
Beltway Report: Baltimore, Washington continue early struggles
O’s drop series opener to Yankees, 6-5: A four-run seventh doomed Baltimore in a 6-5 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday.

O’s drop series opener to Yankees, 6-5: A four-run seventh doomed Baltimore in a 6-5 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday.

A two-run 10th lifted Washington Nationals to a 4-3 win in the finale at Philadelphia on Sunday, helping the preseason World Series favorites avoid what would have been an embarrassing 1-5 start.

The Washington Nationals have announced OF Jayson Werth has been assigned to the Potomac Nationals for a rehabilitation stint beginning on P-Nats’ Opening Day 2015 scheduled for Thursday, April 9th.

Last week, I had the opportunity to meet with nearly 300 local elected officials who join me in representing the two cities, 21 counties, and 39 towns that make up Virginia’s Fifth District.

Holocaust Remembrance will be observed at Washington and Lee University with a talk by a Holocaust survivor and the screening of a film set during World War II.

The Washington Nationals ran away from the pack in the National League Eastern Division in 2014 with an astonishing 17-game bulge over their closest challenger, the Atlanta Braves. So with the addition of starter Max Scherzer and his nasty-looking 12-6 curve and another year of seasoning from phenom Bryce Harper, the experts are predicting a landslide divisional championship for the Washingtonians.

Washington and Lee University received a grant from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund that will help support a new initiative at W&L to enhance and expand community engagement and service-learning (CE/SL) in the Rockbridge County area.

The Forest Service is issuing a temporary special use permit to survey a 12.6-mile segment of the George Washington National Forest for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Highland County and Augusta County.

The Augusta Free Press Beltway Report will be a regular column for quality Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals news, analysis, stats, and opinions from the fan perspective.

Lucas Morel, the Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Politics at Washington and Lee University, will make remarks at the Lincoln Memorial as part of the sesquicentennial of President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Speech. The event takes place on Saturday, March 7 at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
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