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• The D.C. Zoning Commission has given its support to most of the Office of Planning’s recommendations to reduce minimum off-street parking requirements.
• Big news from Montgomery County: police have arrested a suspect in the string of deadly home invasion robberies that have long been worrying residents in and around Bethesda and Potomac.
• Further evidence that hay rides are a bad idea. Apple picking and pumpkin carving are still considered wholesome, safe and fun activities, however.
• Saturday is your last chance this year to take a free walking tour of Historic Anacostia.
• Prince of Petworth made his own bumper stickers.
• The Metro employee who was convicted of stealing over half a million dollars from WMATA was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to repay every penny she took.