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Covering Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield
by Andrea Gudeon The intersection of policy and politics has a new home at the University of the District of Columbia – and you don’t need to wait long to visit our new neighbor. The Institute of Politics, Policy and History (IPPH), a new nonpartisan institute launched earlier this year at UDC, will present “Historical […]
by Barbara Cline March is one of my favorite months. It’s the end of winter, the beginning of spring… and when I know how much my rent increase will be for my rent-controlled apartment. And the 2019 rent increase for rent-controlled buildings is… Our annual rent control increase is based on the lower of: the […]
by Marlene Berlin Roger Myers, wearing a green “penny” marking him as a trail volunteer, was clearing out a water channel when I happened upon him on a recent Sunday in Rock Creek Park. Myers heads a volunteer group that maintains the popular Black Horse Trail along Rock Creek. And he had news for me. […]
The draft agenda for the Tuesday, March 19th meeting of ANC 3F includes an update on the Hearst Park renovation and pool project, a grant request for a Melvin C Hazen Park bridge project, and a resolution on recent recommendations to relieve overcrowding in Ward 3 schools. ANC 3F meets at 7:30 p.m. on the […]
Sugar Fox, the new bakery and ice cream shop from the folks at Little Red Fox, is opening this weekend. The hours posted so far are Thursday through Sunday, 12 to 9 p.m. Your assignment: Try it out and report back to us ASAP! Straight from the press release: Sugar Fox 5027 Connecticut Ave Northwest, […]
Bread Furst isn’t the only local lunch spot to undergo a recent renovation. The Hillwood Museum has spent the past few weeks renovating its café. And it officially opens Friday, March 15th as the Merriweather Café. The new space comes with a new menu – the details of which are reserved for the reopening. The […]
Decades ago, for reasons unknown, someone decided to confine a section of Broad Branch Stream to an underground pipe. When the stream saw daylight again in 2014, the restoration team envisioned a place that could filter and slow the flow of stormwater flowing to Rock Creek, a place where wildlife could thrive, and a place […]
by Marlene Berlin Late last year, DDOT Transportation Planner Robyn Jackson spoke to the communities along Connecticut Avenue and asked for feedback on DDOT’s plan to study the reversible lanes on Connecticut Avenue. The scope, as we understood it then: Connecticut Avenue will be the primary focus, but the study will look also at impacts […]
Our advisory neighborhood commission meets once each month. Two ANC 3F committees meet monthly as well, to dive in more detail into issues of interest to Van Ness, Forest Hills and North Cleveland Park. The next committee meetings are this week: The Parks and Trails Committee is meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Forest Hills […]
by Marlene Berlin Permits question halts Whittle School construction: The DC Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) issued a stop-work order on February 27th because Whittle School did not have a local building permit. Founder Chris Whittle tells the Washington Post that the project doesn’t need one. The school is scheduled to open this […]
