WASHINGTON 鈥� Long neck, short neck, now try Wolfe鈥檚 Neck.

草莓传媒’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert to talk about Maine Beer Co. Wolfe鈥檚 Neck IPA for the latest edition of 草莓传媒’s Beer of the Week.

Quick facts:
Brewery: ., Freeport, ME
Description: an IPA featuring flavors of tropical fruit (pineapple, mango, guava, coconut) and orange, with notes of onion/garlic and underlying toasted bread and pine
ABV: 6.5%
Greg鈥檚 pairing suggestions: Salty, fatty and fried stuff (like clam strips, clam chowder, crab cakes, lobster rolls), seared meats, burgers and fries, Thai food

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Luckily, 草莓传媒’s Brett Snyder is here to break it down.

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They鈥檙e letting patrons and potential patrons know about it through social media, and 草莓传媒 has compiled some of their announcements below.

We鈥檒l keep adding to this list as we get more:

IT鈥橲 CARNIVAL TIME! The day has officially started in New Orleans, David Guas’ hometown, and right HERE at the Mardi Gras Headquarters in Arlington. The parades are rollin鈥� and so are we with Beads, Booze, Beignets, and slices of King Cakes all day long!

鈥� Bayou Bakery (@BayouBakery)

Folks: join us next Tue evening for a little Mardi Gras party!

The hurricanes will be flowing, we鈥檒l have good Nola music on beads for all, King Cake Kolaches, gator poboys, Abita & more !!

Party runs 5p til 11! Laissez le bon temps rouler!

鈥� RepublicCantina (@RepublicCantina)

Join us for FAT TUESDAY!
Try our Hurricane and GUMBO

鈥� GrillfishDC (@GrillfishWDC)

Hit the if you will be joining us for our – this Fat Tuesday, Feb 25.

鈥� Hot N Juicy Crawfish (@HotNJuicy_DC)

Fat Tuesday is right around the corner! Celebrate with our King Cake Doughnuts. Available in half dozen and dozen increments.

Check out the link below to preorder.

鈥� District Doughnut (@DCDoughnut)

Get your Fat Tuesday on tomorrow with some $8 Hurricanes and Sazaracs made by Ol’ Crafty Crafton himself and laissez les bon temps rouler 鈦� @ Jackie Lee’s

鈥� Jackie Lee’s (@JackieLeesDC)

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D.C. police responded to the 500 block of Varnum Street NW in Petworth around 5:45 p.m. for a report of gunshots. According to a police account of the incident, they canvassed the area and encountered 36-year-old District resident Douglas Maiden armed with a handgun.

Maiden pointed his gun at the officers and fired before running away, officials said in a news release Friday. Police gave chase and exchanged more gunfire with Maiden, who was hit multiple times and was later transported to a hospital in critical condition.

Maiden faces charges of assaulting a police officer and carrying a pistol without a license. One of the two officers involved was treated for injuries deemed non-life threatening.

Both officers have been placed on administrative leave as per Metropolitan Police Department policy. Their body cameras were active and footage will be reviewed, police said.

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Prince George’s County police said the single car crash happened around 5 a.m. on Md. Route 210/Indian Head Highway near Pine Lane. The car struck the tree and caught on fire.

The victim was pronounced dead on the scene. Their identity聽had not been made public as of Saturday morning.

The 草莓传媒 Traffic Center reports southbound lanes of Md. 210 reopened around 11 a.m. following an extended closure for a crash reconstruction.

Below is a map of the area:

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at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Building (Feb. 5, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. and Feb 12, 12 p.m to 1 p.m.): The first lecture, on Feb. 5, will feature William & Mary professor Sara Bon-Harper and Highland descendant Jennifer Stacy talking about James Monroe’s Highland, while on Feb 12, genealogist John Philip Colletta will dive into the biography of Philip Reed, Clark Mills’s enslaved assistant who worked on the Freedom statue atop the Capitol building.

at the Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, Maryland (Feb. 5, 10:30 a.m – 12 p.m.): A look at the contributions of African-Americans through music and art, with headlining R&B artist Ray Apollo Allen.

– Advancing the District’s entertainment industries at Pearl Street Warehouse on the Wharf (Feb. 6, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.): Exploring the impact the black community has had in D.C. entertainment, with DC Defenders President Erik Moses, 草莓传媒4 anchor Jummy Olabanji and others.

(Feb. 7, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.): AfropolitanDC is back for 2020 with “Black Heritage Experience”, which will promote cultural connections and the use of a DNA test to find your own background.

at Culture Coffee Too, 300 Riggs Road NE (Feb. 7, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.): An exhibit celebrating black art, with works by James and Zsudayka Terrell.

at Aggies Helping Aggies Inc., 1525 Iris St. NW (Feb. 8, 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.): Honoring the Greensboro Four, this event will feature reading, singing and performing various types of art.

