The NFL franchise the move will help “meet greater demand for suites while expanding the franchise’s footprint in the state of Maryland.”

The change is expected early next year.

Alexander City High School’s Assistant Director of Athletics, and Commanders fan, Felix Trammell says it’s a sign the team is going in the right direction, despite a season with ups and downs.

“It shows that there is money actually coming into the franchise again,” Trammell said. “I think (with) the end of the Snyder regime with all the allegations, and the name change, businesses stepped away and now businesses are coming back.”

The new offices will be on the fourth floor of the building located on the 4600 block of River Road in Riverdale Park, just outside of College Park. The Commanders will be next to other tenants like Capital One and Adobe.

The move comes months after Josh Harris, and his ownership group, acquired the team. The Commanders in August of this year.

“Good organizations start with solid money in their front offices,” Trammell said.

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More than 3,000 square miles of the Chesapeake’s watershed — or a land area containing streams and rivers that all drain into a larger body of water — is covered by surfaces that prevent water from being absorbed into the ground, such as buildings, parking lots and driveways.

According to a Chesapeake Bay Program , this type of surface makes up nearly 5% of the Bay watershed’s entire land area, which totals more than 40.5 million acres.

“Paved or hardened surfaces do not allow water to pass through, meaning that water flows over the surface, picking up pollutants as it goes,” the news release said. “Stormwater runoff is one of the fastest growing sources of pollution impacting the Chesapeake Bay.”

The watershed spans more than 64,000 square miles across six states — Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania — plus the entirety of D.C. More than 18 million people .

This data comes from a led by the Chesapeake Conservancy, University of Vermont and the U.S. Geological Survey, which analyzed land use and land cover data in part to understand the loss of tree canopy — layers of leaves and branches that cover the ground when viewed from above — across the region.

According to the news release, development is “one of the biggest threats to forest conservation.”

The study found that between 2013-14 and 2017-18, Maryland showed the greatest net loss of tree canopy across the watershed region at more than 4,500 acres, despite also reporting the most cumulative community tree planting.

Ann Jurczyk, the Virginia director of advocacy and outreach for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, said climate change leads to extreme heat and more intense flooding — and one way to protect residents of the watershed area from such events is to invest in tree canopy.

“Extreme heat and more intense flooding are directly related to changes in climate. Tree canopy — particularly over asphalt — can help cool our streets and reduce flooding in a cost-effective way,” said Jurczyk in the news release.

She added that the Chesapeake Bay Program data can help nearby areas “review and potentially change their programs to preserve existing canopy and fill canopy gaps in an equitable manner.”

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Prince George’s County police said it received word of a fight between two students in front of Accokeek Academy around 8:45 a.m. Friday.

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It happened soon after the students got off a bus outside the school, leading to an immediate lockdown that lasted about an hour.

A police spokesperson said one of the students involved pulled a knife during the fight and stabbed the other. The injured student is expected to recover; no other students or staff were hurt.

“The safety of our students is our top priority,” Principal Dr. Judy Adams said . “Like all of you, I am shocked and saddened by this incident.”

The students involved will be disciplined in accordance with the school district’s policies. Adams said a large police presence remained on scene following the stabbing, and that an investigation continues.

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Twenty-nine-year-old Mohamed Jalloh, who is from Sierra Leone, is the founder and owner of the company. He told Âé¶ččÙÍű that the name has a special meaning.

“Jaliyaa is a form of storytelling, it’s how the Mali empire passed down their history through generations,” Jalloh said.

Jaliyaa made its big debut at D.C. Startup Week, with a soft launch. The upcoming store will be located on the 1400 block of H Street in Northeast.

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“It feels good to be able to bring a Black-owned coffee shop to D.C.,” Jalloh said. “In D.C., Black-owned coffee shops are not represented enough.”

His coffee beans are being imported from countries in Africa, like Ethiopia and Tanzania, and he’ll use proceeds from his business to help support charities locally and abroad.

“We’re going to be giving 5% of our proceeds toward fighting food hunger, to countries that our coffee comes from, as well as in Washington, D.C.,” he said.

His goal is to one day be available in many locations.

“We want our coffee to be served around the world, we want our coffee to be in the grocery stores,” he said.

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The department announced the changes in a press release five days in advance.

“We’re concerned that people don’t know what’s going on, that some people might be late for work, they might be late to pick up their kids, they might miss a doctor’s appointment,” Ronit Dancis, a board member with the Action Committee for Transit, told Âé¶ččÙÍű.

