Washington Post: Longtime D.C. halfway house won’t renew federal contract
A longtime District halfway house under fire for its coronavirus response will not seek renewal of its federal contract when it expires April 30.
Yearly Archives
2020
City Paper: The XFL and DC Defenders Come to an Abrupt End
Before Troy Machir accepted the job as the content director for the DC Defenders, the local franchise of the rebooted XFL, he envisioned scenarios that could cause him to feel apprehensive about joining a startup sports league.
WAMU: D.C. Students With Disabilities Could Face ‘Significant Regression’ During Distance Learning
On school days, LaJoy Johnson-Law and her daughter, Abria, replicate an abbreviated version of the 8-year-old’s schedule at Rocketship Legacy Prep in the District.
Colbert King in The Post: Covid-19 has delivered a sudden end to D.C.’s booming economy
In his Lenten meditation this week, the Rev. Canon Leonard L. Hamlin Sr. of the Washington National Cathedral asked, “When we are able to reach a point of looking back, will anything be different because of what we have been through?” He…
WAMU: Historians Want Your Pandemic Journals And Photos ‘In Real Time’
What’s it like to live through history? It’s a question many of us have been learning the answer to over the past month. Now the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. is asking local residents to document their experiences during the…
Washington Post: Darran Simon, Washington Post journalist, dies at 43
Darran Simon, a journalist who developed an expertise reporting on trauma during a wide-ranging career that had recently brought him to The Washington Post, where he covered District politics and government, was found dead April 9 at his…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Grants Early Release to Several Residents Held in the DC Jail
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
April 10, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser, through authority granted by the “COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act of 2020” that was…
District Links: Mayor wants some NPS roads to be closed everyday for recreation; Washington Post DC…
TGIF. On weekends, Beach Drive becomes a popular spot for people walking, running and biking through the heart of Rock Creek Park. A new request from Mayor Muriel Bowser asks the National Park Service to close the same stretch of roadway…
City Paper: A Top D.C. Catering Company Finds a Way to Feed Residents in Wards 7 and 8
With weddings and other events on hold, Occasions Caterers is feeding seniors and families who need meals on Sundays.
Washington Business Journal: 50-year-old West End D.C. office building to get major makeover,…
A joint venture of Network Realty Partners and Meadow Partners hopes to start work in July on a major overhaul of 2100 M St. NW, an 11-story office building that lost its anchor tenant to new space near L'Enfant Plaza.
Press Release: Norton Asks BOP for Contingency Plan for D.C. Returning Citizens After Hope Village…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
April 10, 2020
Contact: Raven Reeder
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the letter she sent today to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) asking for…
Bisnow: New Owner Of Dupont Circle Office Building Plans Major Redesign
A Dupont Circle office building that traded hands in September is now being eyed for a major overhaul.
City Paper: A Department of Public Works Employee Took Down Campaign Signs For Ward 4 Candidate…
A Department of Public Works employee was spotted taking down campaign signs for Ward 4 candidate Janeese Lewis George, apparently under a supervisor's direction.
UrbanTurf: Doubling Applications and Revenue: The Second Year of DC’s Velocity Program
Two years after the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs introduced programs to help developers, builders, and property owners expedite the permitting process, UrbanTurf is taking another look at how the programs are being used.
DCist: Some Washingtonians Converted Their Little Free Libraries Into Emergency Pantries. Others…
As the coronavirus began to spread in D.C. and getting groceries became a challenging chore for many, Chhaya Rao decided that her little free library might serve better as a little free pantry.
DCist: D.C.’s Restaurants Are Swapping Fine Dining For Comfort Food On Their Takeout Menus
There’s something about food as a balm for tragedy. As D.C. restaurant owners who are open for takeout and delivery continue to feel out operations in an industry leveled by COVID-19, some are remaking menus to focus on more casual,…
Joan Moody in The Post: Cherry blossoms are a symbol of hope in a surreal spring
What a surreal spring it has been.
Washington Post: He’s delivering your groceries to you. He’s also risking his life.
You have to protect the things you can, so when the cashier at the Harris Teeter checkout counter asked Matt Gillette if he wanted anything double-bagged, he considered the stakes.
Washington Times: Flags across the District to fly at half staff
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday ordered flags to fly half-staff across the city to honor those who have died from coronavirus and the two Metropolitan Police officers who died this week.
City Paper: D.C. Residents With Disabilities Depend on Grocery Delivery Services. Now Everyone Wants…
There were at least 75,783 people with disabilities living in D.C. as of 2017.