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22 hours ago | wtop.com | Jeff Clabaugh

Making good on a pledge to expand in the D.C. area, Trader Joe’s will be opening its newest store next week in Rockville, Maryland. The new Trader Joe’s will officially open on June 12 at 225 N. Washington St. The 10,000-square-foot store replaces Dawson’s Market at Rockville Town Square, and joins three dozen restaurants and retailers at Town Square. Dawson’s Market closed about a year ago. The opening will mark the third Trader Joe’s store in Rockville.

1 day ago | wtop.com | Jeff Clabaugh

Howard University Hospital and Adventist HealthCare are ending their partnership, which was expected to result in Adventist buying the hospital. Howard University Hospital said the mutual agreement will not result in any disruptions for physicians or patients, and it remains committed to finding a partner to help it expand. Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Adventist assumed management of the hospital in 2020, and three years later, it assumed management of its physician network.

1 day ago | wtop.com | Jose Umana

The D.C. region’s largest Salvadoran festival — and one of the area’s largest Latino heritage events — has been canceled due to fears surrounding  immigration policies put on by the Trump administration. Organizers for Salvadoreñisimo Festival told WTOP the annual event, set to take place at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has been canceled for this year. It normally takes place in September around the time of Independence Day in El Salvador, Sept.

2 days ago | wtop.com | Ciara Wells

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The large-scale redevelopment of the Manassas Mall area is officially a go. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the rezoning in a 7-0 vote — with Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega absent. Officials say the project holds major implications for the future of the county and local transit.

2 days ago | wtop.com | Jeff Clabaugh

San Francisco-based developer Carmel Partners, which acquired the former Wardman Park Hotel in D.C.’s Woodley Park neighborhood in 2021, and has been redeveloping the 9.5-acre site as two large residential towers, is now accepting prelease applications for the first of the two buildings. Living there will not be cheap.