Washington Post: Duke Ellington School of the Arts teacher is accused of sexual misconduct, placed…
D.C. police are investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against a department chair at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Principal Sandi Logan informed parents Wednesday in a letter that the teacher was placed on leave while the…
Washington Blade: GLAA awards high scores to Reeder, Silverman
Lesbian businesswoman Dionne Reeder, who’s running as an independent for an at-large D.C. Council seat, received a rating of +7 from the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, the same rating that GLAA gave to Mayor Muriel Bowser.
WTOP: Car registrations go digital with new DC app
WASHINGTON — D.C. residents can now access their vehicle registration card on their phones thanks to a new app. The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles rolled out the app and Digital Vehicle Registration Card and Sticker this week, which…
jonetta rose barras: Health care rescue
What took them so long?
DC Council members finally got serious this week about disrupting the plan to close Providence Hospital in Ward 5. They unanimously passed the Clarification of Hospital Procedure Emergency Amendment Act of 2018.…
Another summer comes and goes with no events on Carter Barron stage
The 1960s were the heyday of Rock Creek Park’s Carter Barron Amphitheatre. Diana Ross & the Supremes, Stevie Wonder and Ella Fitzgerald were among the musical acts highlighted in a May 12, 1968, article in The Washington Post previewing…
Washington City Paper: Ward 3 Will Get Its Homeless Shelter After All
After more than a year of legal challenges, the DC Court of Appeals ruled Thursday to uphold a local zoning board's approval of a plan to develop a homeless shelter in Ward 3. The decision paves the way for D.C.'s Department of General…
Norton Community Meeting Will Give Residents First Opportunity to Provide Direct Feedback on…
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
October 19, 2018
Norton Community Meeting Will Give Residents First Opportunity to Provide Direct Feedback on Louisiana Avenue Bike Lane Project, Wednesday
DDOT to Host Open House Beforehand to Allow Residents…
Curbed DC: D.C. looks for groups to transform vacant land into urban farms at two locations
The District is searching for organizations to create and run urban farms at two locations in Kingman Park and Brightwood Park. Totaling more than 20,000 square feet, the parcels are currently vacant. Once redeveloped, they would be managed…
The DC Lineup for this weekend: tricks and treats for all ages
The city is gearing up for pre-Halloween activities this weekend, Oct. 19 to 21, with varied events involving costumes, pumpkins, apple cider, autumn leaves and kids’ trick-or-treating. Adults can visit homes not for trick-or-treating but…
Capital Projections: ‘I’m listening’ edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
THE GUILTY
Asger (Jakob Cedergren) is a Copenhagen police officer demoted…
Washingtonian: Whole Foods Opens in Navy Yard with Self-Serve Wine and Build-Your-Own Avocado Toast
Washington’s roster of Whole Foods expanded from four to five this morning, as the Amazon-owned grocer opened a new location in Navy Yard—its first-ever in Southeast DC. More than a grocery, the market hopes to draw in neighborhood business…
Bisnow: ‘Glass Box Fatigue’: How Architects Are Flipping The Script On D.C. Office…
D.C. developers have spent years churning out homogeneous office buildings, maximizing the height under the city's zoning limit and creating all-glass exteriors to bring in light, but the latest projects have begun to differentiate…
WAMU: What Data On The Racial Divide In Schools Says About The Washington Region
There is a pattern of racial disparity in educational opportunity, attainment and school discipline practices in the Washington region, according to 2015-16 school year data recently released by the U.S. Department of Education and…
WTOP: Did Trump keep FBI in DC? Emails show president played bigger role than first thought
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was more deeply involved than the White House has indicated in a decision to keep the FBI headquarters in D.C., according to new documents released Thursday by Democratic members of a House oversight…
DCist: Evidence Piles Up That The President Was Involved In Keeping FBI Building Across From Trump…
Yet more evidence has emerged that President Donald Trump was involved in the FBI's decision to scrap its original plan to find a different home for its new agency headquarters, instead opting to raze the crumbling, "functionally obsolete"…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: A National Park Service move that’s completely un-American and…
Try saying it — the Doritos March on Washington for Freedom. The Red Bull Rally for Refugee Rights! How about the Stayfree Protest for Women? All wrong. But that’s where we’re headed if yet another piece of the American experiment goes to…
WTOP: Get to know the history behind the headstones this Halloween
WASHINGTON — It’s rare for Congressional Cemetery to open its iron gates to visitors after dark. But for four days this month, the National Historic Landmark is doing just that — all for a little Halloween fun. On Oct. 19, 20, 26 and 27,…
Mayor Bowser Signs Bill Establishing DC’s First Office of Nightlife and Culture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 18, 2018
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Signs Bill Establishing DC’s First Office of Nightlife and Culture
New Office Will Work with Residents, Businesses, and District Agencies on Issues…
Library Seeking Local Veteran Stories
For Immediate Release
Oct. 20, 2018
Media Contact:
George Williams, Media Relations Manager
Library Seeking Local Veteran Stories
(Washington, D.C.) - DC Veterans, join the DC Public Library for a day of history, memories and…
Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety approves campaign finance reform package that restricts…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2018
Contact: Laura Marks
Councilmember Charles Allen’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety approves campaign finance reform package that restrict pay-to-play contracting, limits money in…