WTOP: Upgrades to DC sewer system helped Anacostia River through Monday’s storm
D.C.’s sewer system was built in the late 1800s, and what worked then is not exactly the best way to dispose of sewage today — and definitely not ideal when a major rainstorm like the one that hit the region on Monday.
Greater Greater Washington: Deanwood residents are fed up with their frequently-shuttered library,…
“Daddy, look! I’m swinging backwards!” On the warm spring day earlier this April, kids of varied ages were doing what they do best: Laughing and playing on the swings and slides at the Deanwood Recreation Center’s outdoor playground.…
WTOP: DC deli makes cut for best new restaurants in US
Eater released its list of the 16 best new restaurants in the U.S. on Wednesday, and a D.C. deli made the cut.
WAMU: Metrobus Gets Low Marks For Speed And Schedule Reliability
For a month, Metrobus has been under the microscope. MetroHero, an app created by local transit enthusiasts to help track trains and buses, partnered with the Coalition for Smarter Growth to examine routes for speed and reliability. Now…
WTOP: Crime, conspiracies, new officers; DC police chief Newsham talks initiatives
Three months ago, D.C.’s murder rate was shockingly high — up 35% from 2018, which was a year that also saw a double digit increase in homicides. But as the summer approached, a time when conventional wisdom says crime typically goes up,…
City Paper: Mike Daisey Gives an 18-Part, 32-Hour Monologue on the Worst of American History
Catch the World War II chapter on Saturday. The performance at Arena Stage is his most ambitious project yet.
Cafritz Award-winning MPD language access officer strives to ensure all are heard
Given his joyful nature, it’s hard to believe Imhotep Newsome routinely works 15-hour days between a full-time job and volunteer tasks.
Newsome’s job as the language access program manager for the Metropolitan Police Department is all…
Nearly 4 years after initial presentation, ‘Lady Bird’ project in AU Park still struggling to take…
A developer’s plan to build 219 residential units and new retail on the site of a long-vacant supermarket in American University Park is still nowhere close to groundbreaking, stymied by fierce resistance from some neighbors ever since its…
jonetta rose barras: DC Council ethics and the battle for control
They may have been at each other’s throats earlier this year during an acrimonious budget debate over relocating Benjamin Banneker Academic High School to the Shaw neighborhood. This week, however, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson,…
Washington Business Journal: Catholic Charities teams with Ohio firm to build one of D.C.’s…
Ohio-based IGS Solar and its design and construction partner, Millersville, Maryland-based Solar Energy Services Inc., will build a 2-megawatt, 5,000-panel solar ground array and pollinator field on 5 acres surrounding the Gift Peace House…
Washington Times: D.C. Council votes to approve Intralot gaming contract
International gaming company Intralot’s connections to Jack Evans raised plenty of concerns — but in the end, they weren’t enough to stop the embattled D.C. council member’s colleagues from awarding the firm a highly sought-after contract…
Washington Post Express: Metro finally makes some transfers free, but will it help those who need it…
On a recent afternoon, Ronald Thompson Jr. was headed home to Anacostia from his job at a car rental business in Potomac Yard, where he drives vehicles to and from a maintenance shop.
Washington Post: Marriott was warned about misleading pricing in 2012. Millions of dollars later, a…
For more than a decade, Marriott International has been misleading guests about hotel room prices and earning millions in profits as a result, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by D.C.’s attorney general.
DCist: Phillips Seafood Owners Are Opening The Fast Casual Street Carts In Logan Circle
Another day, another fast casual option in D.C., and this one’s giving away free food on Thursday to its first customers.
Washington Times: D.C. Mayor Bowser: Trump’s Salute to America ‘depleted’…
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday President Trump’s “Salute to America” festival has drained a fund intended to protect the District from terrorist attacks and provide security for events.
DCist: Even As New Report Traces Seth Rich Conspiracy Back To Russia, Fox 5’s Debunked Story Remains…
Yahoo reports that the conspiracy theories about the 2016 murder of a Democratic National Committee staffer in Bloomingdale originally came from a Russian intelligence agency.
WTOP: Metro campaign includes message against ‘manspreading’
A Metro billboard is getting attention for calling out a problem that’s all too familiar for many riders.
Washington Business Journal: Washington’s W Hotel unveils its $50M renovation
The W Washington D.C. hotel is finally showing off the results of a big renovation that began more than a year ago.
WAMU: More People Are Using D.C.’s Rivers. Lawmakers Say Better Management Is Needed
If you want to get a glimpse of how D.C.’s relationship with its rivers has changed in the past few years, head down to the Anacostia waterfront on a Friday evening.
Washington Post: New apartments in Brentwood are being financed through opportunity zone fund
A new 108-unit apartment building at 1400 Montana Ave. NE is among the District’s first projects under the federal government’s new opportunity zone program, enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Under the program, anyone…