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In a letter to Transportation Director Christopher Conklin, Paul Goldman, the president of Action Committee for Transit, said that on the evening of Sept. 11, the day the changes went into effect, “there were no signs at any bus stops or stations announcing the route changes.”

While there were posters inside buses that said routes were changing, Goldman said, no specifics were given.

“We are concerned that the information about the proposed route changes was disseminated in a way that put the burden on riders to find out whether and how their route changed,” Goldman added.

According to the Department of Transportation, the route changes include the following:

• 21 routes have time changes: 4, 5, 9, 10, 15, 16, 20, 26, 34, 37, 38, 43, 46, 48, 55, 59, 61, 63, 79, 83 and 100.
• Three routes have slight route changes with no bus stop or time changes: 27, 45, 90.
• 11 routes have decreased frequency due to ridership, and seven routes have increased frequency due to ridership.
• 13 routes have time changes, but no changes in frequency.
• Two routes have timing changes for accuracy and frequency: 63, 83.
• Three routes have a change in hours of operation: 4, 59, 79.

A spokesperson for the Department of Transportation told Âé¶ččÙÍű in a statement that “we have not removed or added any bus routes. Slight time adjustments were made to raise reliability.”

The department added that the new schedules are online “and have been widely publicized though press releases, social media and postings at transit centers.”

That said, “We want to ensure that our information is reached easily by all of our users,” the department said. “We are open to this feedback and will be looking into additional ways of getting information out to riders.”

The department added: “Ridership data and on-time performance are monitored regularly, and changes are routinely made three times a year. Overall, service levels will remain within 1 percent of where we were. Most of our over 80 bus routes will not experience changes.

We plan to increase bus service this January by about 4%, with the hiring of additional bus operators this fall. All service changes within the last two years, during the pandemic, have been based on bus operator availability.

We are hopeful that our transition to pre-pandemic service levels will continue. We are still transitioning, and receiving feedback from our transportation advocates is critical to our success.”

Goldman’s letter said that putting information online wasn’t in line with the county’s “commitment to equity.”

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The family of a 9-year-old student who suffered deadly injuries outside a D.C. public charter school last year is suing the school and its security company.

Kaidyn Green, 9, was hit by a car outside the KIPP DC Honor Academy, on Wheeler Road in Southeast, on Dec. 10, 2021. He was in Children’s National Hospital until February of this year and was rendered a quadriplegic; he was later discharged from a rehab facility but died June 2.

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The lawsuit, filed against KIPP and LGC Security, as well as the driver and the owner of the car, says Kaidyn’s mother arranged with the school to pick him up early, at about 1:30 p.m. She was told to wait in the front office, and Kaidyn would be brought to her – the usual procedure, the lawsuit said.

But the suit claims that’s not what happened. Green was told his mother was waiting for him, but wasn’t taken to the office, the family says: Instead, he was “released from his 4th grade classroom, then left unattended and unsupervised by employees.”

Green didn’t know his mother was in the office, the suit says; he went out the back door – the usual spot for kids to exit at the end of the day – then “walked unnoticed in excess of 143 yards around the outside perimeter” of the school’s property to the front.

When he saw his mother’s car parked in front of the school, he looked both ways and tried to cross the street, but was hit by the car, the lawsuit said.

“All people coming in or out of the school should come through the rear; the front entrance should be closed permanently,” said Keith Watters, who is representing the Green family. “Because the rear takes you away from Wheeler Road and all that thunderous traffic going back and forth. They have the protocols for pickups and monitoring, they just have to enforce those protocols.”

The lawsuit details three instances in which pedestrians were hit by cars in the immediate area, including two in the preceding two months.

“Our community continues to mourn Kaidyn’s passing and our thoughts are with his family and the classmates that knew him so well. Given the pending legal matter, we’re unable to say more at this time,” a KIPP DC spokesperson said.

The suit is seeking a total of $50 million.

The D.C. police said the driver has not been charged, and that the case is still under investigation.

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The search is known as the , and its website asks that people “help revitalize the effort to collect, document and preserve the diversity of Maryland’s continually evolving cuisine.”

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“This will include the convergence of Native American, African American, British, German and Jewish traditions with more recent contributions made by immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America, and likely even further afield,” according to the website.

