Rachel Sadon- Virginia may raise the legal age to buy cigarettes and vaping products to 21. [Post]
- Metro is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to virtually scan its stations, instead of having Google do it for free. [Post]
- The first traditional hotel east of the Anacostia River could be coming to St. Elizabeths. [Curbed]
- Arlington offers up instructions on e-scooter safety. [ARLnow]
- A longtime abandoned building is being gutted and replaced in Columbia Heights. [Popville]
- Framebridge is opening up brick and mortar stores on 14th Street and in Bethesda. [Washingtonian]
- The county also might get its wish to start schools before Labor Day. [ARLnow]
- Options for ice skating. [Washingtonian]
- Expect a lot of wind today. [Twitter]
- Special police officer was arrested for brandishing a gun during a verbal altercation. [Popville]
- D.C. is considering restructuring its housing authority. [Curbed]
- Hundreds of people protested at the White House to call attention to temporary protected status. [Post]
- Meet the replacement for Shaw’s Smoked & Stacked. [WCP]
- ICYMI: “We turn each participant into a hippo and put them on ice, because everything is more fun on ice.”
- ICYMI: Homophobic pamphlet found in the Washington Blade
- ICYMI: Where to eat your feelings alone.
- This Day in DCist: A Valentine’s Day playlist
Seeing Deeper festival at the Washington National Cathedral
