- After closing his two movie theaters due to coronavirus shutdowns, this Fairfax man is paying his employees with curbside popcorn sales. [Variety]
- What a week of social isolation looked like for 14 different Washingtonians. [WCP]
- The Montgomery County Public School system is providing Chromebooks for students without access to technology at home. [WJLA]
- Scenes from the city as D.C. shuts down amid the coronavirus crisis. [Washingtonian]
- A D.C. freelance cartoonist is hosting virtual drawing tutorials to keep people entertained through this period of social distancing. [Patch]
- Virginia Governor Ralph Northam criticized Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. for allowing students to return to campus this week after spring break. [NBC 4]
- It might not feel like spring without Nationals baseball, but don’t lose hope in Opening Day joy, whenever that may be. [Post]
- Transit advocates worry that the coronavirus pandemic could cripple the Metro system, even months after a cure. [WUSA 9]
- An abused puppy that was left next to a dumpster in D.C. last month has made a full recovery. Now, he needs a forever home. [WJLA]
- Civil rights leader Darius Swann, who fought to desegregate schools across the country, passed away in his Virginia home. [WTOP]
- Amid a pandemic, an area mother is collecting local women’s stories of postpartum life. [Post]
- Two Vienna high school students are reading their daily morning announcements over Instagram to keep their classmates connected. [WTOP]
- ICYMI: D.C set up 20 locations where customers and restaurant delivery workers can meet to pickup and drop off takeout orders.
- ICYMI: Some D.C. coffee shops are staying open amid the sweeping business shutdowns across the city.
- This Day in DCist: One man’s vision for D.C. statehood, through a union with Maryland.
Colleen Grablick