DCist: DDOT Making Emergency Repairs To I-66 Roosevelt Bridge, Three Lanes To Be Closed For Months
The Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, which carries I-66 traffic between Arlington County and D.C., will have three of its seven lanes closed for the next four months as the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) conducts emergency repairs.…
City Paper: Testing Testing One, Two, Three Times a Week
D.C. restaurants with fewer staff than they need to operate at full strength grapple with testing to stay open.
DCist: D.C.’s Troubled Sports-Betting App Didn’t Work During The Super Bowl
It’s one of the biggest sports-betting days in the world — and many D.C. residents may have been left out of it.
Washington Business Journal: New fitness chain leases former Washington Sports Club space in…
Planet Fitness has inked a deal to fill the space formerly occupied by Washington Sports Club at Gallery Place, where it will help to close the gap created by the loss of several notable tenants over the past few years.
Press Release: Norton Celebrates 204th Birthday of Frederick Douglass, D.C. Voting Rights Champion
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 14, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) celebrated famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass’ 204th…
Washington Post: Howard University targeted with fourth bomb threat in recent weeks
The campus in the District issued a shelter-in-place order Monday morning; an all-clear was announced after 1 p.m.
Axios: D.C. to drop indoor mask, vaccine mandate
D.C. will drop its mask and indoor vaccine mandate in the coming weeks, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday.
DCist: D.C. To Lift Vaccine And Mask Mandates As COVID Cases Fall
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday that she will lift the city’s vaccine requirement for businesses and “dial back” the city’s indoor mask rules. The announcement comes amidst falling COVID-19 case rates and an increasing number of…
WTOP: DC businesses won’t need to check for proof of vaccine; mask requirements getting dialed back
D.C. is lifting its requirement that city businesses check patrons for proof of vaccination against COVID-19 starting Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said.
Washington Post: D.C. to drop coronavirus vaccination requirement to enter businesses
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said Monday she is dropping the city’s requirement that people show proof of coronavirus vaccination before entering many businesses in the city, as coronavirus transmission continues to trend downward…
WTOP: DC hotels may get a lifeboat with ‘bleisure’ travelers after COVID-19 revenue losses
The D.C. hotel industry is still in a hole, and its slow 2021 recovery took a step back with the omicron variant. But “bleisure” travel — blended business and pleasure trips — could aid in the industry’s recovery.
Press Release: Bowser Administration Celebrates 35th Annual Black History Invitational Swim Meet…
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Press Release: Norton Highlights Her Free & Equal D.C. Series of Bills
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 14, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today highlighted the 22 bills she has introduced this Congress…
Press Release: Norton Vows to Defeat Republican Efforts to Repeal D.C. Home Rule Act
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
February 14, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said House Republicans have threatened to repeal the District of…
District Links: Bowser drops vaccine mandate as of Tuesday, mask mandate as of March 1; emergency…
With COVID-19 cases in the District down by about 90% from their peak in late December and early January, Mayor Muriel Bowser today announced an end to the indoor mask mandate as of March 1. She also is dropping the vaccination requirement…
Axios: Free-for-all election emerges to represent D.C.’s wealthy Ward 3
D.C. Council member Mary Cheh’s abrupt decision to not seek re-election has turned a sleepy contest into one of the city’s hottest races.
WTOP: How an unexploded WW1 shell is affecting residents near Fort Totten
An unexploded World War I-era shell discovered in Northeast D.C.’s Fort Totten has paused construction of a trail through the area. With previous trails also blocked off, nearby residents are experiencing long detours and uncertainty.
Washington Post: Part of Theodore Roosevelt Bridge closes for 3 to 6 months of emergency repairs
The bridge will be limited to two lanes in each direction as a precautionary measure because of deteriorated steel beams, city officials say
WTOP: Groundbreaking on a new Aldi — and other big changes for a Northeast neighborhood
There was a ceremonial ground breaking Saturday near the Fort Totten Metro station, where the Lamond Riggs neighborhood is getting a 24,000 square feet Aldi grocery store, the largest in the district. Phase 2 of development promises more…
Washington Post: George Washington University apologizes for data project monitoring student and…
George Washington University interim president Mark S. Wrighton apologized Friday to the campus community for the university’s failure to inform it in advance of a data analytics pilot program that monitored locations — though not…