By Ken Terzian An April 24th community meeting with a presentation by DC Water General Manager George Hawkins gave neighbors lots of information about challenges, successes, and plans for improvement […]
Archives for April 2012
Neighbor Kids, All Grown Up: Silas Riener
by Marlene Berlin Silas Riener would open our freezer, put his finger on his chin and rock his head from side to side in making the very important decision of […]
Bloomin’ Bonsai in Shanghai
We’re not the only ones who appreciate the blazing colors of azalea blossoms each spring. Kathryn Pauli splits her time between Forest Hills, DC and Shanghai, China. She recently stumbled […]
Ask the Tree Expert: Emerald Ash Borer
By Bill Eck ISA Certified Arborist MA-4657A The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) was first introduced from Asia into the port of Detroit in the 1990s. It has since killed upwards […]
Welcome to the Forest Hills Connection
A team of Forest Hills residents has been working together since the fall to put this together. Many on the team will be writing for the Connection, but we also have […]
FHCA Welcomes You!
Situated as we are, it’s easy for Forest Hills to be defined by what we’re not—Cleveland Park or Chevy Chase. Those of us who live here, however, know that Forest […]
News on the Avenue: Old Friends Leave, New Friends Arrive
On our stretch of Connecticut Avenue, change is not a stranger. But the rate of change seems to have accelerated in recent months. Since late 2011: Walgreen’s has opened. Jake’s […]
Coming Soon… UDC’s New Student Center
By Adam Tope ANC 3F Commissioner and Neighbor Over the next year, the commercial heart of Forest Hills, Van Ness and N. Cleveland Park will be going through a significant […]
Forest Hills From A Dog’s-Eye View
By Emmy Elfin Full disclosure: This is the only neighborhood in which I have lived. However, I have walked the streets of Georgetown (don’t appreciate the cobblestones) and Cleveland Park […]
Meet Your Neighbors: Alice M. Rivlin
This is the first of an ongoing series of interviews with prominent Forest Hills residents. Because they’re well-known professionally, our interviews are more focused on getting to know them as […]