Washington Post: D.C. reveals details of first stand-alone education center for young children
D.C. leaders announced details Friday of their plans to open the first stand-alone public education center for the city’s youngest children, an effort to bridge gaps in achievement that appear later in childhood.
Washington Post: Janitorial supervisors accused of scamming Metro out of $260,000 with fake cleaning…
A trio of janitorial managers at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority scammed the agency out of a quarter of a million dollars by pretending to buy cleaning supplies, according to prosecutors in Alexandria federal court.
WAMU: Local SNAP Recipients Prepare To Lose Food Stamps In Wake Of New Rule
Last week, the Trump administration changed the rules regarding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or SNAP — potentially cutting off 16,500 District residents from receiving their food stamps. And it’s prompted some recipients…
Washington Post: Georgetown Verizon outage to extend into next week, officials say
A Verizon service outage in Georgetown that was expected to end by the weekend will last until next week after the company discovered water damage to a cable Thursday, a company spokesman said Friday.
Washington Post: Holiday gifts for children of prisoners stolen from vehicle in Northeast D.C.
A charitable organization that works with prisoners in the District said Friday that gifts meant for children of incarcerated people were stolen from a vehicle in Northeast Washington.
Washington Blade: Supporters, opponents testify at Town nightclub hearing
Seventeen witnesses expressing either support or opposition to allowing the LGBT nightclub Town Danceboutique to reopen in a former church on North Capitol Street testified on Dec. 4 at a hearing before the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control…
Robyn Lingo in The Post: D.C. could reinvent civics education
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recently released statewide data on students’ reading and math proficiency rates between 2017 and 2019, and the District “made some of the country’s biggest gains.” There is much to…
DCist: Tenants Went On Rent Strike For More Than A Year. Their Building Just Sold To A Developer…
It’s been well over a year since residents at 1320 Nicholson Street NW began a rent strike to protest what they said were substandard living conditions. Tenants described a litany of problems that they claimed their landlord, Michael…
Bisnow: DCHA Takes Step Forward On Long-Delayed Plan For 1,000-Unit NoMa Redevelopment
The D.C. Housing Authority is moving forward with the long-awaited redevelopment of its NoMa headquarters into over 1,000 new residential units.
Bisnow: Walter Reed Hospital Redevelopment Lands Whole Foods As Grocery Anchor
A 66-acre development in Northwest D.C. has landed one of the most coveted grocers as an anchor tenant.
WTOP: Whole Foods signs on to former Walter Reed development
Whole Foods will be part of the redevelopment of the former Walter Reed medical campus in D.C.
DCist: Whole Foods Is Coming To Walter Reed
A Whole Foods Market will anchor the forthcoming development at Walter Reed.
Washington Post: What happens to the Trump D.C. hotel? Answers to five questions on the president’s…
Trump’s alleged self-enrichment isn’t in the articles of impeachment, but it is advancing in court.
DCist: After The Newseum Closes, You Can Still Find Plenty Of Journalism History Around D.C.
The Newseum’s closure at the end of the year may leave a journalism-sized hole in Washington’s museum scene, but there are still plenty of ways to learn about the media around town. You just may have to walk (or drive) a bit farther. We’ve…
Press Release: Norton Bill Banning E-Cigarette Smoking on Amtrak on House Floor, Monday
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
December 13, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller – 202-225-8050
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that her Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019 (H.R. 2726),…
Press Release: DDOT’s Public Space Regulation Division to Close on December 17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 13, 2019
Media Contact
Lauren Stephens
(Washington, DC) - The District Department of Transportation’s (DDOT) Public Space Regulation Division (PSRD) will be closed on Tuesday, December 17, from…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Child Care Provider at Thaddeus Stevens Early Learning Center
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Public Schools
December 13, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DCPS)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that Bright…
District Links: Allegations over restraint, seclusion at DC schools; feds’ plan to move DC…
TGIF! There’s a quiet legal fight taking place over the future home of the District’s public defender’s office. Specifically, the federal government has given DC’s Public Defender Services an obtuse directive: your new offices may be up to…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Transformation of Anacostia and Ballou High School Programming…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Public Schools
December 13, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DCPS)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that Anacostia and…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: Snow Maiden, squash and Santa suits
A few out-of-the-ordinary events are taking place in the District this weekend, including a world squash championship, the largest ice maze in the U.S. and a 5K jog where runners wear jingle bells on their shoes. Holiday markets, a bike…