Breakfast links: Montgomery County could start clearing snow for pedestrians too
Snow on sidewalks in Rockville by angela n. licensed under Creative Commons.
A bill could require MoCo to shovel some sidewalks
A new bill would require Montgomery County to clear sidewalks on busy arterial roads, where piles of snow from snowplows often force pedestrians to walk in the street. (Ally Schweitzer / DCist. Tip: Chester B.)
Alexandria opens affordable housing waitlist to a tsunami of applications
Pent-up demand for affordable housing in Alexandria came rushing in as the city opened its affordable housing waitlist for the first time since 2011. In two days, 45,000 people applied, far more than the 10,000 people who applied in 2011. (Vernon Miles / ALXNow)
Mourning Angela Hill
Angela Hill — a mother, grandmother, and community fixture — died last week under an I-295 overpass in southeast DC, where she’d lived for years while struggling with homelessness and mental illness. Community members gathered for a vigil Saturday evening to remember her. (DCist)
Maryland’s foreclosure moratorium extended through March
A pandemic pause on foreclosures in Maryland that was set to expire at the end of this month has been extended through March. (McKenna Oxenden / Baltimore Sun)
DC statehood is getting a House hearing
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser will argue for statehood at a congressional hearing March 11 on Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s statehood bill. The last such hearing took place in 2019 ahead of statehood’s passing the House last June. (Meagan Flynn / Post)
MoCo Council set to vote on solar in Ag Reserve
The Montgomery County Council will decide whether to allow some solar power development in its 93,000-acre agricultural reserve. The legislation comes with restrictions that pro-solar environmentalists call “poision pills.” (Rebecca Tan / Post)
Rock ‘n’ roll ain’t noise pollution… but traffic is
A growing body of research has linked exposure to traffic noise to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and researchers are starting to figure out why. (Cypress Hansen / The Atlantic)
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