(Feb. 9, 12:45 p.m. to 5 p.m.) – The National Association of African Americans in Human Resources will hold an open discussion on the museum’s significance.

at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 2001 K St. NW (Feb. 13, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.): The Washington Bar Association is hosting a fireside chat and reception in honor of Charles Hamilton Houston, a prominent African-American lawyer in the early 20th century, and Chief Judge Eugene Hamilton, the former chief judge of the D.C. Superior Court.

(Feb. 15, 7 a.m. to Feb. 16, 11:45 p.m.): A special opening is being held to honor Black History Month for two days only.

at the Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. NW (Feb. 20, 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.): Celebrating LGBTQ+ inclusive Black History Month, with music, interviews, and other performers.

, 1000 Independence Ave. SW (Feb. 20, 11 a.m to 12 p.m.): Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity and the Blacks in Government Energy Chapter will celebrate the role of black men and women throughout the entire government.

, 999 9th St. NW(Feb. 22, 10 a.m to 12 p.m.): 93rd Annual Black History Luncheon, hosting Lonnie Bunch, the secretary of the Smithsonian.

at the Anacostia Community Museum, 1901 Fort Place SE (Feb. 25, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.): Artist educator Alma Robinson will work with families and lead art projects that aim to celebrate Black History Month.

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With a kick of heat and a distinct Chesapeake flavor, past its original recipe and into the hot sauce market.

Old Bay 鈥� the Maryland-favorite seasoning mix that has been around for more than 75 years 鈥� is introducing hot sauce to their lineup, according to its .

鈥淥ur fans are always super excited to share with us all the ways they鈥檙e using the seasoning and celebrating their love of Old Bay,” said Jill Pratt, vice president of Marketing for McCormick & Co.

“From costumes and themed weddings, to home d茅cor and even tattoos. We can鈥檛 wait to hear what they think of our new hot sauce.鈥�

The sauce was made available Wednesday on Old Bay’s website at $3.49 a bottle, and will be coming in the next month to several retail stores in the area. Multiple restaurants in the local area will be offering the hot sauce for tasting as well.

By Wednesday afternoon, Old Bay’s Twitter account announced that the hot sauce had sold out on its website, which temporarily crashed after eager buyers flooded the site. Around 2:45 p.m., it said that “more will be coming soon.”

PSA For the 1K+ of you still on our website: will not be restocked today, but more will be coming soon! We got you guys. Seriously, it’s coming.

鈥� OLD BAY (@OLDBAYSeasoning)

Your for all things OLD BAY may have broken the Internet. Thanks for always being ready to try something new. SOLD OUT, but RESTOCKING. Please stay tuned!

鈥� OLD BAY (@OLDBAYSeasoning)

The front label of the hot sauce reads: “For Game Day, Brunch & Happy Hour.” The company recommends you pair the sauce with chili, nachos, wings and cocktails, among other iterations.

Customers who snagged some of the precious sauce began reselling it online almost immediately, charging anywhere between $50 to $200, The Virginian-Pilot reported.

$200 for a jug of hot sauce!? Oh y鈥檃ll are crazy.

鈥� Jummy Olabanji (@JummyNBC)

The appropriately-priced hot sauce will be restocked soon online, and will be on sale over the next month at stores such as Acme, Giant, Food Lion, Martin鈥檚, Safeway, Wegmans and Weis, for a limited time, the company said.

Old Bay was originally created in Baltimore as a seasoning mix and has since expanded to include items such as seasoned beers and chips.

草莓传媒 afternoon anchors Shawn Anderson and Hillary Howard gave the hot sauce a taste test. Watch their reaction below.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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The announcement comes almost one year after the legislature overturned a similar 2016 executive order that schools had to start after Labor Day weekend.

鈥淓ach school system is very, very different from each other,鈥� said Sen. Nancy King, D-Montgomery, in early 2019 during the vote to repeal. 鈥淭hey need to make those decisions for themselves on the calendar.鈥�

Now, Hogan is looking to fight back once again, stating that he believes the legislature’s overturning of his order made school start dates confusing, as well as going against what those in the state want.

鈥淲e have taken a lot of actions over the past five years, but I can鈥檛 think of a single one that has more widespread, enthusiastic support across the state,鈥� Hogan said in a release.

Hogan went on to say that after two years, “special interests snuck a bill in,” claiming that legislators then reversed course and “ignored the people again by reversing this common sense action with a misguided piece of legislation, which has the potential to cause mass confusion this fall and in future years with a potential for 24 different start dates spread over several weeks.鈥�

Hogan appears to be pointing to a poll from March 2019, which stated that over 55% of Marylanders wanted a post-Labor Day start.

