Rachel Sadon
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- After a banner year in 2017, rat complaints are still going up. [Post]
- Take a day trip, why don’t ya? [WCP]
- Ben’s celebrated its 60th. [WTOP]
- Harvesting hemp in Mount Vernon. [WJLA]
- Maryland tightens water pollution limits for coal-burning plants. [WAMU]
- A D.C. law requires that certain jobs go to D.C. residents. It isn’t working. [Street Sense]
- The story of the last man lynched in Montgomery County. [Post]
- The campaign to kill light rail in the Baltimore suburbs. [Guardian]
- Ward 3 residents continue fight elements of the homeless shelter slated for Idaho Avenue NW. [WCP]
- D.C. business leaders are “faintly optimistic.” [WBJ]
- Cookie dough sandwiches, exactly as rich and over-the-top as you’d expect. [Washingtonian]
- A woman was trapped under a Metrobus after it struck her and a child in Chevy Chase. [WTOP]
- Storms cause $14 million worth of damages to C&O Canal. [WJLA]
- Major local developer gets into affordable housing. [GGW]
- Bethesda is getting a medical marijuana dispensary. [Bethesda Beat]
- ICYMI: “Felons welcome here,” “Guilty,” and “Criminal” are the latest projections to grace Trump’s hotel.
- ICYMI: New cat cafe alert.
- This Day In DCist: We met the District’s answer to NYC’s pizza rat: pizza squirrel.