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  • Drivers hit summer slowdown as construction crews go to work

    Liz Essley

    Published: Sat, May 25, 2013

    Drivers, get ready for summer stop-and-go. That's the message from Washington-area transportation agencies as they roll out their construction crews for the intense road work possible only in the summer, when temperatures are high enough and rain rare enough to let them to put down lots of...

  • Credo: Joshua Harris

    Liz Essley

    Yesterday

    In 1997, Joshua Harris kissed dating goodbye, and his bestselling book on relationships shaped by biblical truths kicked off a craze for "courtship" in evangelical Christian circles. The young man who wrote that went on to write several more books, host youth conferences and become senior pastor...

  • Prep cars and pay attention in work zones, experts say

    Liz Essley

    Published: Sat, May 25, 2013

    Drivers planning their routes through summer construction traffic also should prepare their cars for heat and pay attention to the road, travel experts say. "Take a five-minute walk around your car," said Maryland State Highway Administration spokesman Charlie Gischlar, explaining that summer...

  • 3-Minute Interview: Comedian Rahmein Mostafavi

    Liz Essley

    Published: Thu, May 23, 2013

    By day, Fredericksburg resident Rahmein Mostafavi works for a company that creates museum exhibits. By night, he's a stand-up comedian and producer of comedy shows under his Cool Cow Comedy brand. How'd you get into comedy? I was a professional actor for about 15 years, just a regular old...

  • Northern Virginia leaders plan wish list of road projects for new funds

    Liz Essley

    Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

    Northern Virginia transportation officials have a long wish list for the first $180 million expected to flow into their coffers in the next year from tax increases in Gov. Bob McDonnell's new roads package -- including widening traffic-clogged Route 28 and Route 1. The Northern Virginia...

  • Virginia to take step toward express lanes for Interstate 66

    Liz Essley

    Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

    Virginia is moving toward putting express lanes -- or possibly rail -- along traffic-clogged Interstate 66. The commonwealth next month plans to issue a request for ideas from companies on how to install tolled express lanes, bus or rail along the highway, from the Capital Beltway to...

  • Judge's ruling puts Virginia road projects in jeopardy

    Liz Essley

    Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

    A Virginia judge's ruling threatens to jeopardize the way Virginia is using private companies to run the Beltway Express Lanes and build similar lanes on Interstate 95. Portsmouth Circuit Court Judge James A. Cales said in an oral ruling earlier this month that he thought Virginia's tolls on...

  • Two new Metro entrances coming to Pentagon City

    Liz Essley

    Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

    The Pentagon City Metro station is slated to get two new entrances in the next two years. Arlington County is working to build a new $5 million elevator to take riders from the street to the underground station, as well as refurbish a pedestrian tunnel built decades ago but never used. The...

  • Credo: Michael Cromartie, founder of Faith Angle Forums

    Liz Essley

    Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

    Twice a year, Cromartie brings together big names in journalism with big names in Christian thought. His Faith Angle Forums allow journalists to learn more about the faithful and hone their own thinking on a range of issues. The Arlington resident also directs the Evangelicals in Civic Life...

  • MARC to add weekend service between Baltimore, Washington

    Liz Essley

    Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

    Washington residents soon will have a new way to get to Baltimore or Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on the weekends. Maryland's MARC commuter train is extending its Penn Line service to Saturday and Sunday, thanks to a $60 million cash infusion from Gov. Martin...


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