The chair of the committee is Joyce M. White, who serves on the Board of Trustees for the Hammond-Harwood House Museum, and is an independent food historian.

Organizers said the Great Maryland Recipe Hunt seeks recipes that are commonly made by Maryland families, whether the family’s ties to Maryland date back centuries or even just a few years.

“The recipe hunt will help preserve Maryland’s foodways for generations to come and help foster regional identity. Then, hunt findings will be interpreted in resources that will be made available to the public reflecting Maryland’s ever-increasing diversity and dynamic change over time,” according to the website.

To submit your recipe to the Great Maryland Recipe Hunt go to .

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The Hyattsville Police Department that there have been 71 carjackings “within the incorporated municipal jurisdictions of our county this year,” a 45% increase over last year. That includes another one in the predawn hours of Friday on Hamilton Street. That one didn’t result in any injuries, a police spokesperson said.

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In D.C., there have been so far this year. This time last year, there were 256.

Hyattsville Police Chief Jarod Towers recommends parking your car in well-lit areas and checking your surroundings before exiting your vehicle.

“Always lock your doors,” Towers advised. “We’ve seen instances where suspects have just got in the car and sat in the car with you, and then demanded that you drive them somewhere, take them to an ATM machine. There’s a whole lot of risk, when someone gets in the car with you,” Towers said.

On the top of his list of things not to do? “Fight back.”

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“In September 2021, the OIGE initiated an investigation after receiving a series of complaints, submitted by parents of Prince George’s County Public School (PGCPS) students, county residents and elected officials,” according to background information in the report.

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“The complaints alleged that the Prince George’s County Board of Education’s Ethics Advisory Panel (EAP) used taxpayer funds to conduct an improper investigation of several Elected Board members,” the report stated.

The inspector general’s report says the EAP spent more than $100,000 to investigate several school board members last year. The findings from those investigations resulted in a flawed report.

“Throughout the OIGE interview process, it was discovered that information contained in the EAP’s report was improperly referenced or factually inaccurate,” the OIGE reported in its findings on Friday.

“Our investigation substantiated that the Chair of the PGBOE, the Acting General Counsel, and the Chair of the PGBOE Ethics Advisory Panel violated PGCPS Board Policy 0107,” the OIGE report said. “These violations indicated an apparent misunderstanding or disregard for board policies, which allowed the EAP’s ‘investigation’ to expand without the appropriate oversight.”

The inspector general’s office is now making several recommendations to the Prince George’s County School Board.

“The Board should review Board Policy 3323 and governing procedures to ensure competition in procurement is preferred in making certain they obtain fair prices for services. Contracts should be competitively procured to ensure transparency and are the best value for the board,” the inspector general’s office said.

A full list of recommendations can be seen online .

Earlier this summer, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks asked Chair Juanita Miller to step down, but Miller has repeatedly refused. Alsobrooks has no legal authority to fire the board chair.

Miller did not respond to Âé¶ččÙÍű’s request for a comment.

In May, the county .

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“I would say if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” said Bryan Lewis, CEO of Intellicheck, a company providing identity validation and fraud detection services.

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Lewis said the number of identity theft cases in the area that the Federal Trade Commission has collected has risen dramatically since the start of the pandemic.

“In Maryland it’s up 188%, in Virginia it’s up 194%,” Lewis said.

Lewis said a lot of recent identity theft cases come from scammers subtly impersonating legitimate institutions such as banks, government agencies or credit card issuers. He also said scammers want their victims to feel pressured, so they’ll use tactics that will make people feel rushed. Lewis recommends that people take their time.

As inflation continues to plague the economy, many are looking for deals, and that’s what could cost them, according to Lewis. Scammers are looking to prey on vulnerable consumers who are looking to save some cash, Lewis said.

“Credit card rates, rental rates, student loan rates — and they’re going to have people say ‘wow, I need to jump on that,’” he said.

Lewis said lots of scammers will directly reach out to consumers. He said its important to verify the sender, which can clue consumers into whether they are dealing with a scammer or a legitimate seller.

He advises consumers to “look and see that the address that the email came from is real, or the website you’re directed to is real.”

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The seventh-grader is the founder of He started selling candles in November 2020. The so-far 26 candle scents include names, such as “Alexa, clean the house,” “Donut Kill My Vibe,” “Bes (tea)” and “But first, coffee.”

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The idea came about after his mom experienced headaches, believed to be related to other candle scents. That’s when the young entrepreneur came up with an alternative — candles made with natural ingredients.

