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The Hoya: New Call Your Mother Location Target of Neighborhood Controversy

Editor Oct 30, 2019

Two prominent local government leaders recently penned letters opposing Call Your Mother’s planned opening at the corner of 35th and O streets, despite an earlier vote to allow the deli to operate in the residential neighborhood.

District Links: Go-go taking over Wilson Building with hearing and concert; DC Council chairman…

Editor Oct 30, 2019

Happy Wednesday. Go-go will be heard throughout the Wilson Building tonight — after a hearing to make it the official music genre of the District.

Washingtonian: The History of Go-Go: A 6 Step Guide to the Essentials

Editor Oct 30, 2019

With DC’s homegrown music style in the news, here’s a quick primer for the uninitiated.

DCist: D.C.’s Only Halfway House Has Its Contract Extended As Dispute Over New Provider Continues

Editor Oct 30, 2019

The Bureau of Prisons has extended its contract with D.C.’s men’s halfway house for another six months, buying the agency time to resolve a contract dispute that has threatened to leave the District without a men’s halfway house for…

UrbanTurf: FRA a Bummer for Union Station’s Burnham Place

Editor Oct 30, 2019

Over the past eight years, UrbanTurf has been following the proposed Burnham Place development, which would deliver more than three million square feet of walkable mixed-use development using the air rights above the Union Station…

WAMU: Metro To Stay Open Late For Nationals Game 7 Watch Party

Editor Oct 30, 2019

Nationals fans attending Game 7 watch parties around Navy Yard and the downtown area will be able to take Metro home after the World Series concludes Wednesday night.

Washington Times: Metro to stay open extra hour after Nationals Game 7 watch party

Editor Oct 30, 2019

There may not be a baseball game in Washington Wednesday night, but there could be a pretty big party.

UrbanTurf: Mayor Bowser Announces New Tool to Help DC Teachers Buy Homes

Editor Oct 30, 2019

While a budget item that Mayor Muriel Bowser pushed earlier this year to subsidize workforce housing was gutted, the city is now turning to a new tool to facilitate homeownership for DC Public Schools (DCPS) staff.

WTOP: 4 Metro stations to stay open late for final World Series watch party

Editor Oct 30, 2019

Four Metro stations will stay open late for the final World Series watch party at Nationals Park, Metro announced Wednesday.

Washington Informer: Hope Village Remains Open for Business — For Now

Editor Oct 30, 2019

The ongoing controversy about the fitness of Hope Village to house returning offenders in Ward 8 continues. Recently, the facility received a six-month extension to keep its doors open from the federal government despite efforts from…

Press Release: Going to a Nationals Game 7 Watch Party tonight? Metro will stay open a full hour…

Press Release Oct 30, 2019

News Release — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority For immediate release: October 30, 2019 Nationals fans attending Game 7 watch parties can take Metro home thanks to support from Pepco. Metro General Manager/CEO Paul J.…

Press Release: AG Racine and Apartments.com Announce New Effort to Fight Housing Discrimination in…

Press Release Oct 30, 2019

News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General October 30, 2019 MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications Apartments.com to Block Discriminatory Ads Against Low-Income Renters in the District and Nationwide WASHINGTON,…

Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces the District’s Public Schools as the Fastest Improving in the…

Press Release Oct 30, 2019

News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education, and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education October 30, 2019 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) Tiffany Browne (DME) Fred…

Press Release: DC Public Schools Continues to be the Fastest Improving Urban School District

Press Release Oct 30, 2019

News Release — DC Public Schools Wednesday, October 30, 2019 DCPS Shows Steady Gains on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), the “Nation’s Report Card,” for Tenth Year, and Outpaced Other Urban School Districts in…

Washington Times: D.C. Council nominates former Obama official to Metro board

Editor Oct 30, 2019

The D.C. Council will nominate a former U.S. Department of Transportation official to represent the District as a voting member on the Metro board of directors, filling the seat left vacant by Council Member Jack Evans.

Washington Business Journal: Arena Football League closes local operations. Here’s what Ted…

Editor Oct 30, 2019

The on-again, off-again Arena Football League is off again — the entire league is closing its team services and business operations in all of its local markets, including Washington and Baltimore, at least for the time being, according to…

UrbanTurf: 26 Units and Retail Proposed Near Uptown Theater in Cleveland Park

Editor Oct 30, 2019

More development is in the works for Cleveland Park's main strip.

Curbed: Officials to present design concepts for Georgetown C&O Canal rehabilitation

Editor Oct 30, 2019

A public meeting on a required environmental review is set for November 7

WAMU: Jefferson Memorial Receives $10 Million For New Museum From David Rubenstein

Editor Oct 30, 2019

The Jefferson Memorial is getting a new underground museum, courtesy of a multi-million dollar donation from a local billionaire.

WTOP: Georgetown says fundraising, not student fee, will support projects to benefit descendants of…

Editor Oct 30, 2019

Georgetown University has announced plans to use fundraising as a way to pay for community-based projects that will support descendants impacted by the school’s role in the slave trade instead of a student fee.

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