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Latest Stories

Hey, kids and teens: Sundays this summer, you can help Connecticut Avenue’s pollinator gardens grow

July 1, 2022 Leave a Comment

Peirce Mill’s longtime miller, Jeanne Minor, retires

June 30, 2022 Leave a Comment

Murch “Blue and Gold” EXCLUSIVE: Teachers share their embarrassing grade school moments

June 29, 2022 1 Comment

School updates: Signs of change at Jackson-Reed High include changing the signs

June 28, 2022 4 Comments

Acacia Food & Wine closing; Flavor Garden now open

June 27, 2022 3 Comments

Backyard Nature: Seeing ghosts in Rock Creek Park

June 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

In memory: Reggie Felton, a “passionate” leader and man of service

June 22, 2022 1 Comment

Local Happenings

Sun 03

Invasive Removal at Broad Branch

July 3 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sat 09

New Morning Farm Market

July 9 @ 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sat 09

UDC Van Ness Farmers Market

July 9 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sat 09

Milling Demonstrations at Peirce Mill

July 9 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Piano Lessons – one block from Van Ness Metro.

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More News

Backyard Nature: Hello, hummingbirds

Apartments in Brief: Mayor Bowser meets with Connecticut Ave. tenant leaders; Rent control database “stuck in purgatory”

Good deeds make a neighborhood great

Local air quality expert and ANC 3F alarmed that Soapstone sewer project oversight won’t include an air quality permit

Neighborhood in the News: Van Ness sniper’s motives still unknown; ‘Barely solvent’ Whittle School; ‘Melvin Hazen No More’

Opinion: New DC streetlight tech can let neighborhoods dim the lights – for the health and safety of all

Your Take

Opinion: The DC housing vouchers system is broken. It’s on the mayor to fix it.

High-Rise Life

3003 Van Ness landlord Equity Residential ordered to pay $2 million for “rent hike scam”

Apartment updates: New “nuisance” building at Van Ness; Tenant leaders request meeting with mayor

Parks and Streams

Hearst Pool, DPR’s first outdoor swimming pool in Ward 3, is open

Main Street

A fundraising record, a playground partnership, more movie nights, and other news from Van Ness Main Street’s 2022 annual meeting

Meet your neighbors

Meet Your Neighbors: The “old lady” and the Jeep

Archives Spotlight: July 2015

The Davenport sidewalk is now complete – with ‘compromises’

High E. coli levels in Soapstone Creek prompt DC Water warning

What this old house has taught a Forest Hills homeowner

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  • Pat Kasdan on Murch “Blue and Gold” EXCLUSIVE: Teachers share their embarrassing grade school moments
  • Green Eyeshades on DDOT to present Connecticut Ave. bike lane concepts at June 28 and 29 public meetings
  • Christine on Hearst Pool, DPR’s first outdoor swimming pool in Ward 3, is open
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