC balks at smoking ban rules

673 days ago - The advocacy group that led the push for the looming D.C. smoking ban is urging the D.C. Council to reject proposed regulations for administering the prohibition.

Modular libraries promised for three D.C. neighborhoods

673 days ago - Three of the District’s four neighborhood branch libraries that closed in 2004 for reconstruction will finally be replaced with interim modular units early next year, though community activists say they aren’t holding their breath.

D.C. Council member proposes new route for Metro through the city

673 days ago - A District of Columbia Council member wants the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to develop a new route through the city.

Metro inspector hit by train dies

673 days ago - A second Metro worker who was struck by a Yellow Line train late last month died and a woman was in critical condition Friday after she was struck on the Orange Line, according to transit officials.