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START-UPS IN THE SPOTLIGHT: 1st Edition

ElectricMotorShopJobs.com Targets America's Skilled-Trades Shortage with Specialized Electromechanical Job Board Four-plus years of niche recruiting, premium industrial domains and a no-login application process position the platform as a specialized marketplace...

Ohio’s Chairmaking Legacy: From Frontier Splint Seats to Factory-Built Rockers

A history of Ohio-made chairs, the makers behind them, and the woodworking techniques that helped turn a regional...

From Faraday’s Spinning Disc to Home Standby Power: The Remarkable History of the Generator

The modern generator is one of those machines that most people notice only when it stops working—or when...

Fascinating Smells: Incense Making in Colonial America

By the time colonial Americans were lighting candles, visiting apothecaries and buying imported perfumes, the desire to make...

Woman arrested in fatal DC crosswalk hit-and-run – NBC4 Washington

Months after a 61-year-old woman was left dead in a D.C. crosswalk by a hit-and-run driver, police announced an arrest in the case. Shaneia Gregnesia...

Maryland offers to help students unenrolled from Howard Univ. – NBC4 Washington

The state of Maryland is looking to help the hundreds of students who were unenrolled at Howard University. Gov. Wes Moore said students can receive...

How a mini pig is leading homelessness intervention efforts in DC – NBC4 Washington

In Washington, D.C., a town where lawmakers are often fighting about pork spending, a five-pound pig named Synergy is helping out humans who are...

Tracks Through Time – Pittsburgh’s Early Trams

Pittsburgh has always been a city built on movement — movement of steel, ideas, workers, and innovation. Long before the modern light-rail and busway...

Hooked on Ink: Lithograph Fish Art Swimming Through the Midwest

By Gracus Bloom for City Paper When Fish Became Fine Art Before underwater photography and nature documentaries, there was the lithograph—where fish didn’t just swim, they...

Get Out There: Cooling down at our favorite ice cream shops in the D.C. region

The first half of this summer was one of the hottest on record. And while there is only so much you can do to beat...