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…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Has a city powered by outrage run out of it for a 6-year-old with a…
Outrage. Washington, especially Washington in the age of Trump, is rarely short on outrage. And while the entire region has been in various degrees of apoplexy all summer over lying white guys in suits, three little girls couldn’t buy ice…
John Kelly in The Post: Like father, like son: Channel 4’s Mark Segraves keeps the beat for local…
It was the 1960s, and the Washington Evening Star’s nightlife columnist John Segraves happened to be working at the precise instant that the typical newspaper music critic was morphing from someone like him — short hair, white shirt, jacket…
DDOT Takes Steps to Build on Success of Dupont Circle Nightlife Pick-Up Drop-Off Zone
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August 23, 2018
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DDOT Takes Steps to Build on Success of Dupont Circle Nightlife Pick-Up Drop-Off Zone
Illegally Parked Cars Will be Towed Starting August 30…
Mayor Bowser Announces $1.7 Million Grant for Downtown Day Services Center to Support Individuals…
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August 23, 2018
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Mayor Bowser Announces $1.7 Million Grant for Downtown Day Services Center to Support Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
New Downtown Day…
jonetta rose barras: In Congress Heights deal, DC officials speaking with forked tongue
Citizens often are confronted with the nauseating reality that their government — elected officials and agency managers — speak with forked tongues, saying one thing and then doing something entirely different. That kind of unethical…
Danielle Burs and Walter Smith: Let’s move toward voting representation for DC with a self-help…
Across the country, millions of people are closely following and will be participating in the upcoming November midterm elections. Every seat in the House is up for election, as are one-third of the seats in the Senate. These elections will…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘I hope that they find normalcy’: What a D.C. dad’s fight for his…
The 9-year-old just had to see her locker, one she had already envisioned decorating with wallpaper and glittery things, before she was ready to say goodbye to her father. The 12-year-old was a bit more hesitant.
Temporary Overnight Lane Closures on I-395 Northbound from C Street SW to New York Avenue Begin…
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August 21, 2018
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Temporary Overnight Lane Closures on I-395 Northbound from C Street SW to New York Avenue Begin August 27
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On Chuck Brown’s Birthday Today, Norton Announces ‘Chuck Brown Day’ Resolution
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August 22, 2018
On Chuck Brown’s Birthday Today, Norton Announces ‘Chuck Brown Day’ Resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Chuck Brown’s birthday, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced…
Natalie Wexler: Dire high school test scores show need for knowledge-based instructional approaches
While test scores in DC are inching up at lower grade levels, high-poverty high schools continue to post abysmal results despite a decade of education reform. Some are pinning the blame on poverty and racism. But many DC schools have yet to…