Curbed DC: D.C. will break ground on part of the RFK Stadium campus redevelopment this week
City leaders plan to hold a ceremonial groundbreaking for new multipurpose recreational fields at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium campus on Wednesday as the inaugural piece of the sports complex’s $489 million redevelopment.
DCist: Wikipedia Blocked Councilmember Jack Evans For Editing His Own Page Again
Early Monday morning, Wikipedia blocked Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans for the third time for making continuous changes to his own Wikipedia page.
City Paper: Inspection of Barry Farm Reveals Elevated Levels of Lead
The inspection was part of a city-wide review of the 56 DC Housing Authority properties that about 20,000 D.C. residents call home.
Connolly Statement on today’s GSA IG Report on the FBI Headquarters Decision
Connolly Statement on today’s GSA IG Report on the FBI Headquarters Decision
Calls for hearings and subpoenas to GSA officials who misled Congress under oath
Washington, August 27, 2018
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Vice Ranking…
jonetta rose barras: Raindrops keep falling on my head
The DC Public Library, an independent agency, has spent millions of dollars renovating or constructing new facilities. There is little evidence that any of the DC government agencies responsible for investigating how public funds are spent…
Norton Says Federal Court Decision Striking Down Executive Orders Targeting Federal Workers Shows…
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
August 27, 2018
Norton Says Federal Court Decision Striking Down Executive Orders Targeting Federal Workers Shows Importance of Courts in Keeping Trump from Overreaching
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor…
Bisnow: Buyer Of Northwest D.C. Property Plans Apartments Above Retail
District Properties, a D.C. developer that primarily builds single-family homes, is planning its largest multifamily property to date. The company acquired a property at 22-24 Kennedy St. NW for $4.8M from The Menkiti Group in a deal posted…
Washington Post: Second suspect turns himself in to police in fatal shooting of 10-year-old girl
A second suspect has turned himself in to authorities in the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson, who died in a barrage of 70 bullets fired into a courtyard in July as she went to buy ice cream.
With neighborhood backing, artist seeks funding for Tenleytown mural celebrating Rock Creek Park
If grant funding is awarded, Tenleytown may soon have a second public mural: A local artist is proposing to honor Rock Creek Park’s natural and social history with a colorful new artwork adorning an otherwise gloomy retaining wall across…
Washington Post: D.C. has legal aid for immigrants, but the city doesn’t use tax dollars to help…
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) often touts her administration’s immigrant legal-aid fund when activists say she hasn’t done enough to protect undocumented residents from President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Washington Post: Changes to Kennedy Center parking coming this fall
The Kennedy Center will reopen the primary entrances to its parking garage this fall as part of a larger upgrade to its parking services. The southern entrances to the 2,000-space garage have been closed for nearly three years during…
Norton Statement on the Passing of Senator John McCain
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August 26, 2018
Norton Statement on the Passing of Senator John McCain
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the passing of U.S. Senator John…
Washington Post: Police arrest one suspect in shooting death of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson, have…
Police have arrested one of four suspected gunmen in the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson, who died in a barrage of 70 bullets fired into a courtyard as she went to buy ice cream, the District’s police chief and mayor announced…
Colin Browne in The Post: Our streets make us unhappy. They don’t have to.
Back-to-school week is always a reminder of just how unpleasant traveling in our city can be. In late August each year, the street next to my neighborhood school fills with honking and yelling in the morning as a few hundred anxious parents…
Eric Rozenman in The Post: D.C.’s cruel failure to tend to its homelessness problem
One thing you don’t see in Polish cities — at least not in Warsaw, Lodz and Krakow, certainly not if you’re visiting as a guest of the foreign ministry — is many homeless people. National estimates have varied widely in the past decade,…
Bancroft Elementary campus debuts after $68 million modernization as ‘a place for children to…
Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon last week on Ward 1’s newly renovated Bancroft Elementary School, which reopened to students Monday after a $68 million makeover that took nearly two years.
The Aug. 17 ceremony kicked off a series of…
Dupont ANC calls for more safety measures on M Street near cyclist fatality
The recent death of a bicyclist following a collision on M Street NW was top of mind this month for Dupont Circle leaders voting on proposed cycling-safety measures.
On Aug. 8, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B called for more safety…
Nick Sementelli in Greater Greater Washington: Historic districts are a poor substitute for good…
DC is growing, and as this spring’s passionate debate about the DC Comprehensive Plan revealed, managing this growth is one of the most important and contentious city planning discussions of our time. However, decisions about historic…
Capital Projections: Working-class 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.
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The Washington Ballet looks toward a season of star performances
Watching The Washington Ballet perform is an opportunity to enjoy the simple pleasure of the human body as it interacts with narrative and music. If you like good music and have ever enjoyed the sport of people-watching, you’re sure to…