The weather forecast for the last day of April looks sunny and lovely. We have a couple of ideas for getting out in the neighborhood to enjoy it. John Burwell, […]
DC Water’s Soapstone sewer rehab contractor has started tagging trees and conducting other on-site, pre-construction work
At the ANC 3F meeting in January, commissioners passed a resolution urging Mayor Bowser and the National Park Service to pause permits for the project, and requested that the various […]
At Feb. 1 virtual meeting, MPD 2D commander and DC behavioral health agency officials to speak on “uptick of complaints” in apartment buildings
Officers from Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District and representatives of DC’s behavioral health agency will appear on a virtual panel this Tuesday. 2D CAC Chair Sarah Bever wrote in the […]
MPD referred three Van Ness apartment buildings to DC AG’s “nuisance” property office
The commander of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District has reported three Van Ness and Forest Hills apartment buildings to the division of the Office of the Attorney General that […]
Photos: A winter (but sometimes less-than-wondrous) wonderland
by Marlene Berlin I’m recovering from a knee injury. But on Tuesday, the sunny skies and fresh snow beckoned me. After removing snow from my yard trees and bushes, and […]
Resident unity and landlord accountability: How Brandywine Apartments changed things for the better
In 2017, the District increased the value of rental subsidies, which made apartment buildings on Connecticut Avenue and other relatively expensive parts of the District more affordable to voucher holders. […]
Photos: Keeping our eyes on the skies
As you may already know, we are on Twitter. The @ForestHillsNews Twitter feed is embedded in the ForestHillsConnection.com sidebar (and on mobile, near the bottom of each page. Sorry to […]
Watch for Brandywine Street lane closures as DC Water moves to next phase of Forest Hills water main project
DC Water has started a new section of its extensive water main replacement project in Forest Hills, and for those who use Brandywine Street to get to Broad Branch Road […]
This highly effective and attractive green infrastructure system is free for DC homeowners
by Marlene Berlin Homeowners and apartment property managers can make all kinds of green infrastructure improvements, such as installing rain gardens, rain barrels and permeable paving. But one of the […]
Updates on neighborhood leaf sweeping… and leaf peeping
Some of our neighbors might be spending Halloween raking leaves. Others get to put it off a little longer. The DC Department of Public Works will have crews out vacuuming […]