In late January, you answered our call to help Iona Senior Services’ pedestrian advocacy group identify and prioritize streets missing sidewalks on one or both sides of the streets. Now, here are the results of your work.
The Sidewalk Gap Project was launched in April 2012 by Iona …
May is the month when Mother Nature goes on a roll. The azaleas and dogwood are gorgeous this year, the trees are leafing myriad shades of green. Forest Hills has never looked better.
The oak trees are doing their thing again. Swaying in the breeze, golden …
From ANC 3F chairman Adam Tope:
The next meeting of ANC 3F will be held on May 21, 2013 at 7:30 PM. Our meetings are held at The Methodist Home, 4901 Connecticut Avenue, NW.
Live streaming of our meetings (with new and improved audio) will be available through a link on …
Dr. Livingston, I am not, but a few days ago I decided to find the source of the Broad Branch stream behind Politics and Prose. And I found it. I waded through a marshy area to walk down the alley behind the homes on Nebraska …
by Suzanne Wald
District Department of the Environment
This summer, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the District of Columbia are restoring a perennial stream in Linnean Playground using an innovative technique called a Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC).
This waterway is fed by a storm sewer outfall that …
Perhaps you were wondering what all the fuss was about last week. Or, maybe you were part of it!
On May 7th, at our neighborhood bookstore, First Lady Michelle Obama was signing her book on gardening, “American Grown“, amid elaborate …
In February, I got a notice in the mail that I needed to get my driver’s license renewed. Who wants to go through the hassle of going to the DMV and waiting hours to get something done? Kept putting it off and putting …
Aviva Kempner, our own neighborhood documentary filmmaker is out and about promoting her award winning film, “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg.” Her next stop is at the Library of Congress on May 13.
To mark Jewish American Heritage Month, the Library of Congress will present a …
Murch Elementary isn’t the only neighborhood public school with a green reputation. Check out the news from Wilson High:
Wilson High School Named U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School
Wilson High School in Ward 3 was named a 2013 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School …
Last fall, we introduced you to neighbor Mary Beth Tinker. As a 13-year-old in 1965, she stood up for her free-speech rights, and her case not only made it all the way to the highest court in the land, she won!
Mary Beth now gives talks at schools …
by Leah Lemoine
Environmental Protection Specialist
District Department of the Environment
Why has the District Department of the Environment (DDOE) provided over 5,000 homeowners in DC – including some of your neighbors – up to $1,200 for landscaping enhancements aimed to control stormwater? Stormwater runoff is the number one contributor of degradation in …
Dear Neighbors,
How do you change the image of a country that is almost exclusively referred to in the media as a place of war destruction, ethnic cleansing, hatred, and suffering? And how do you show that there is much more to the place than …
The Forest Hills Connection has been chosen by The Committee of 100 on the Federal City to receive a Vision Award!
Committee member and Forest Hills neighbor Dorn McGrath writes: The Connection was one of the five selected for the honor, out of eleven nominees.
The Committee of …
Contributor Carolyn Jacobson profiled Forest Hills resident Scott Seligman last fall, shortly after the release of his book “Three Tough Chinamen,” about three brothers who immigrated to the U.S. in the late 19th century.
At Connecticut and Northampton, the days of flag-waving pedestrians are over. In their place is a new signal that stops traffic so they can cross more safely.
It’s called a HAWK signal, and Mayor Vincent Gray tried it out on Tuesday. Naturally, the press was there to capture the moment.
ABC7 found …
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