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WTOP: Amtrak will try nonstop Acela from DC to NY
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Amtrak’s Acela service gets passengers from D.C. to New York pretty quickly, but an even quicker option will be available this fall.
Washington Post: Amtrak will launch nonstop service between Washington, D.C. and New York
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The weekday-only service will launch Sept. 23.
Washington Post: This couple has been homeless and jobless. Last week, they graduated from a D.C. charter high school.
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The line was alphabetical — but if it hadn’t been, Danielle and Stephen Corbin would have found a way to stand together anyway.
Washington Business Journal: New Georgetown restaurant plans to offer sushi on a stick
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Georgetown residents may soon be able to eat a blend of Japanese, Malaysian, Chinese, Thai and Burmese barbecue along with sushi at Sticx. Inspired by late-night street markets, Aung Myint is…
City Paper: If These Shelves Could Talk: Lessons From Four Enduring D.C. Liquor Stores
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One of the original founders of Schneider’s of Capitol Hill is still with us. Abe Genderson, who opened the iconic liquor store in 1949 with his father-in-law Max Schneider, celebrated his 100th…
The Georgetown Metropolitan: The History of the Urban Legend of Georgetown Residents Stopping a Metro Stop
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Let’s first get this out of the way: The reason there is no Metro stop in Georgetown is two-fold: technical difficulties from the hardness of the bedrock and the proximity of the river meant a…
Washington Post: It seemed like a small lease dispute. Why was it so important to charter advocates?
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The details seemed rather mundane. A municipal spat involving a lease, a city construction project and a charter preschool educating 100 toddlers.
Curbed: 750 apartments and coworking space planned for large parcel along I-695
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Construction on the 7.3-acre site is expected to begin in late 2019
Washington Post: D.C. man faces 8 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty in April death of bicyclist
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A District man faces more than eight years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter after he struck and killed a bicyclist in April in the stolen van he was driving as he was fleeing…
City Paper: Washington Kastles Players Embrace Their Rooftop Home. Its Future Is Unclear.
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"I mean, how many times are you going to play on a roof in your life?"
Street Sense: How cool indifference magnifies the summer heat
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Washington D.C. is one of the most intense summer “heat islands” of any U.S. city. Temperatures during the summer can soar 21 degrees higher than surrounding rural areas, according to a report by…
Washington Blade: Mayor says budget ‘appropriate’ as LGBT groups seek $3 million more
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser weighed in for the first time publicly last week on a request by a coalition of 15 local LGBT and LGBT supportive organizations for an additional $3 million in funding for…
Street Sense: Problems with D.C. rapid rehousing program remain after years of concerted reform efforts
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In 2014, Reginald Black found himself in stable housing for the first time after nearly a decade of homelessness. Through Friendship Place, a homeless services provider based in Tenleytown, he…
Washingtonian: The Story Behind K Street’s Magical Fairy Garden Tree Box
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A Golden Triangle contest placed beautiful pollinator gardens around DC's downtown. Here's how one of them came together.
Washington Post: Companies struggle to get paid for building first new D.C. homeless family shelter
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D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) last fall proudly celebrated the opening of the first new homeless family shelter, part of a network of planned smaller facilities to replace the troubled D.C. General…
Washington Business Journal: Donohoe averts foreclosure, to redevelop former Fannie Mae site
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The Donohoe Cos. struck a deal Wednesday to head off the potential foreclosure of a Tenleytown office building formerly occupied by Fannie Mae, setting the stage for the property’s redevelopment into…
WAMU: Kim Kardashian West Visits D.C. Jail For Documentary On Criminal Justice Reform
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The D.C. Jail got a high profile visitor this week: Kim Kardashian West.
Curbed: D.C. parking spots will be turned into temporary mini parks in September
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City planners are accepting pitches for pop-up designs
DCist: Shop Made In DC Is Opening A Third Location In Georgetown
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Less than six months after expanding to the Wharf, Shop Made in DC is bringing its local allure to yet another location—this time in the heart of Georgetown.