jonetta rose barras: Reunion Square and the future of Ward 8
The economic development solution for what ails communities east of the Anacostia River is complicated. There are legitimate concerns about displacement of residents. Simultaneously, there are real issues about expanding the middle!-->…
Washington Business Journal: High-end chocolate shop, cafe coming to Georgetown
Georgetown’s chocolate scene is about to get a little sweeter with the addition of L.A. Burdick, a fine chocolatier from New England.
Washington Times: D.C. Council hears comments on marijuana allowance for workers
Bills weigh medical pot discrimination, job seeker testing
Washington Post: Challenge to Trump hotel’s liquor license struck down in D.C.
The District’s alcohol licensing board has dismissed a challenge to the renewal of a liquor license at the Trump hotel in downtown Washington by a group that said the president lacked the good character required in the statute.
WTOP: DC government worker charged with dealing fentanyl outside his office
A D.C. government employee was charged Wednesday with dealing fentanyl outside his Southwest office building.
Washington Post: D.C. finds elevated lead levels at 17 public school playgrounds
At least 17 D.C. public school playgrounds were found to contain elevated traces of lead, and six had to be shut down over the summer, according to a city-commissioned study released this month.
Street Sense: The Barry Farm tenants await a final decision after 20 people testified before the…
On July 25, Community members from across the District filled the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB)’s courtroom, many wearing stickers that read, “Yes! Barry Farm is historic!” It was a hearing to consider historic designation for!-->…
Street Sense: With limited access to hospital resources in wards 7 and 8, local clinics are bridging…
Painted in bold shades of blue, red, green and pink, Whitman-Walker Health’s Max Robinson Center has stood prominently in the historic Anacostia neighborhood, just a few blocks from the Big Chair, since the early 1990s. It was opened to!-->…
WTOP: DC leaders consider 2 bills aimed at dropping workplace marijuana testing
D.C. council members are considering two bills that would do away with marijuana testing of employees at work.
WTOP: ‘On time and on budget’: Beach Drive set to reopen Friday
Beach Drive will completely reopen “around noon” on Friday, the National Park Service announced Wednesday afternoon.
UrbanTurf: New Balconies, More Bike Parking and a Playground: The Changes at Sursum Corda
The development team reimagining the 6.7 acre former site of the Sursum Corda Cooperative is offering a slightly different look and a different approach to parking and affordability prior to a zoning hearing this week.
Curbed: A quick guide to electric scooters, bikes, and mopeds in D.C.
Getting around the nation’s capital on two wheels is easier than ever
WAMU: Rock Creek Park’s Beach Drive Road Project Is Done After Three Years
Commuters and recreationists will get access to the northern part of Rock Creek Park on Friday when the National Park Service (NPS) wraps rehabilitation work on Beach Drive.
DCist: City Employee Arrested And Accused Of Selling Fentanyl Outside His Office
An employee for the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has been arrested and charged with selling fentanyl, per a police affidavit entered into federal court in Alexandria. Many of the transactions involving the synthetic!-->…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: The hard pitch: Four men who spent time in prison are now hoping to…
Marcus Bullock was 15, in a maximum-security prison with men who had already spent decades behind bars, and he was thinking about his Christmas presents.
Washington Post: Rebuilt Beach Drive to reopen Friday
The final 2.7-mile stretch of Beach Drive reopens in Northwest Washington this week, the culmination of a three-year reconstruction project that disrupted the travel of thousands of drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.
Washington Post: Employee of D.C. regulatory agency accused of selling fentanyl outside his office
An employee with the District government’s regulatory agency is accused of selling heroin and fentanyl just outside his office.
Washington Business Journal: Lifestyle retailer Parachute to open first D.C. location
Los Angeles-based lifestyle retailer Parachute will open its first D.C. store at Liz, the mixed-use redevelopment of Whitman-Walker Health's 14th Street NW offices, later this year.
WAMU: D.C. To Fund Legal Representation For Immigrants Detained By ICE
The District will award $2.5 million in grant funding to provide legal help to undocumented residents and, for the first time, assist those detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Press Release: Norton Says President’s Actions Seem Determined to Lead Him to Impeachment
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
September 25, 2019
Contact: Jack Miller
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…