How Much of a Threat Do Bicycles Actually Pose to DC Pedestrians? Let’s Look at the Data
DC’s bike community was not pleased at the end of last week by this tweet from Abby Livingston, the Texas Tribune’s DC bureau chief.
City Paper: Taylor Gourmet Owner Casey Patten Tries Again with Grazie Grazie at The Wharf
According to a spokesperson it should open Tuesday. Check out the menu.
WTOP: Press House apartments break ground near Union Market
Developer Foulger-Pratt just broke ground on its two-building apartment project near D.C.’s Union Market that will incorporate an old printing press warehouse where the Congressional Record was once produced.
National Parks in Maryland, Virginia and DC provide more than 75,000 meals to neighbors with donated…
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National Parks in Maryland, Virginia and DC provide more than 75,000 meals to neighbors with donated venison
WASHINGTON — Six national parks in Maryland, Virginia and…
Mayor Bowser and 100 Resilient Cities Unveil DC’s First-Ever Urban Resilience Strategy
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Mayor Bowser and 100 Resilient Cities Unveil DC’s First-Ever Urban Resilience Strategy
Resilient DC: A…
AG Racine Recovers $100K+ in Unpaid Wages for District Sheet Metal Workers
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Statement on DC Housing Authority Releasing RFP for Greenleaf Gardens Apartments in SW
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April 29, 2019
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Statement on DC Housing Authority Releasing RFP for Greenleaf Gardens Apartments in SW
The DC Housing Authority has released a new request for proposals (RFP)…
District Links: Mayor’s new ‘Resilient DC’ plan goes beyond sustainability; new…
Happy Monday. Muriel Bowser today released the District’s first strategy for meeting challenges such as climate change, called Resilient DC, which pictures more than just the environmental concerns for the city.
Washington Post Editorial Board: A 9-year-old boy was chased and handcuffed for leaning on a car in…
A 9-YEAR-OLD boy was leaning against a car in Northwest Washington when a D.C. police officer told him to leave. The boy mouthed off to the officer. He shouldn’t have. But what followed — the clearly terrified young boy chased by police…
Washington Post: D.C. releases guide to prepare teens for graduation, college and careers
Throughout high school, Tarrell Talbert had to mine an array of sources to know which colleges he should apply to and what requirements he needed to meet before he could earn his high school diploma.
Washington Informer: Kelly Harper’s Journey to D.C. Teacher of the Year
As she entered college nearly a decade ago, Kelly Harper had a plan.
Mark Lee in The Washington Blade: D.C. hospitality is ‘hood-group hood-winked
Hoodwinking season is at full bloom in neighborhoods throughout D.C.
Washington Post: The general’s horse wasn’t manly enough. So the sculptor gave the mare a makeover.
The bronze statue of Union Gen. Winfield Scott was greeted with ridicule as soon as it went up near the White House in 1874.
WTOP: Security upped at DC-area houses of worship after California synagogue attack
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. police department have offered their sympathies for the victims of the Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting near San Diego, along with a pledge to continue protecting religious communities in the district.
WTOP: White nationalists interrupt Antiracist Book Festival at Politics and Prose
A small group of white nationalists interrupted a book talk Saturday at D.C.’s popular Politics and Prose bookstore during an event for the Antiracist Book Festival.
NBC4: Self-Proclaimed Nationalists Interrupt Author, Chant ‘This Land Is Our Land’ at…
A group of protesters describing themselves as nationalists interrupted an author's book talk with chants of "This land is our land" at the popular Politics and Prose bookstore in Northwest Washington on Saturday.
Washington Post: White nationalists interrupt author at Politics and Prose
A handful of self-proclaimed white nationalists interrupted an appearance by an author at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Northwest Washington on Saturday afternoon, chanted “This land is our land” and then exited to a chorus of loud…
Washington Post: Safeway closing its oldest store on East Coast in D.C.’s Palisades area
As the only full-service grocery store in the community, the Safeway on MacArthur Boulevard served as a landmark for residents of the Palisades neighborhood in Northwest Washington.
NBC4: Gonzaga Students to Unveil Exhibit on School’s Use of Slaves
A group of students at Gonzaga College High School in D.C. will soon unveil an exhibit dedicated to a painful past. It chronicles the school’s use of slaves.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘It hurt’: A 9-year-old boy was handcuffed. But how many other D.C.…
The boy soiled his pants. I don’t know if that detail disturbs me more because it shows how scared the 9-year-old must have felt or because it is a reminder of how much closer he sits on his lifeline to toddlerhood than manhood.