City Paper: Ward 8 ANC Pleads Guilty to Threatening the Mother of His Child
Kendall Simmons is still facing a felony charge for threatening another ANC in a separate incident.
Yearly Archives
2019
Press Release: Norton, Beyer Introduce Bill Prohibiting Federal Police from Refusing to Work with…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 25, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Donald S. Beyer (D-VA) announced today that they have introduced the…
District Links: Local firm faults effectiveness of CBE program in helping local businesses win…
Happy Thursday. DC often touts its Certified Business Enterprise program as helping boost “small and local” companies win government contracts.
‘Pop-up CBEs’: District firm blasts implementation of program meant to help local companies win…
The District’s Certified Business Enterprise program aims to boost “small and local” DC-based firms seeking government contracts, ensuring local dollars can flow to companies typically led by minorities or women.
But Southeast DC…
Greater Greater Washington: Commuting without Metro is a struggle for late-night workers
Darryl Haden, 34, and Mathieu Ghirardo, 21, start their workday when many of us are prepping for our exit. As fryers at Amsterdam Falafelshop, they come in around 4 pm, and may not get off work until 4 am the following morning. For both…
Washingtonian: The Wharf Is Getting Another Hotel
The Pendry will have three bars and restaurants, plus a spa.
Curbed: Survey: Where should D.C. build more affordable housing?
Half of the city’s income-restricted units are found east of the Anacostia River
City Paper: The Collapse of the DC Cancer Consortium Left Gaps in D.C.’s Cancer Care Network
For many years the DC Cancer Consortium was the city’s leader in cancer education, prevention, and treatment.
WTOP: Amtrak will try nonstop Acela from DC to NY
Amtrak’s Acela service gets passengers from D.C. to New York pretty quickly, but an even quicker option will be available this fall.
Washington Post: Amtrak will launch nonstop service between Washington, D.C. and New York
The weekday-only service will launch Sept. 23.
Washington Post: This couple has been homeless and jobless. Last week, they graduated from a D.C.…
The line was alphabetical — but if it hadn’t been, Danielle and Stephen Corbin would have found a way to stand together anyway.
Washington Business Journal: New Georgetown restaurant plans to offer sushi on a stick
Georgetown residents may soon be able to eat a blend of Japanese, Malaysian, Chinese, Thai and Burmese barbecue along with sushi at Sticx. Inspired by late-night street markets, Aung Myint is attempting to bring familiar cultural cuisines…
City Paper: If These Shelves Could Talk: Lessons From Four Enduring D.C. Liquor Stores
One of the original founders of Schneider’s of Capitol Hill is still with us. Abe Genderson, who opened the iconic liquor store in 1949 with his father-in-law Max Schneider, celebrated his 100th birthday in June. Abe’s wife, Charlotte…
The Georgetown Metropolitan: The History of the Urban Legend of Georgetown Residents Stopping a…
Let’s first get this out of the way: The reason there is no Metro stop in Georgetown is two-fold: technical difficulties from the hardness of the bedrock and the proximity of the river meant a station would be infeasible; and at the time…
For Sgt. Ryan and his cadaver dog Kylie, an ‘epic game of hide-and-seek’ comes with high stakes
Everyone knows Lassie, the heroic collie from novels, movies and TV who repeatedly saves her human from near-death experiences. But in DC, there’s a real-life canine hero, whose companion rescued her from a shelter and trained her to…
Washington Post: It seemed like a small lease dispute. Why was it so important to charter advocates?
The details seemed rather mundane. A municipal spat involving a lease, a city construction project and a charter preschool educating 100 toddlers.
Curbed: 750 apartments and coworking space planned for large parcel along I-695
Construction on the 7.3-acre site is expected to begin in late 2019
Washington Post: D.C. man faces 8 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty in April death of…
A District man faces more than eight years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter after he struck and killed a bicyclist in April in the stolen van he was driving as he was fleeing police.
City Paper: Washington Kastles Players Embrace Their Rooftop Home. Its Future Is Unclear.
"I mean, how many times are you going to play on a roof in your life?"
Street Sense: How cool indifference magnifies the summer heat
Washington D.C. is one of the most intense summer “heat islands” of any U.S. city. Temperatures during the summer can soar 21 degrees higher than surrounding rural areas, according to a report by Climate Central. And the population at…