Washington Post: Metro, other transit systems on high alert to prevent coronavirus spread
Sick people are urged to avoid using public transit
Yearly Archives
2020
WAMU: From Black Tie Parties To Boarded-Up Windows: The Story Of Iran’s D.C. Embassy
When an owner no longer has use for a building, they’ll typically put it on the market for sale. But what if the owner is a foreign country — and one that’s lost diplomatic ties with the United States?
Washington Business Journal: Metro’s potential restoration of some late-night service a…
Metro staff is proposing a partial revival of late-night train service, offering to restore about half of the evening commuting hours that were suspended about three years ago, according to a Metro staff report released Monday.
Washington Post: The Georgetown church quarantined by D.C.’s coronavirus outbreak
Christ Church, Georgetown is usually known for things like sponsoring the posh neighborhood’s garden tour and being co-founded 203 years ago by Francis Scott Key, who wrote “the Star Spangled Banner.”
Press Release: Norton’s Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act Will Be Marked…
March 10, 2020
Contact: Raven Reeder
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that her bill to authorize the establishment of a memorial on federal land in the nation’s capital to honor the women who…
Gordon Chaffin: DC should abolish advisory neighborhood commissions or give them a lot more support
Right now, a large portion of DC’s elected officials are considering whether they should run for another term in office. Members of the District’s 40 advisory neighborhood commissions (ANCs) are discussing with loved ones the unpaid time…
Washington Post: D.C.-area coronavirus cases spike; hundreds of churchgoers told to quarantine
Authorities in the Washington area took different approaches Monday as they scrambled to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus: D.C. officials asked hundreds of churchgoers to self-quarantine, while officials in Maryland and Virginia…
WUSA9: ‘Don’t let people doubt you’| DC student-athlete is a teen mom who…
Tajha Jackson was back on the basketball court just three weeks after giving birth, ending her career as the highest scoring girls basketball player in DC.
Fox 5: Superior court judges are releasing murder suspects from jail, angering DC’s police…
D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham says releasing murder defendants back into the community is a "relatively new phenomenon" and it's causing him great concern.
Press Release: Coronavirus Data Update
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
March 9, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – As of 9:45 pm on Monday, March 9, the District’s Coronavirus data includes three new confirmed cases:
39…
WTOP: DC cherry blossoms reach 3rd stage of bloom
The cherry blossoms in D.C. have reached the third stage of peak bloom: extension of florets.
Washingtonian: This Guy Always Seems to Show Up in Viral Stories About DC Wildlife
Who is Dan the Bird Man and why is he quoted so often in stories about eagles and bobcats?
Bisnow: D.C. Tech Firm To Nearly Double Footprint In Move To Metropolitan Square
A D.C.-based firm that provides technology to nonprofits and political campaigns has been growing rapidly, and it will soon nearly double its office footprint.
Washington Post: Hundreds of D.C.-area students returning from studying abroad are told to spend two…
Washington-area universities are telling hundreds of students returning from study-abroad programs in nations stricken with coronavirus outbreaks to spend two weeks in isolation before coming back to campus.
Washington Post: Tour bus driver sentenced to 6 months in jail in D.C. crash that killed two…
A tour bus driver who made an illegal left turn and fatally struck two tourists in a downtown Washington crosswalk in 2018 was sentenced to six months in jail Monday.
DCist: D.C. Pays Residents To Install Home Security Cameras. There’s A Clear Divide In Which…
Gentrifying areas have embraced the private security camera program while neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River see low levels of participation.
UrbanTurf: 740,000 or 840,000? DC’s Varying Ten-Year Population Projections
As evidence mounts of slowing population growth in DC proper, the city's latest report from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer offers some projections for how the population will change over the next ten years.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Directs Contingency Funds to District’s Coronavirus Response
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
March 9, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today in a letter to the District’s Chief Financial Officer, Mayor Muriel Bowser directed an additional $1,000,000…
Press Release: Environmental Film Festival Cancels March Events Amid Coronavirus Concerns
News Release — Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
For Immediate Release
Will host “virtual” festival for select films to be viewed online beginning next week
Washington DC (March 9, 2020) Due to concerns related…