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DC Brau chose to go with cans over bottles in part because cans are easier to take to picnics, concerts and other recreational events. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

DC Brau taps into craving for craft beer

In a nondescript warehouse along a hardscrabble stretch of Bladensburg Road in Northeast, two entrepreneurs have set up the District's first local brewery and off-site distributor in 60 years.

June 19, 2011

Woman arrested in Metro ‘kill you’ threat

A Metro passenger threatened to blow up a train Monday at the Rockville station, sending passengers out emergency exits and scrambling along two miles of live track to escape during the busy morning rush hour, officials said.

June 13, 2011

Region’s golf fans Open-minded

The unmistakable whack of drivers striking golf balls was mingled across Montgomery County on Sunday with the more subtle sounds of opportunity and excitement, before the start of the 111th U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club.

June 12, 2011

Vets lived the history students learned

Dressed in his Army-issue field coat and matching olive-green hat, Richard Graff told stories Thursday about his military service roughly 60 years ago in Nazi-occupied Europe that kept a group of Virginia middle-schoolers spellbound.

June 9, 2011

Anacostia River cleaner, but could be better

Grimy water bottles, a muddy purse and a truck tire so heavy a bulldozer was needed to dislodge it were just some of the debris found in Anacostia Park on Wednesday during a river cleanup to recognize World Oceans Day.

June 8, 2011

Korean ran escort service with illegals

An illegal Korean immigrant pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria to running a call girl service supplied with female illegal immigrants he stashed in his Northern Virginia apartment.

June 7, 2011
Students at the Cinderella Ball let loose on the dance floor with friends and family at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel on Sunday. The event was hosted by the Woodbridge, Va.-based House, which offers lifestyle resources while helping its students learn life skills and work on athletics and academics. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

House children have a ball

It was like any other school formal, down to the satin dresses, untucked suits and thumping pop music. At first glance, the only sign the ballroom in the District's elegant Willard Hotel was playing host to something special Sunday was that, unlike an average dance, there were no wallflowers at the sixth annual Cinderella Ball.

June 5, 2011
Washington Nationals player Jerry Hairston, Jr., (left) walks with Monea Grier, 13, after having a catch during the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday at Fort DuPont Park in Southeast. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Nationals team with D.C. for SE youth facility

On a day better suited for a refreshing swim, the Washington Nationals broke ground Tuesday on a project to bring the game of baseball and other life lessons to children east of the Anacostia River.

May 31, 2011
Mark Baird paddles along the Potomac River near Jack's Boathouse in Georgetown. "This is so different," he said. "It feels like I'm getting away with something. The neatest thing is to go out somewhere in the middle of the river and sit down." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Stand-up guys & gals paddle board on the Potomac

A recent weekday morning in Georgetown seems like any other hot and hectic workday in the District — cars are stacked bumper to bumper along the Francis Scott Key Bridge as pedestrians strain alongside the noisy traffic in the glaring sun. But less than 100 feet below, a very different scene is unfolding.

May 30, 2011
Bikers in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally ride across Memorial Bridge on Sunday. The 24th annual event, which saw thousands of military and civilian motorcycle riders rumble across the District, was held to remember American prisoners of war and support veterans. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

Bikers journey for a day of Thunder

The death of Osama bin Laden, the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11 were all perhaps suitable rallying cries for this year's Rolling Thunder event.

May 29, 2011