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WTOP: Low and loud: Government to study helicopter noise around nation’s capital

Editor Jun 7, 2019

After complaints from residents in Virginia, Maryland and D.C., the Government Accountability Office will conduct a study of helicopter noise in and around the nation’s capital.

Washington Post: Virginia formally urges Metro board to release findings of Jack Evans ethics probe

Editor Jun 7, 2019

Virginia on Thursday formally called on the Metro board to make public the findings of its ethics investigation into board chairman Jack Evans, saying the disclosure was necessary for “accountability and transparency.”

District Links: Cars dominate the region’s transportation picture, poll says; Virginia pushes…

Cuneyt Dil Jun 7, 2019

TGIF! There’s a new WaPo-Schar School poll that shows most people in the region drive cars to get around, with 64 percent of District residents saying they have driven to get someplace in the past year.

Takoma Park Library prepares for 4-month refresh

Press Release Jun 7, 2019

For Immediate Release June 6, 2019 Media Contact: George Williams, Media Relations Manager Takoma Park Library prepares for 4-month refresh (Washington, D.C.) - The Takoma Park Library located at 416 Cedar St. NW will close for…

Deborah Simmons in The Washington Times: To combat D.C. homelessness, fight residency fraud first

Editor Jun 7, 2019

Here’s an alert for D.C. taxpayers and other stakeholders — and that includes you. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced Wednesday morning that the city is suing six Maryland parents for fraudulently claiming D.C. residency so they…

Washington Times: District joins corporations to create housing, end homelessness

Editor Jun 7, 2019

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday a city partnership with the private sector to help end homelessness in the District and create 36,000 affordable housing units by 2025.

Washington Post: District AG sues six more Maryland parents over residency fraud

Editor Jun 7, 2019

The District’s attorney general is suing six Maryland parents — including three current or former city employees — for allegedly lying about their residency to send their children to D.C. schools for free.

WTOP: DC moves to make more 24-hour restrooms available to the public

Editor Jun 7, 2019

Two 24-hour, stand-alone, public restrooms will be going into still undetermined high-traffic D.C. neighborhoods, where facilities are lacking.

WTOP: Catholic University gets record $20M nursing school donation

Editor Jun 7, 2019

The Catholic University of America has received a $20 million donation from William Conway Jr., co-founder of D.C.-based investment firm The Carlyle Group, and his wife, Joanne.

Washington Business Journal: Carlyle co-founder donates $20 million to Catholic University

Editor Jun 7, 2019

Bill Conway, co-founder and co-executive chairman of D.C. private equity giant The Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ: CG), and his wife, Joanne, have made a $20 million donation to Catholic University, bringing their total financial support to the…

City Paper: RFK Stadium Will Now Have Turf Fields Nearby

Editor Jun 7, 2019

The three multi-purpose turf fields in Northeast are the latest sports and recreation investment the city has made this past year.

WTOP: Maury Wills headlines DCSAA Hall of Fame class

Editor Jun 6, 2019

Maury Wills really likes this story. As a teenager, living in the Parkside housing projects off Kenilworth Avenue in Northeast D.C., he would play with a semipro team on Sundays during the summer. That team was the Pontiac Indians, so…

Washington Post: Meet the biggest and smallest dinosaurs in the Smithsonian’s redesigned exhibit

Editor Jun 6, 2019

Of all the creatures that have walked, slithered, swum and soared around the Earth over the past, oh, 3½ billion years, dinosaurs are undoubtedly the coolest. That, in any case, is the consensus view of children, and it’s why the newly…

WTOP: DC sues 6 more Md. parents, accusing them of school residency fraud

Editor Jun 6, 2019

D.C.’s crackdown on school residency fraud continued on Thursday, with more parents now facing lawsuits from Attorney General Karl Racine’s office.

Washington Business Journal: D.C.-based Mischo Beauty finds a place on Macy’s shelves, with…

Editor Jun 6, 2019

D.C.-based Mischo Beauty’s line of luxury nail lacquer is now available through Macy’s online and retail stores, with an possible expansion to Bloomingdale's and Macy's Bluemercury brand by early 2020.

DCist: D.C. Dyke March Faces Controversy Over Banning Israeli And Nationalist Symbols

Editor Jun 6, 2019

On the eve of D.C.’s first Dyke March in more than a decade, organizers have found themselves responding to allegations of anti-Semitism after they announced that Israeli and other nationalist symbols would not be allowed at the march on…

WAMU: A Log Cabin With An Eccentric Past May Get A New Home In Rock Creek Park

Editor Jun 6, 2019

By a parking lot off of Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park, there is a small unassuming building. You might mistake it for a restroom from afar. On a map, you’ll see the name Miller Cabin, but there are no signs or interpretive displays…

DCist: For Its 15th Year, The DC Jazz Festival Is Celebrating All Over The District

Editor Jun 6, 2019

The DC Jazz Festival can trace its history back to 2004, when founder and longtime executive producer Charlie Fishman came up with the concept of an annual festival that focused on jazz in the nation’s capital. Debuting as the Duke…

DCist: The Library Is Launching A Go-Go Book Club This Summer

Editor Jun 6, 2019

Summer book season is upon us, and the D.C. Public Library is hoping to get some books about D.C.’s homegrown music genre in your beach bag. The DCPL is launching a three-part Go-Go Book Club in collaboration with Washington Performing…

City Paper: Robert White Goes on Tucker Carlson Tonight to Promote Felon Voting Rights Bill

Editor Jun 6, 2019

Carlson asks if White would campaign in prisons

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