MELISSA MOLLET

The pandemic has changed our habits and had a noticeable effect on traffic patterns across D.C., Maryland and Virginia. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports.

Hiding in the bathroom for a few minutes can only alleviate so much parental burnout. Melissa Mollet is working for you with advice on rebooting your time to feel better long-term.

Two friends from Maryland call themselves street historians or Crick Diggers – and they have a lot to teach us from relics they find buried throughout the region. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports. Edited by Arun Raman.

After Staff Sgt. Geoffrey Burleson lost his life in 2016, his memory lived on in a willow he had proudly planted in front of his house. His wife and daughter were heartbroken when the tree fell — but were able to preserve some of the wood with the help of strangers. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports.

After Staff Sgt. Geoffrey Burleson lost his life to combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder in 2016, his memory lived on in a tree he had proudly planted in front of his house. His wife, Céline Burleson, and daughter Brylie could look out their window in Virginia to see the Daddy Tree — a sweet reminder of Sgt. Burleson’s life in a…

A unicycling is a trend sweeping through a Northern Virginia town. “It’s just so amazing to see unicycles anywhere. Especially so many of them,” one rider tells News4’s Melissa Mollet.

The quarantine has been a good time for many of us to consider picking up a new hobby — or, for one Northern Virginia dad, sharing an old pastime that now has the whole neighborhood excited. Unicycling is sweeping a neighborhood after father of three Joe Belt taught his kids how to ride on just one wheel. Belt grew up…

D.C. area families are reinventing Halloween traditions for social distancing — and if candy sales are an indicator, everyone’s favorite spooky holiday is still on in 2020. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports.

News4’s Melissa Mollet reports on how two local cousins diagnosed with breast cancer leaned on each other for strength and encouragement.

News4’s Melissa Mollet has the story of how a Virginia community banded together to solve a decades-long mystery and reunite a veteran’s family with his long-lost uniform.

A group of strangers banded together to find clues and tell one soldier’s story

Social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic has left many of us alone. A company called Like Family is trying to build connections through video calls. “I walked away smiling like I’d been on vacation,” one user told News4’s Melissa Mollet. The company’s site is LikeFamilyVisits.com.

A D.C.-area man is helping others by starting a movement: It’s called Fix it Forward and he’s already brought smiles and a big boost for a small business. Blair Brylawski is documenting his kind acts to help people realize there can be light even during dark times. Brylawski got the idea to start supporting others when he was little...

A Montgomery County school teacher is relieving students’ stress with something homemade. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports.

The 2020 Doodle for Google art contest is going on right now and thousands of students are hoping their design will be featured. News4’s Melissa Mollet spoke with one of the local finalists, Oakton High School junior Sarah Naidich.

There is a new nonprofit helping to connect people in need of essentials with others who are willing and able to donate. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports on how people across the D.C. area and beyond are using Intellihelp to give and receive help.

As more schools move classes online for the fall semester, students consider starting their college careers at community colleges to save money. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports.

One local psychologist found that teachers are being asked to do the impossible as students learn from home. She decided to create a support group to offer them help though some of the challenges they face. News4’s Melissa Mollet has the story.

Many businesses have been making changes during the pandemic, including a Virginia salon that asked a local designer to create clear face masks for a stylist who is hard-of-hearing and her customers. “I always choke up a little bit when I talk about it,” Ashley Maughan said. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports.