With the advent of spring, golfers, with the anticipation and excitement of Memorial Day many will be taking to the green. And one of the upcoming golf tournaments will be the 2nd Annual Tri-County Golf Classic on Friday, May 28 at the National Golf Club at Tantallon in Fort Washington. Sponsoring this day-long golf tournament […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: D.C. sports fans may have to pay a little more to watch their teams next fiscal year, the D.C. Wire reports. (Nationals fans, you’re exempt.) A D.C. Council committee is recommending the adoption of a new tax on sporting events to generate an estimated $3.7 million in revenue to fund city […]

VIA WTOP: The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum has reopened after a UPS delivery truck broke through a barrier and crashed into the building and the Sculpture Garden. The 16-foot truck sheared off an ornamental light pole and plowed through a row of flower pots. It went into the plate-glass window of the museum’s lobby about 8:30 […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Montgomery County Public Schools’ tax-supported operating budget has grown by more than 75 percent in the last decade, far outpacing the growth of other county agencies. Even this year, as the county and schools fight over potential cuts to the schools’ funding and the county faces a $1 billion shortfall, the […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: In January, Metro waited more than a day to notify the oversight group charged with monitoring its safety that a maintenance vehicle carrying 20 workers slid on an icy Red Line track into a stopped truck. The communications gaffe violated safety protocols, one more concern after months of safety problems forced […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Maryland residents are shifting toward a more positive opinion of same-sex marriage, with registered voters now narrowly supporting a law to allow it, a Washington Post poll has found. A clear majority of people responding to the poll — 55 percent — also say that if gays get married in another […]