- An Olney baseball team is taking legal action against the local satirical outlet Takoma Torch over an article that conflates the team’s name with the OnlyFans website. [Post]
- Why the Prince George’s County school board is getting national attention. [NBC 4]
- Checking in on the effectiveness of emergency rental assistance programs across the D.C. region. [GGWash]
- Alexandria City Council may extend the jurisdiction’s emergency declaration for COVID-19 into 2022. [AXLNow]
- Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 in Virginia have nearly doubled in the past month. [Post]
- Local jurisdictions are preparing to begin administering COVID-19 boosters. [WJLA]
- Fairfax County is considering a 5-cent tax on plastic bags. [WTOP]
- The Postal Service says the pandemic is still to blame for the mail delivery delays in D.C. [WTOP]
- A conversation about slavery and history with bestselling author and Silver Spring resident Clint Smith. [Washingtonian]
- Members of Anacostia High School’s football team are quarantining after a possible exposure to COVID-19. [WUSA 9]
- ICYMI: About that green water in Rock Creek Park.
- ICYMI: Thousands of Afghan refugees who arrived in the D.C. region now face navigating one of the country’s most expensive housing markets.
- This Day in DCist: Carla Hayden became the first Librarian of Congress that wasn’t a white man.
Colleen Grablick