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Purple Line still in line for federal funding with newly proposed budget
President Obama’s transit budget released Wednesday includes $125 million for the Purple Line in the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The federal government is expected to contribute a total of $900 million to the 16-mile light-rail. [Washington Post]
Cava Grill to open next week in Silver Spring with free meals
The Mediterranean fast-casual chain will open Tuesday at 8515 Fenton St. with free meals from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and again from 5 to 8 p.m. [Cava Grill via Twitter]
Metro ridership down significantly
The transit system reports weekday ridership numbers fell to the lowest levels since 2004 in the second half of 2015 and weekend ridership in 2015 was down 12 percent from 2014. [WTOP]
WSSC: Customers may receive higher-than-normal bills after January snow
The water utility says the snow blocked many meters from being read, meaning customers could receive estimated bills and about 100,000 customers will receive higher-than-normal bills because of a longer-than-normal billing period. [WSSC]
Doug Duncan endorses Kathleen Matthews in District 8 primary
Duncan, the three-term former Montgomery County executive, threw his support behind Matthews Tuesday night at an event in Rockville. [Kathleen Matthews]
Kurtz: District 8 race ‘quickly becoming an embarrassment’
The CenterMaryland columnist says the primary to replace Rep. Chris Van Hollen is becoming “a multimillion-dollar circus-like exemplar of everything that’s wrong with Montgomery County politics today.” [CenterMaryland]
Two Montgomery Blair students named finalists in Intel Science Talent Search
Students Arnold Mong and Josephine Jessica Yu are among 40 finalists from around the nation in one of the most prestigious high school science competitions in the country. The finalists will gather in March in Washington, D.C., to compete for three Medal of Distinction awards of $150,000 each. [MCPS]
Cold Thursday sets up even colder weekend
The high temperature on Thursday isn’t expected to rise above freezing. But Saturday could be worse, with a high of 22 degrees forecast during the day and a low around 7 degrees forecast at night. [National Weather Service]
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