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Washington Post: D.C. names new nightlife office director — a city liquor board investigator

Editor Nov 28, 2018

Applications to become the District’s first nightlife director came in from across the country and around the world, but Mayor Muriel E. Bowser selected a lead investigator from her own liquor board to take on the city’s “after-hours…

Washington Post: In D.C., water fees tap into tension over race, gentrification and the First…

Editor Nov 28, 2018

Of municipal government’s many mundane functions, perhaps none is less attention-grabbing than the collection of water and sewer fees.

City Paper: D.C. Names a ‘Night Mayor’ Who Has Years of Experience Fielding Complaints

Editor Nov 28, 2018

None of the bartenders with political ambitions got the "Nightlife Mayor" gig. No surprise there. Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser named Shawn Townsend to the position, whose official title is "Director of The Mayor's Office of Nightlife and…

WAMU: Turmoil Continues At D.C.’s Consumer And Regulatory Agency, As Three Top Officials Are Pushed…

Editor Nov 28, 2018

Three senior officials at the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs were fired this week, less than 10 days after the agency’s director, Melinda Bolling, announced that she was leaving for another job.

Art

Interplay between DC artist’s portraits, geometric work creates engaging experience at AU…

Athena Naylor Nov 28, 2018

The contrasting pursuits of DC artist and American University professor Ian Jehle are both on full view in a new exhibit at the university’s Alper gallery space, with Jehle’s well-known, large-scale figurative drawings of prominent members…

Washingtonian: Living in Shaw—as a Senior Citizen

Editor Nov 28, 2018

What's it like for a retiree on a fixed income to live in a place where everything new seems geared toward millennials?

City Paper: Trayon White Halts Proposed Multi-Million-Dollar Retail and Residential Project in…

Editor Nov 28, 2018

Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White has asked Jack Evans, Ward 2 Councilmember and chairman of the Council's finance and revenue committee, not to mark up a bill that would divert some $60 million in tax increment bond financing to a…

DCist: Capitol Hill’s Riverby Books Is Closing Down

Editor Nov 28, 2018

One of Capitol Hill’s most-beloved used bookstores is shuttering after 17 years consigning rare books, giving out dog treats to neighborhood pups, and serving afternoon tea for a loyal band of local customers. Riverby Books on East Capitol…

City Paper: Heads Roll at the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs

Editor Nov 28, 2018

Former director Melinda Bolling and three high level employees leave behind a FOIA lawsuit and lingering problems.

Arts and Culture

Local actor returns to DC for role in visiting ‘Beautiful’ tour

Kate Oczypok Nov 28, 2018

It was in high school that Paul Scanlan stumbled into the notion that he was good at acting — a realization that has paid off. Scanlan, who grew up in Olney, Md., and attended Catholic University, is back home through the holidays as part…

Mayor Bowser Appoints Shawn Townsend as Director of the Mayor’s Office of Nightlife and Culture

Press Release Nov 28, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 28, 2018 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Mayor Bowser Appoints Shawn Townsend as Director of the Mayor’s Office of Nightlife and Culture (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the…

Landscape Architecture Magazine: The River Beneath the River

Editor Nov 28, 2018

For a long time, the Anacostia River didn’t even have a name. It was just the Eastern Branch, the other, less promising section of Washington, D.C.’s better known and more distinguished river, the Potomac. But it was always known as a…

WUSA9: Shaw neighborhood continues push for local standalone middle school

Editor Nov 28, 2018

WASHINGTON -- A D.C. high school with an historic past will soon get a new building in the heart of the city, but not without some controversy.

Features

Introduced to chess at the age of 3, Ward 7 teen now holds national ranking

Andria Moore Nov 28, 2018

People look at Zahir Muhammad and automatically assume he plays sports. At 6 feet 3 inches, he towers over most of his peers at DeMatha Catholic High School. But the 16-year old’s sport of choice isn’t basketball or football: it’s chess.…

Washington Post: D.C. is one of the nation’s highest-profile school systems. Do people still want to…

Editor Nov 27, 2018

The District has struggled to recruit candidates to fill the city’s top education job, which has sat vacant nine months, according to a top elected official.

WTOP: EXCLUSIVE: Dockless bike, scooter surge on way as 12 companies apply for DC permits

Editor Nov 27, 2018

WASHINGTON — D.C. is set to see a surge in dockless scooters and bike-share bicycles after a dozen companies applied for the city’s new permits.

WTOP: Lost Sock Roasters, Turning Natural sign on to Takoma Theater

Editor Nov 27, 2018

The historic Takoma Theatre, redeveloped by Rock Creek Property Group and soon home to a satellite clinic for Children’s National Hospital, has signed two retail tenants: Lost Sock Roasters, a small-batch coffee roaster, and Turning…

Washington Times: D.C. Council approves clean energy bill

Editor Nov 27, 2018

A unanimous D.C. Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a major climate change legislation with some last-minute revisions that worry environmentalists.

Washington Post: D.C. Council gives preliminary approval to ambitious clean-energy goals

Editor Nov 27, 2018

The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to legislation that would move the District’s power grid to entirely renewable energy sources by 2032, a goal that places the city in the vanguard of local governments seeking to tackle…

Think Progress: Historic D.C. climate bill one step closer to reality after clearing crucial first…

Editor Nov 27, 2018

The effort is the most ambitious renewable energy goal of any city or state in the country.

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District Links: New report cites 5.7% drop in DC jobs over past year; OCF investigating claims against Lewis George…

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A new report on DC's economic and revenue trends shows a 5.7% drop in jobs over the last year and an increase in the office vacancy rate to 18.3%.

District Links: Bowser resubmits PSC nominations fought by environmentalists; group rejects calls to drop White House…

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Mayor Muriel Bowser last week withdrew — and then resubmitted — two controversial nominations for the Public Service Commission that would have otherwise been deemed disapproved at month's end.

District Links: Bowser, Pirro unveil legislation to address rise in domestic violence; Allen bill would enable…

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With domestic violence accounting for a growing share of homicides and assaults with a dangerous weapon in the District, Mayor Muriel Bowser and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro today announced new…

jonetta rose barras: Who among DC’s mayoral candidates can help the city fulfill its potential? (Part 1)

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A diverse crowd of nearly 300 people squeezed into the auditorium at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on Monday evening; it was a standing-room-only setting at the latest DC mayoral forum,…

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