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WAMU: Fare Evasion Could Cost Metro $36 Million. Here’s What The Agency Is Doing About It.

Editor Jul 12, 2019
If you hop a turnstile in a Metro station, smile. The agency is testing a new camera system in hopes of curbing an increase in fare evasion.

WTOP: Canal Road to be closed at least 1 more week for repairs

Editor Jul 12, 2019
A major commuter route in Northwest Washington is staying closed for another week.

Washington Post: Canal Road in Northwest Washington will be closed for a week

Editor Jul 12, 2019
Crews working to repair road after heavy rains and flooding from Monday.

Curbed: 700-seat tennis stadium opens on top of Union Market building July 15

Editor Jul 12, 2019
Venus Williams and the Washington Kastles will play there this month

UrbanTurf: Petworth ANC Passes Housing Development Guidelines

Editor Jul 12, 2019
As the city contemplates how to update the Comprehensive Plan, one DC Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) is taking a similar approach to development within its borders.

Dani Levinas in The Post: When artists cry out about human tragedy, it’s not politics

Editor Jul 12, 2019
Last month, the Phillips Collection, America’s first museum of modern art, launched one of the most extensive, ambitious and timely exhibitions in its nearly 100-year history, “The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement.”

WTOP: DC’s Humane Rescue Alliance, NJ animal welfare center merge to create nation’s first…

Editor Jul 12, 2019
D.C.’s Humane Rescue Alliance, the area’s largest animal rescue organization, joined forces with a New Jersey based center, creating the first multi-state animal welfare organization in the nation, the institutions said Tuesday.

WUSA9: Here’s where in DC you should treat floodwater like it’s sewage – because it…

Editor Jul 12, 2019
DC Water says its tunnel system caught 170 million gallons of combined sewage during Monday's extreme rain. But another 50 million gallons overflowed.

Metro Weekly: Gertrude Stein Democratic Club calls on Councilmember Jack Evans to resign

Editor Jul 12, 2019
D.C. Council recently voted to remove LGBTQ ally as Finance Committee chair over alleged conflicts of interest

WTOP: New Metro fare gates raise concerns about accessibility

Editor Jul 11, 2019
Metro’s new fare gates set to start rolling out next year include changes the agency hopes will help address a key priority: cutting down on people skipping out on paying fares.

Washington Post: The National Archives’ floating flood wall helped dodge disaster from epic rainfall

Editor Jul 11, 2019
Norman Hughes was sitting at his computer in the engineer control room in the sub­basement of the National Archives on Monday when his screen flashed an alarm that the building’s flood control barriers had been activated.

Washington Times: GW president seeks 20% cut in undergraduate numbers

Editor Jul 11, 2019
George Washington University plans to reduce its undergraduate enrollment by 2,400 students — 20% — in the next five years, school President Thomas LeBlanc revealed this week, saying the school needed to “right-size” after a significant…

Washington Times: ‘Cheers’: National Arboretum Beer Garden impresses craft brewers,…

Editor Jul 11, 2019
The National Arboretum Beer Garden isn’t a Bavarian-style setting featuring suds and sausages, but it does offer all the ingredients for a good brew.

Washington Post: D.C.’s premier animal welfare league joins forces with New Jersey operation

Editor Jul 11, 2019
Washington’s largest animal rescue organization has merged with a center based in New Jersey to create the country’s first multistate animal welfare group. The union announced this week is designed to consolidate resources and address a…

Washington Post: New subpoenas issued in federal probe of D.C. Council member Jack Evans

Editor Jul 11, 2019
A federal grand jury investigating D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) has issued subpoenas for testimony and documents related to a recent separate inquiry in which a Metro committee found that Evans committed ethical misconduct…

City Paper: Advocates Report ICE Raid at a D.C. Indian Restaurant

Editor Jul 11, 2019
“Restaurants are hard because in these cases, they’re the heart of the immigrant community.”

Washington Business Journal: Service Bar team opening new spot in Shaw’s Blagden Alley

Editor Jul 11, 2019
The owners of Shaw cocktail spot Service Bar have their eyes on expansion in the neighborhood.

Washingtonian: After 15 Novels, Susan Richards Shreve Is Still Nurturing DC’s Literary Scene

Editor Jul 11, 2019
At 80, Susan Richards Shreve has long been one of the leading novelists in a city better known for its nonfiction.

DCist: D.C. Council Stands United On … Lemonade Stands

Editor Jul 11, 2019
It’s not often that Country Time Lemonade wades into D.C. Council debates. But there’s a first time for everything.

Curbed: Metro suspends automatic door-opening days after starting it

Editor Jul 11, 2019
The move follows about half a dozen erroneous automatic door closings
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