One of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. retail industry in recent years has been resale - the sale of used merchandise. With new stores entering the market and current ones opening new locations, the multi-billion dollar resale market is poised to become mainstream. VOA’s June Soh visited so-called second-hand stores to find out why.
Wildflour catering company near Washington, DC hires people with disabilities and gives them marketable skills
Lifelong intellectual disabilities often can hinder a person's ability to acquire skills or get a job. The people who run the Wildflour catering company near Washington, DC know that, so they have made a special effort to hire people with disabilities.
HIIT exercise gains followers among busy people, with limited time
Everything at Chocolate Lovers Festival in Old Town Fairfax, Virginia is made of chocolate
Steve Doudaklian's father came to US more than three decades ago from Lebanon and opened a shoe repair business outside Washington
Interesting and centuries old-handmade bottles are at The National Bottle Museum in Saratoga County, New York
City firefighters continue tradition of elaborate displays at fire stations
Iconic Caffè Lena in Saratoga Springs, upstate New York, has hosted thousands of folk music and other acoustic concerts
Artists offer those looking for a memorable way to capture an event something unique
Chicken rental business starts in suburban Maryland
Since it began running in 1786, White's Ferry has been a widely used means of crossing the river that separates Maryland and Virginia
Started by Stanford University students, mobile workshop travels across the US
New breed of outdoor movie is springing up across nation, and open-air theaters are becoming modern summer pastime for many movie fans
A firefighting camp for girls only is run by Arlington, Virginia Fire Department
The outdoor theaters, which peaked during the 1950s in America, remain popular in the digital age
Small town on Eastern Shore hopes its burgeoning patronage will give local artists creative freedom
Decades-old competition involving hand-built gravity-powered cars still cherished by families across America
Go Pink! DC races against other breast cancer survivor teams in boating festivals
Church in Washington, DC suburb distributes free food to needy
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