Washington Business Journal: Three Amazon brick-and-mortar stores are coming soon to the D.C. area.…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has three brick-and-mortar retail stores slated to open soon in the D.C. area, and none are supermarkets.
Yearly Archives
2021
DCist: Marjorie Taylor Greene Tagged Along On A D.C. Council Visit To The Jail
Two controversial right-wing members of Congress were allowed by Mayor Muriel Bowser to visit the D.C. Jail on Thursday evening, joining a pre-scheduled tour by members of the D.C. Council.
Washington Post Editorial Board: The mayor must answer questions — and take action — on deplorable…
Standing pools of human sewage. Water shut off for days. Cooked meals served cold and congealed. An overpowering stench of urine and feces.
WTOP: George Washington U. joining Metro’s U-Pass program
Metro on Friday announced that George Washington University will join the system’s U-Pass program, providing heavily discounted bus and rail fares for students.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Urges Residents to Get Covered During Open Enrollment Period
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 5, 2021
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
DC Residents Can Get Covered and Stayed Covered by Going to DCHealthLink.com…
Press Release: DDOT Kicks Off Tree Planting Season
News Release — District Department of Transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 5, 2021
Media Contacts:
German Vigil
Mariam Nabizad
(Washington, DC) — Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced…
Press Release: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Receives the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation…
News Release — DC Public Library
For Immediate Release
November 5, 2021
Media Contacts:
George Williams
One of three projects to earn the National Trust for Historic Preservation's highest honor
(Washington, DC) - The…
District Links: Iconic tenant leaving Municipal Fish Market; CareFirst settlement creates $95M fund…
One of the most visible anchors of the Municipal Fish Market has departed, leaving a visible hole along the Washington Channel and an emotional one for many Washingtonians who remember getting crabs and other seafood from Captain White…
City Paper: D.C. Housing Authority and Its Former Board Chair Receive Subpoenas
Former DCHA board chair Neil Albert resigned after reports that he approved lucrative contracts for a female friend.
Washington Post: Popeyes closes store after TikTok video shows rats swarming kitchen: ‘You still…
Ricardo Land started his early-morning TikTok video outside a Popeyes with a question: “Y’all want to see something?”
WTOP: DC streets to close for Asian-inspired ‘Red Eye Market’
An open-air night market celebrating the food and cultures of the Asian diaspora will cause a number of D.C. street closures, impacting drivers on Saturday night.
WTOP: Navy Yard’s newest apartments: Pools, penthouses — and podcasting studio
Crossing, a twin-tower luxury apartment building at K Street and First Street in Southeast, has completed its second tower, and residential building amenities in D.C. continue to push the limit.
Washington Business Journal: Whittle School owner addresses claims of unpaid bills, says better days…
Chris Whittle was getting ready to board a flight to Wuhan, China, from the Whittle School campus in nearby Shenzhen when a friend called to stop him. It was January 2020.
Brian J. McCabe and Kenan Dogan in The Post: The Fair Elections Program is changing politics as…
There’s a lot of money in local politics, and much of it comes from wealthy donors. But with the implementation of the Fair Elections Program, D.C. is seeking to change who is funding elections.
WTOP: ‘Jackson Reed’ front-runner in renaming of DC’s Woodrow Wilson High
D.C.’s Woodrow Wilson High School will soon have a new name and one option is the clear front-runner.
Axios: D.C.’s biggest vaccine roadblock is misinformation
D.C.'s biggest challenge in ensuring an equitable COVID-19 vaccination program with kids now eligible is not access but rather combating misinformation and hesitancy, according to DC Health director LaQuandra Nesbitt.
Axios: How Glenn Youngkin’s win will impact the D.C. region
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin will govern from Richmond, but how he approaches everything from Metro funding to job creation may impact our region more than any of his predecessors.
WTOP: A DC woman had her pumpkins stolen. Now, an area restaurant is helping her make pie
While much of the attention in the D.C. region last spring was on coronavirus vaccines and a return to normalcy, Northeast resident Sara Wilson and her daughters were thinking about pumpkins.
Michael Havlin in The Post: D.C. should not walk away from streetcar expansion
D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) is reintroducing his signature Metro for DC legislation, which would create a “transit equity fund” intended to expand transit services to underserved communities. The fund would expand DC…
Washington Post: The rise and fall of the Jack Daniel’s committee: How D.C.’s police lodge made…
In March 2017, the leaders of Washington’s Fraternal Order of Police Lodge — an umbrella group for police unions in the capital — told their members about an exciting new idea.