by Emmy Elfin Chief canine correspondent My readers know that I am a great booster for the neighborhood so when my family gave a reception for the Forest Hills Neighborhood […]
Archives for September 2013
Zoning Hearings: Sign Up Now To Testify
The next step in the now years-long process to rewrite the 55-year-old zoning code enters its next phase in November: Public hearings. And if you wish to testify, the time […]
Walk Tenleytown With Planning Experts This Saturday
As the Van Ness Vision Committee wrestles with creating a more vibrant commercial hub in Forest Hills, are there lessons to be learned in Tenleytown? The Coalition for Smarter Growth […]
Forest Hills’ First School
by Ann Kessler I would suspect if you were asked about the first public school to be built in Forest Hills, you wouldn’t answer that it was an African American […]
Thank You, Tenant Summit!
by Barbara Cline This Saturday, I will be attending the 6th Annual Tenant & Tenant Association Summit at the Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University. I encourage all renters – […]
Neighbors Recommend: “Diaghelev and the Ballet Russes”
Marjorie Rachlin gives this exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Gallery of Art the highest of marks. In fact, I take Marge’s recommendations very seriously. Yes, she convinced me to go, […]
‘Sunrise Fitness’ Rises in Forest Hills
When you live long enough in a neighborhood to see your children’s classmates grow up, you also see some of them start their own businesses. Case in point: Brendan Herbert […]
Perspective: Where Does the Council Stand On Cameras?
by Marlene Berlin Three months ago, Council member Vincent Orange introduced legislation that called for a two-year moratorium on expanding automated enforcement. His latest effort is an emergency bill which […]
October Opening For Little Red Fox
We’re getting closer to an opening date for the new grocery/cafe moving into the old Marvelous Market space. Little Red Fox’s owner says it will open in late October, exact […]
Politics And Prose, Georgetown Edition?
A Georgetown group has approached Politics and Prose about opening a branch in Georgetown. Co-owner Bradley Graham tells the Washingtonian’s Carol Ross Joynt that he and fellow owner Lissa Muscatine […]