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May 16, 2024 | 
nbcwashington.com | Jackie Bensen |Lilly Roser
Police arrested two brothers for allegedly burglarizing religious establishments in Montgomery County. According to the Montgomery County Police Department detectives, 23-year-old Alex Dumitru and 18-year-old Natalian Dumitru were traveling up and down the East Coast, primarily targeting Buddhist temples. Court documents say they are believed to be part of a Romanian organized crime ring.
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May 10, 2024 | 
nbcwashington.com | Mauricio Casillas |Lilly Roser
During this year's commencement ceremony, George Mason University will honor a 20-year-old student with a posthumous degree. Mari Tisera, who planned to graduate with a degree in government and international politics, died on June 6, 2023, after a battle with skin cancer. This year, one of her best friends reached out to the university about honoring her at graduation. When Tisera was 18, she noticed a birthmark on her foot.
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May 9, 2024 | 
nbcwashington.com | Drew Wilder |Lilly Roser
Over the weekend, a mom received a phone call with an urgent request from her friend who works at Alexandria City High School in Alexandria, Virginia. The teacher told Kristen Creighton that a nonprofit scheduled to host a prom dress drive at the could no longer host the event due to an emergency. With prom less than 12 days away and 40 students still urgently needing something to wear, Creighton rallied her community to save prom by spreading the word online. "Everyone else reacted like I did.
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May 9, 2024 | 
nbcwashington.com | Julie Carey |Lilly Roser
The newest piece of public art in Arlington, Virginia, is nearly a century old. It's a stained-glass window from Tiffany. "Christ in Blessing" was rescued in 2001 when a team went inside the Abbey Mausoleum to see if there were any artifacts worth salvaging before the structure was torn down. The window had holes apparently made by thrown rocks.
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May 6, 2024 | 
nbcwashington.com | Lilly Roser
Oysters are more than a classic on menus in the D.C. area. They play a key role in filtering the Chesapeake Bay. Volunteers known as oyster gardeners help raise oysters for this purpose. News4 got an up-close look at oyster gardening from a woman who has worked as a volunteer for more than 20 years. She described the work as fulfilling.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
nbcwashington.com | Julie Carey |Lilly Roser
A speed camera in Fairfax County has been installed blocks away from the site of a deadly 2022 pedestrian crash. Three Oakton High School students were on Blake Lane on June 7, 2022, when a teen driving 81 mph in a 35 mph zone struck and killed two girls in ninth grade. The third student was seriously injured. This month, driver Usman Shahid, who was 18 at the time of the crash, was of two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Lilly Roser
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
nbcwashington.com | Lilly Roser
When Jean Sneed and her husband bought an old schoolhouse on Maryland's Eastern Shore, it had no windows, a leaky roof and hallways flooded with an inch of water. They bought the 1939 schoolhouse in Secretary, Maryland, in 1987 for $35,000. Over the course of more than three decades, Jean and Carroll Sneed transformed the weathered schoolhouse into a one-of-a-kind home using thrift shop finds and antiques. "We bought everything from a flea market or a yard sale because we never had any money ...
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
nbcchicago.com | Lilly Roser
When Jean Sneed and her husband bought an old schoolhouse on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, it had no windows, a leaky roof and hallways flooded with an inch of water. They bought the 1939 schoolhouse in Secretary, Maryland, in 1987 for $35,000. Over the course of more than three decades, Jean and Carroll Sneed transformed the weathered schoolhouse into a one-of-a-kind home using thrift shop finds and antiques.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
nbcwashington.com | Aimee Cho |Lilly Roser
Some Virginia school leaders are warning against senior assassin, a game students play with water guns. But others say it's just harmless fun. "I've known seniors who have played it since I was a sophomore and I've looked forward to playing it since ... I was that age. And now that it's actually here, I look forward to playing it," a West Potomac High School senior said. The goal of senior assassin, for those who choose to participate, is to spray their assigned target.
