by Marlene Berlin Compari and Kumato tomatoes get me through the winter. At least, they try. But there is nothing like biting into that first big, bright red perfect tomato from the farmers market…. one that not so long ago was straight off the vine. It looks like all those beautiful but tasteless ones you […]
Forest Hills Playground nonprofit plans to call it quits
The nonprofit that has been organizing cleanups, concerts and other events at Forest Hills Park is preparing to dissolve unless more people join its board. Friends of Forest Hills Playground sent a letter to the community (see below) on Tuesday, June 4th stating that the board would begin winding down operations after June 30th, but […]
The Brandywine Apartments, like Sedgwick Gardens, is seeing an influx of voucher holders
This article was published in June 2019. Since then, the Brandywine Tenants Association has been working with management to improve life for all residents. Read “Resident unity and landlord accountability: How Brandywine Apartments changed things for the better” here. Some of our apartment building neighbors are here thanks to vouchers making their rents more affordable. […]
‘The Spy Behind Home Plate’ – the latest from documentary filmmaker Aviva Kempner – makes its debut
The last time documentary filmmaker Aviva Kempner turned her cameras on the life of a Major League Baseball player, his exploits on the field were among his most noteworthy achievements. Now, 19 years after “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg,” the Forest Hills resident is releasing “The Spy Behind Home Plate.” It tells the […]
Current Newspapers folds after 52 years
The May 8th edition of The Current, the weekly newspaper that covered Northwest DC for five decades, was its last. The newspaper is heading for liquidation. The Washington Post’s Eric Wemple was first to report the news that longtime (and former) publisher Davis Kennedy had petitioned to change the Current’s bankruptcy from Chapter 11 to […]
Chickens, ponies and minnows in Soapstone Creek: Recollections of a Forest Hills childhood more than a century ago
by Ann Kessler Some of Fred Burnett Rhodes’ descriptions of springtime in DC sound familiar – the brilliance of the azalea blooms, the minnows in Soapstone Creek. But he’s describing a childhood that began in 1913 on Albemarle Street. And his recollections include his father’s encounter with Prohibition agents, and bringing home a pony he’d […]
Opinion: We risk losing the forest in Forest Hills
by Kate Yonkers Last summer and early fall gave us a taste of the heavy, enduring rain which will become more commonplace as the climate warms. We have lost many large trees in the neighborhood, over 30 alone in 2018 according to the DC Urban Forestry division. Oversaturation and high winds are surely to blame, […]
Broad Branch daylighting tour guided us through a buried stream’s recovery (the toad serenade was a nice touch, too)
by Marlene Berlin It took a few years of planning and several months of work to return a long-buried stream to the surface. On an April 7th tour of the daylighted portion of Broad Branch Stream, we learned more about the restoration project and the work in the almost five years since then to support […]
Higher ed news briefs: Mayor Bowser backs UDC’s 4250 Connecticut purchase; Howard Law celebrates 150 years
by Marlene Berlin and Forest Hills Connection Mayor’s budget would make 4250’s renter 4250’s owner: UDC is now leasing 4250 Connecticut Avenue. It would like to buy the building. If Mayor Bowser gets her way, DC will find the money to do that. During her March 18th “State of the District” address at the UDC […]
Schools in Brief: Whittle School at Intelsat runs into construction snag; Renaming Wilson High
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 […]