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There was a trolley to Great Falls, Md., just not the one that went to Glen Echo.

After evading attempts for weeks by a civil process server that included being "pursued over state lines," ex-Donald Trump lawyer Sidney Powell was served with a $1.3 billion lawsuit at her home in Biltmore Forest, according to recently filed court papers by Dominion Voting Systems. Dominion filed the defamation lawsuit against Powell Jan. 8 in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. But attempts to officially serve the Texas-based attorney with the summons took until Jan. 28, sa...

The Potomac on one side, the Dalecarlia Reservoir on the other — and lots of trees.

Homeward Bound plans to buy hotel to house homeless in WNC ASHEVILLE - A local nonprofit that works with the homeless population in Western North Carolina has settled on what it hopes will be a more permanent solution to ending homelessness, at least for 85 people — buying a hotel and converting it to apartments. Homeward Bound Executive Director Meredith Switzer said Feb. 3 her organization is "in contract to purchase the Days Inn motel property located on Tunnel Road in Asheville." "After y...

ASHEVILLE - The Feb. 1 removal of a homeless encampment under an I-240 bridge during some of the coldest weather of the year has sparked outraged in the community. BeLoved Asheville, a nonprofit that works with Ashevilles vulnerable population, put a statement on the West Asheville Exchange Facebook page describing how they had been working with a homeless man who lived under the bridge to get him a pair of boots. The man lived in a "shelter made out of tent, cardboard, and blankets. He walked ...

Answer Man: Will we get a cicada deluge here in 2021? John Boyle, Asheville Citizen Times © Todd Runkle/Citizen Times A close-up image of a Brood VI 17-year cicada that emerged in 2017 in parts of Western North Carolina. Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: I recently heard that there might be a cicada outbreak in North Carolina sometime this spring. If its true, will it impact this area and/or other areas that are near Ash...

Call box of duty: Cops remember the call boxes that kept them connected John Kelly When Answer Man was a wee Answer Boy, a favorite game was cops and robbers. The neighborhood urchins would ape what they’d heard on TV, which meant at some point someone on the law enforcement side would bark, “Calling all cars! Calling all cars!” into an imaginary radio. Last week in this space, Answer Man wrote about a time before radios, before cars, but not before police — or fire...

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Pane in the glass: Here’s a clear-eyed look at how you make a curved window John Kelly Two years ago, I noticed the Heurich House has curved pane windows on the round corners of the house. Since then, I’ve noticed a lot of houses in Northwest D.C. that also have curved pane windows. I’ve really enjoyed my “treasure hunt” around town finding more examples. My question: In the old days, what sort of tool would glaziers carry to measure the curvature of the glass for repl...

Some Victorian homes have turrets with concave windows.