Early this summer, Ward 1 neighbors and lawmakers directed a fresh wave of scrutiny at The Line Hotel in Adams Morgan after revelations that the hotel was operating under a series of temporary certificates of occupancy, despite the fact…
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington has submitted plans for what will be one of, if not the, largest solar arrays in D.C., in an effort to cut its energy costs and fund improvements to its facilities.
Applications to become the District’s first nightlife director came in from across the country and around the world, but Mayor Muriel E. Bowser selected a lead investigator from her own liquor board to take on the city’s “after-hours…
None of the bartenders with political ambitions got the "Nightlife Mayor" gig. No surprise there. Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser named Shawn Townsend to the position, whose official title is "Director of The Mayor's Office of Nightlife and…
Three senior officials at the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs were fired this week, less than 10 days after the agency’s director, Melinda Bolling, announced that she was leaving for another job.
Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White has asked Jack Evans, Ward 2 Councilmember and chairman of the Council's finance and revenue committee, not to mark up a bill that would divert some $60 million in tax increment bond financing to a…
One of Capitol Hill’s most-beloved used bookstores is shuttering after 17 years consigning rare books, giving out dog treats to neighborhood pups, and serving afternoon tea for a loyal band of local customers. Riverby Books on East Capitol…
For a long time, the Anacostia River didn’t even have a name. It was just the Eastern Branch, the other, less promising section of Washington, D.C.’s better known and more distinguished river, the Potomac. But it was always known as a…
The District has struggled to recruit candidates to fill the city’s top education job, which has sat vacant nine months, according to a top elected official.
The historic Takoma Theatre, redeveloped by Rock Creek Property Group and soon home to a satellite clinic for Children’s National Hospital, has signed two retail tenants: Lost Sock Roasters, a small-batch coffee roaster, and Turning…
A unanimous D.C. Council gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a major climate change legislation with some last-minute revisions that worry environmentalists.