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- St. Elizabeths doesn’t have enough space, leaving people waiting for mental health services. [NBC4]
- Yes, your Metro train is going slower—it might be that way for a year. [GGW]
- This chef had to choose between Petworth’s Timber Pizza and cooking for Shaw Bijou. She picked correctly. [Bon Appetit]
- Five people are facing charges for holding family captive during home invasion in Silver Spring. [NBC4]
- Slumlord is fighting city fines in court. [WCP]
- Durham protesters topple Confederate monument. [Twitter]
- Maryland’s medical marijuana program finally gets growers. [Post]
- D.C. activist is working on a directory of people who make art or offer creative services in Wards 7 and 8. [Post]
- Mount Vernon estate damaged during heavy rains. [WJLA]
- Skyland developers ask for a year extension. [WBJ]
- While developers are finally breaking ground on a Shaw development to include a Whole Foods. [WBJ]
- A guide to the area’s casinos. [Washingtonian]
- ICYMI: Hours before thousands of people took to Pennsylvania Avenue to protest the terror in Charlottesville, a man with a swastika tattoo was removed from a D.C. pool.
- ICYMI: This D.C. lawyer gave up the law to focus on designing clothes for tall women.
- ICYMI: What the West Wing looks like naked, and more inside the $3.4 million renovation of the White House.
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Rachel Sadon