In the D.C. area, where a majority of schools reside, 53% say they wanted the start to be after the holiday, while 43% stated they wanted local jurisdictions to handle it. Western Maryland had the most support for the September start, at 59% for versus 37% against.

It should be noted that the poll did not indicate whether those polled had children in Maryland schools.

In 2013, the Maryland General Assembly voted 170-7 to beginl after Labor Day. In 2016, Hogan made the decision to sign an executive order mandating all schools begin after Labor Day.

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Cheryln Ninette Bell, of Southeast D.C., was declared dead when first responders arrived on the scene.

Officers were called to the scene around 8:07 p.m., where they observed Bell laying in the street.

According to police reports, a preliminary investigation determined that Bell was crossing from the south side of Suitland Parkway when an unknown vehicle struck her.

The case remains under investigation. D.C. police ask that if you have any information, call 202-727-9099 or text their tip line at 50411.

Below is a map of the area where the incident happened.

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John Francis Tippett, 43, Monday evening to the 19800 block of Three Notch Road for a call reporting domestic assault, property destruction and homicidal threats.

A hostage negotiation team tried to communicate with Tippett, who continued to fire in the direction of the officers, according to authorities.

As shots were exchanged, Tippett was struck. Deputies attempted life saving measures immediately after, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Tippett had multiple warrants out for his arrest.

A suspicious bag was discovered in the driveway following the shooting, which prompted a response from the State Fire Marshal’s Office. It is unknown if there was anything dangerous in the bag.

The investigation is ongoing and the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office will continue to provide updates.

Below is a map of the area where the shooting happened.

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Dildine, 草莓传媒’s afternoon traffic anchor, accepted the award over the weekend at the American Traffic Safety Services Association’s 50th Annual Convention and Traffic Expo in New Orleans.

鈥淚 am humbled by the recognition from a leading advocate for roadway safety. Although my on-air digressions about the Move Over Law or crash-prone ramps are sometimes met with eye rolls, today I’m reassured that the effort to make our highways safer is alive and stronger than ever,鈥� said Dildine.

鈥淭his award has reaffirmed my commitment to keeping traffic moving and keeping drivers and responders out of harm鈥檚 way.鈥�

Dildine was nominated by Ellen Kamilakis, spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Transportation, Northern Virginia District.

This is the eighth year that the ATSSA has presented the award, and the first time that a reporter from 草莓传媒 has won the award.

鈥淒ave鈥檚 commitment to and passion for his craft are undeniable. Each day, he comes to work ready to provide our listeners and readers with the most accurate traffic and weather information they need to stay safe, be prepared and get where they are going,鈥� said 草莓传媒 Director of 草莓传媒 and Programming Julia Ziegler.

Dildine joined the 草莓传媒 team in 2010 as a traffic reporter. In 2019, he was promoted to the role of afternoon drive traffic anchor. He 2019, he covered the record flash flood in the D.C. region and was able to help a drowning woman in Rock Creek Park at the height of a snow storm.

Before joining 草莓传媒 as a full-time traffic reporter, Dave worked as a traffic and weather reporter for XM Satellite Radio and as a weather research analyst in Austin, Texas. He also organized storm chasing tours with a company based in Oklahoma City.

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From Jan. 29 to Jan 31., former NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Air Force Col. Paul S. Lockhart will talk about his experiences and promote STEM studies.

Lockhart served 26 years in the Air Force before joining NASA. In 2002, two space shuttle missions to the International Space Station, directing six space walks and spending 26 days in space.

The is hosting the program it is calling Space in the Community, which will work to reinforce the importance of STEM to the students.

“STEM education is a valuable investment that Prince George’s County Public Schools is committed to furthering through this great opportunity,” said Monica Goldson, chief executive officer of.

“We know that getting our students engaged in STEM subjects will play a vital role in developing future scientists, engineers and mathematicians for our innovative workforce.”

The program is being funded by , a global aerospace and defense company.

鈥淚n the past 10 years, we鈥檝e dedicated more than $22 million to support STEM education projects and we鈥檙e looking forward to continuing this initiative in the future,” said Ed Zoiss, president of Space and Airborne Systems at L3Harris.

The program will include hands on STEM activities, such as basic rocketry. On Jan. 31 at Oxon Hill High School, there will be a community night open for the public to be a part of the event.

The schools chosen for the presentations are:

• • Indian Queen Elementary School
  • Oxon Hill Middle School
  • DuVal High School
  • Thomas Johnson Middle School
  • Glenn Dale Elementary School
  • Oxon Hill High School

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Randolph Garth, 60, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was crossing the tracks at the platform when he was hit by the freight train, according to Montgomery County police.

Police and emergency personnel responded to the train station on Mateny Hill Road around 6:30 p.m.

Garth died at the scene.

The Major Crimes Division of the Montgomery County Police Department is still investigating.

Anyone with information is asked to call 240-773-5070.

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