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Press Release: Mayor Bowser Encourages Residents to #GoZeroWaste by Dropping Off Food Waste at…

Press Release Aug 9, 2019

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Department of Public Works August 9, 2019 CONTACT: Susana Castillo (EOM) Nancee Lyons (DPW) (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser encouraged District residents to…

Press Release: Norton Slams Cheap Shots Aimed at the Nation’s Capital

Press Release Aug 9, 2019

News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton August 9, 2019 Contact: Jack Miller WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement today on continuing discussions and efforts to dismantle federal…

Upcoming Events

The DC Lineup for this weekend: Cabaret, cuisine and summer camp concerts

Jennifer Anne Mitchell Aug 9, 2019

There are signs of summer winding down this weekend in the District, with end-of-season events for kids’ summer camps and the Golden Cinema’s open-air film series finale. Plus, the DC Department of Parks and Recreation announced that the…

Press Release: 2,000 backpacks to be distributed at DC Public Library’s 7th annual Bellevue…

Press Release Aug 9, 2019

News Release — DC Public Library August 9, 2019 Media Contact: George Williams, Media Relations Manager WHO: DC Public Library, Community of Hope and the Metropolitan Police Department's Beat the Street's Initiative WHAT: Help…

Films

Capital Projections: An eye for an eye edition

Pat Padua Aug 9, 2019

Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week. THE NIGHTINGALE Baykali Ganambarr and Aisling Franciosi (IFC Films) With…

Washington Business Journal: Jack Evans hit with $20,000 fine in ethics investigation

Editor Aug 9, 2019

D.C. Councilman Jack Evans has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine in connection to an ethics probe that found the Ward 2 representative used his elected post for personal gain.

Washington Post: This D.C. barbershop and art gallery offers insight into the LGBTQ community…

Editor Aug 9, 2019

Seven-year-old Nasir Blake wanted to know: Why was his barber taking medicine to “become a boy”?

WAMU: Candidates Taking On D.C. Incumbents Say New Public Financing Program Is A Game-Changer

Editor Aug 9, 2019

When Janeese Lewis George announced earlier this month that she would challenge D.C. Council member Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) in next June’s Democratic primary, she knew she would face an uphill battle. According to his first campaign…

WTOP: Celebrating DC’s first celebrity chef, 40 years later

Editor Aug 9, 2019

On Thursday afternoon, five notable chefs took a break from preparing a five-course dinner at the Watergate Hotel’s Kingbird restaurant to sit around a table and reminisce about an old friend and one of the culinary world’s greatest…

District government

Boiler operator Jose Santos keeps Columbia Heights campus tuned up and energy efficient

Catherine Lee Aug 9, 2019

It’s early morning, and Jose Santos peers at the computer monitor in his basement office at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus on 16th Street NW. On the screen, a blue-and-green diagram corresponds to the water pumps, boilers and air…

WTOP: Legal sports betting in DC won’t be ready for start of football season

Editor Aug 8, 2019

The hope was that the debut of legal sports betting at brick-and-mortar locations in D.C. would coincide with football’s season opener on Sept. 5, but that won’t happen after all.

WAMU: Pioneer Of Local: D.C. Restaurant Honors Chef Jean-Louis Palladin

Editor Aug 8, 2019

The phrase “too many cooks in the kitchen” applied to the scene inside the kitchen at Kingbird Restaurant at the Watergate Hotel Thursday morning.

Washington Post: Some U.S. lawmakers want a ‘red flag’ law. But states have had mixed results.

Editor Aug 8, 2019

Maryland and the District offer a compelling case study of the gun law’s implementation.

Washington Post: D.C. to provide free taxi rides to grocery stores for communities east of the…

Editor Aug 8, 2019

Even in an era when Uber and Lyft have poured billions of dollars into subsidizing their customers’ travel, officials in the District have come up with an eye-popping transportation deal for people in some of the city’s lowest-income…

WTOP: DC grant aims to bulk up mussel count in Anacostia River

Editor Aug 8, 2019

One year after a pilot program placed several species of freshwater mussels in floating colonies in the Anacostia River, there’s a push to add more.

Bisnow: Petworth, Park View Booming With Multifamily Projects, Restaurant Openings

Editor Aug 8, 2019

A growing neighborhood in Northwest D.C. that has welcomed a wave of bars and restaurants over the last year can serve as a model for other parts of the city looking to build more development and attract new retailers.

Washington Post Express: At sweltering Dupont Circle station, a doctor worries about those who sweat…

Editor Aug 8, 2019

It wasn’t quite as bad as descending into the fires of hell.

Washington Post: D.C. lawmaker Jack Evans fined $20,000 in ethics case involving outside work

Editor Aug 8, 2019

D.C. Council member Jack Evans has been fined $20,000 by the city’s ethics agency for using government resources and touting his influence as an elected official while soliciting employment from local law firms.

Curbed: Dumbarton Oaks to get new greenhouses in campus improvement project

Editor Aug 8, 2019

The project is intended to make the estate more energy-efficient and accessible

DCist: Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans Fined $20,000 By Ethics Board

Editor Aug 8, 2019

Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans has agreed to sign a consent settlement with the Board of Ethics And Government Accountability as part of the oversight body’s investigation into alleged ethics violations, Evans’ office announced on…

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