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'No one's been driving': Service calls increase for dead car batteries during coronavirus pandemic 05/08/2020 12:06pm • With many people working from home during the coronavirus outbreak, AAA-Mid-Atlantic and a local repair shop are reporting an increase in the number of service calls for dead batteries. "We haven't seen this ever, and I hate to say it, but it's going to be good for business once this is all over, Wine of the week: Mother's Day wines 05/08/2020 06:09am • Mother’s Day has been around for a long, long time. It appears to have its origins dating back to early Egyptians who honored Nut, the goddess of the sky. The Greeks honored Rhea, daughter of Gaea, and the Romans honored Cybele, mother of the gods. In the U.S., Anna Jarvis is credited wit 15 ABC stores offering curbside pickup in Northern Virginia 05/07/2020 10:09pm • This article was written Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) is now offering curbside pickup for online orders at 15 stores in Northern Virg AGs to Congress: Paycheck Protection Program should be stronger, more equitable 05/06/2020 05:34pm • Attorneys general in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, and across the nation, want Congress to do more for small businesses, formally urging federal leaders to improve the Paycheck Protection Program responsible for helping businesses survive the pandemic. In a statement, Maryland Attorney General Bri Downtown DC economy operating at 10% of pre-emergency level 05/06/2020 10:19am • As seen through glass, people walk past a coffee shop counter closed in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington. The District of Columbia has issued a stay-home order for all residents as the number of positive infections from the new coronavirus continue to ri Maryland launches portal to connect medical equipment suppliers and buyers during coronavirus crisis 05/06/2020 09:13am • Maryland has launched an online portal to connect the suppliers of medical equipment, such as  masks and gloves, with buyers during the coronavirus crisis, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday. The Maryland Manufacturing Network Supplier Portal is an online platform where companies that manufactur 'Do the right thing': How Ocean City beach reopening will work 05/06/2020 02:16am • Bikers move over the boardwalk Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in Ocean City, Md. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) With beaches and the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, set to reopen this weekend, visitors from out of the area are encouraged to continue following a statewide stay-at-home order — but police DC-area restaurants offer Cinco de Mayo takeout specials 05/05/2020 04:07pm • District Taco is available for delivery. It has multiple locations around the D.C. area. (Courtesy District Taco) This May 5 is Cinco de Mayo, Taco Tuesday and Takeout Tuesday, and D.C.-area restaurants are serving up specials to ensure even your stay-at-home celebration is a tasty one. Here Va. barber ready for coronavirus precautions, 'oops' fixes and old conversations 05/05/2020 11:28am • The vibe will be slightly different in The Neighborhood Barbershop, in Falls Church, Virginia when Dustin Foley is able to resume cutting clients' hair, as early as next Friday. "We've worked really hard to foster a place that would encourage people to loiter," Foley said. Hanging out in the s Coronavirus: Americans widely oppose reopening most businesses, poll finds 05/05/2020 09:41am • Fear of becoming infected by coronavirus remains high among Americans, and a vast majority oppose reopening many kinds of businesses, according to a new poll. Despite moves by some states throughout the U.S. to relax coronavirus-prompted restrictions, in a Washington Post-University of Maryland p 2020 RAMMY Awards finalists announced, with restaurant milestones honored 05/04/2020 06:20pm • Rocklands Barbecue and Grilling Company was named an Honorary Milestone Award recipient. (Courtesy Rocklands) The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington has named finalists for its 2020 RAMMY Awards, winners of which will be announced this summer. It has also named the winners of i How big is your fridge? Restaurants-only grocery opens to the public 05/04/2020 05:18pm • A flyer for the Restaurant Depot store in Alexandria, Virginia, shows prices for bulk items. (Courtesy Restaurant Depot) For those who have room for a 10-pound box of king crab legs, 16 frozen pizzas and 40 ready-to-bake croissants, there is a new grocery option open in the D.C. area selling foo Northam: Phase 1 of reopening Virginia could happen May 15 05/04/2020 03:38pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gestures duding a news conference at the Capitol Monday May 4, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Northam announced a Phase 1 opening of the state beginning May 15. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Virginia should be able to enter the first phase of reopening the state as soon as May 15, DC soap company sees 7 million orders of hand sanitizer since coronavirus outbreak 05/03/2020 04:23pm • Before the coronavirus outbreak, Soapbox, a small shampoo and soap maker in Georgetown, would ship about 150,000 products a month to retailers near and far. But since they've started getting requests to make hand sanitizer, that number has risen to 7 million. "We had the formulation as well as America's weekend was marked by park days and protests over coronavirus restrictions 05/03/2020 04:01am • This weekend under the coronavirus pandemic drove many people across the nation outside -- some for recreation and others in protest. States across the US are either holding fast to stay-at-home orders or beginning to phase out the restrictions, with several orders alrea