Alejandro Buxton decided the company’s candles need to be made from “ethically-sourced non-GMO soy wax, luxury coconut wax, and essential oils,” according to Smell of Love Candles’ website.

Alejandro Buxton had a couple of other reasons for starting the company — he wants to buy more comic books and save for college. In addition to that, he’s donating a portion of the candle company’s monthly profits to charity, according to the company’s website.

He found his first customers at local farmers markets, and now his venture is expanding.

“We moved from the house. Now we have a production space here in Tysons,” Alejandro Buxton said.

Mother Patricia Buxton, is the company’s assistant to the CEO, who happens to be her son.

“I was not doing what he’s doing at 12 years old. I think I was just eating ice cream and playing around,” Patricia Buxton said.

His kiosk will be in front of the Victoria’s Secret on the second floor of the mall.

“Usually in the morning, I work on my business and then I go to school,” he said, when asked how he’ll juggle his responsibilities.

Alejandro Buxton hopes his journey will inspire others.

“Never stop following your dreams,” he said.

The candle kiosk will open at 10 a.m. Thursday. He also has YouTube channel and podcast called “Lessons from a Kidpreneur,” where he shares candle-making and business tips.

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It’s called the DCPS Readers Next Door project, and it’s federally funded.

“The series, which will include more than 100 individual books featuring 10 characters living and going to school in the District, was created based on the science of reading and under the expert guidance of Dr. Julia Lindsey, author of “Reading Above the Fray: Reliable Research-Based Routines for Developing Decoding Skills,’” DCPS said.

“You will see in one of our books that we have a feature on Ben’s Chili Bowl,” Ferebee said.
School starts Monday.

Ferebee noted that the school system has been affected by the teacher shortage, as seen in other parts of the country.

“We currently have a vacancy count about 150,” he said.
There have been questions about the readiness of schools, especially the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Ferebee seemed confident that they are up to par.

“Everything appears to be operational and functional,” he said.

He also said DCPS is ready to welcome migrant children who arrived on buses from Texas and Arizona.

“We have about 40 students that are school-aged,” he said.

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The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening, from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

Health officer Dr. Ernest Carter will sit alongside a panel of experts as he educates the community about the virus that was declared a public health emergency on Thursday.

The meeting comes after , according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Anyone interested in participating in the town hall .

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Co-owner Jon Williams confirmed to Âé¶ččÙÍű that Whitlow’s is reopening in the District at 2014 9th St. in Northwest.

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“The original Whitlow’s opened in 1946. My stepfather bought it in 1971, and it closed in 1989. We opened in Arlington in 1995,” Williams said.

Whitlow’s on Wilson in Clarendon — known for its rooftop Tiki bar and live music — closed in June 2021 after 25 years due to “differences” with the landlord, Williams said. At the time, many bars and restaurants were struggling to stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Last week, a social media post with a new logo got people excited for its return. Some of the decorations from the Arlington location will be on display at the new Whitlow’s.

 

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“This one does not have a rooftop; it does have an outside beer garden,” Williams said. “I’m confident we’ll be open this month.”

The family-owned business is looking forward to once again building relationships with community members. Along with returning to D.C., Williams said everything is coming “full circle.”

“Getting the old staff back together, very excited to work with them and give them jobs again.” Williams said. “We had our first staff meeting, everyone is so excited.”

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The Funk Parade and concert series featured several stages, along with stops at the African American Civil War Memorial and the Reeves Center.

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Various genres from funk, hip-hop and R&B were represented, and at least three performers walked away with $200 gift cards.

For advocates like David Oliver, the parade’s host, and a youth development organization that manages the event, one of the goals is to help U Street become what it once was.

The pandemic “ravished” the District’s music scene, Oliver said, so the Funk Parade gave “artists who perform on U Street and all bus [stops] and who perform a chance to really be seen.”

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While the Funk Parade is a gentle reminder of D. C.s past on the top of the music scene, under the direction of The MusicianShip, it also is a way to support area musicians, after-school programs in D.C. Public Schools, and music lessons for kids.

Oliver said he hopes the event continues to grow, as it now competes with Maryland and Virginia to attract and showcase musical talent.

“Lately, everybody is going out in Maryland or Virginia, but D.C. is losing,” Oliver said. “This was the place where Luther [Vandross], Prince 
 and all of them came running [to D.C.] to perform.”

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