Skip to content
TRENDING:
Iran
Advertisement

Articles by Meredith Somers

James Mitchell, with the National Park Service, prunes back cherry blossom trees at the Tidal Basin on Monday. The Park Service spends about $185,000 on the festival. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

The cherry blossoms are coming

If there are two things the District does well -- aside from half-smokes and traffic congestion -- it's spring flowers and unpredictable weather.

March 4, 2013
A worker uses a chainsaw to clear branches from a tree that fell onto the 14th fairway at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, June 30, 2012, after a strong storm blew through overnight. The AT&T National golf tournament was postponed to allow workers to clear the course. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Md. commission orders power utilities to improve

The organization that monitors power companies in Maryland on Wednesday set a deadline for utilities to submit their plans to improve service and avoid future weather-related disasters.

February 27, 2013
associated press

Lincoln a head above rest

The film based on his presidency might not have won the Academy Award for best picture, but Abraham Lincoln remains plenty popular in Washington. For the third straight year, the memorial honoring the 16th president was the most visited of the monuments and memorials in the city in 2011, drawing an estimated 6 million visitors, according to the National Park Service.

February 26, 2013
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, said the incoming pope would need to be someone who could “find a balance of wisdom and energy.” (The Washington Times)

Wuerl leaves to take part in selection of new pope

The archbishop of Washington is one of 118 men who will be locked inside a chapel in Vatican City in the coming weeks to decide the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. But he's most looking forward to seeing the art.

February 24, 2013
Gas prices at an Exxon Mobil station at New York Avenue and Bladensburg Road in Northeast Washington and elsewhere rapidly continue their upward march. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Gas prices top $4 per gallon, fuel sticker shock

Average gas prices topped $4 a gallon in Washington, D.C., for only the fifth time ever on Thursday, the 35th straight day of increases that have seen prices rise by a total 42 cents.

February 21, 2013
Russian youths launch paper lanterns in St. Petersburg. Popular in many countries, the “sky lanterns” have raised safety concerns. The state of Maryland prohibits their use. “Who’s left with cleaning up, what is in danger when they come back down, and then, who’s going to accept responsibility” are concerns, said Deputy State Fire Marshal Bruce Bouch. (Associated Press)

‘Sky lanterns’ raise safety issue

The rice paper and bamboo lights are known as Kongming lanterns in China. The English refer to them as Chinese lanterns. Canadians have dubbed them high-flying fireworks.

February 19, 2013
photographs by Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times Ester Gales and Hanry Mauro Ramirez kiss in the D.C. Superior Court waiting room after getting married on Valentine’s Day as Justine Caccamo arrives for her wedding ceremony later in the day. “We have good memories of Valentine’s Day. And we won’t forget our anniversary,” Mr. Ramirez said.

Love is in court on Valentine’s Day

On Wednesday, while throngs of people filed into D.C. Superior Court to pay bills or answer for their crimes, in a quiet corner of the marriage bureau, 14 couples started the first day of their married lives on Valentine's Day.

February 14, 2013