NBC 4: DC Remembers Service Members Lost in WWI
t the site of the future World War I Memorial in the District, people gathered to remember the D.C. residents who gave their lives during the war.
Fox 5: Mission Complete: DC Korean War veteran honored with renovation for condemned home
WASHINGTON - An 89-year-old Korean War veteran – who was a victim of financial elder abuse - is coming home to some new surroundings on Monday. With some help from Purple Heart Homes, Thomas Pressley’s previously condemned home has been…
Washington Times: D.C. firefighter breaks leg in training exercise
A D.C. firefighter broke his leg during a training exercise Thursday, when he was thrown 30 feet off a truck ladder that suddenly moved due to a broken securing mechanism.
New York Times: The Chemists’ War
One hundred years after the end of World War I, the Army Corps of Engineers is still cleaning up the relics of experiments that helped develop chemical weapons to counter the Germans’ gas attacks.
Washington Post: Nation’s capital honors veterans 100 years after the end of World War I
On Sunday morning, city and military officials gathered at the D.C. War Memorial on the Mall to mark an occasion no one present was old enough to remember.
WUSA 9: Push to finish DC’s National World War I Memorial — a century after the armistice
The goal is to open the site between the White House and City Hall by Veterans Day 2021, a century after the nation interred the unknown soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
New York Times: Following Outcry, Washington Arts Council Reverses Course on Amendment
A Washington arts council reversed a decision on Thursday to make all of its grantees sign new contracts that several arts groups said would leave recipients open to censorship.
Modified Holiday Schedule for Select District Services
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November 9, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Modified Holiday Schedule for Select District Services
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The District of Columbia Government offices will be closed on Veterans Day,…
Norton to Speak at Two Events Commemorating Veterans Day, This Weekend
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
November 10, 2018
Norton to Speak at Two Events Commemorating Veterans Day, This Weekend
Introduces Resolution Honoring D.C. Veterans, Who Served Despite Being Denied a Vote and Full Home Rule
WASHINGTON,…
Genevieve Olson in The Post: How to address youth suicide in D.C.
According to the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey, approximately 1 in 6 high schoolers in the District reported having attempting suicide in 2017. A closer look at the District’s racial/ethnic minority and sexual minority youths…
Eric Althoff in The Post: Get D.C. back into the movies
Nobody likes watching TV with me. I see — and point out to anyone who will listen — the careful framing and editing tricks used to “transform” Toronto into New York or, in the case of the (painfully awful) “X-Files” revival, Vancouver into…
WTOP: More cases settled after train filled with smoke near L’Enfant Plaza in 2015
WASHINGTON — Metro has reached settlements with more people injured in the deadly 2015 Yellow Line smoke incident near L’Enfant Plaza.
WTOP: Metro wins ruling on whether it owns its stations, tunnels
WASHINGTON — Metro really does control its tunnels and stations, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Washington Post: D.C. graduation rate declines but not as much as feared
The graduation rate for the District’s traditional public high schools slid 4.6 percentage points in 2018 — marking the first decline since at least 2011 and coming amid heightened scrutiny over whether District students properly earn their…
The Post Editorial Board: D.C. General is shuttered. Now the city must tackle homelessness.
VERY LITTLE fanfare accompanied the shuttering of the District’s notorious shelter for homeless families at the old D.C. General hospital. There were brief remarks, and the entrance was chained shut. “We’re moving on,” said Mayor Muriel E.…
Colbert King in The Post: Lust for power has split D.C. into two cities
The story of the District’s paid family- and medical-leave law is a tale of two cities.
DCist: Virginia Congresswoman-Elect Jennifer Wexton Throws Support Behind D.C. Statehood
Jennifer Wexton, the newly-elected House representative of Virginia’s 10th district, publicly announced her support for D.C. statehood on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show Politics Hour on Friday.
DCist: Election Day Is Over, But You Might Still Be Seeing Campaign Signs For The Next Few Weeks
Once elections have ended, Yadira Molina finds the remaining campaign signs around the city irritating.
Hill Rag: Thousands of Small Cell Antennae to Be Installed in District
In the coming years, wireless service providers could be installing thousands of small cell antennae and related equipment throughout the District, as many as four per block. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is currently…
City Paper: Line Hotel Subcontractors Owed Millions In Back-Pay, Workers Allege
Nearly a year after its soft opening and months after receiving its permanent Certificate of Occupancy, those responsible for building The Line Hotel face renewed scrutiny from the subcontractors who performed construction work on the…