by Beth Cope Current Newspapers staff writer Reprinted, with permission, from the April 9th edition of the Northwest Current. Download the paper to see the full-color photos of some of the redesigned rooms. Not in the market for a new home but dreaming of sprucing up your own? Inspiration abounds at this year’s DC Design […]
Forest Hills Couple Opens Music Studio In Chevy Chase Arcade
Brigette and Marshall Willner are longtime residents of Forest Hills, and they recently opened the Harmonic Music Studios in Chevy Chase. Current Newspapers has given us permission to reprint this article on the Willners from the December 4th issue of The Northwest Current. ON THE STREET Kat Lucero for The Northwest Current On a cold […]
Plans Evolve For Burying Pepco Lines
by Elizabeth Wiener Current Newspapers staff writer An ambitious plan to put major power lines underground in the city’s outer wards is facing a key question: Who’s going to pay for it, and how? Two D.C. Council committees heard testimony Tuesday [October 22nd] on a bill to finance the estimated $1 billion “undergrounding” project, which […]
More Modern Hearst School Greets Students
by Elizabeth Wiener Staff writer, The Current Newspapers After a last-minute rush of construction activity, newly renovated Mann and Hearst elementary schools reopened to about 300 students each Monday morning — part of the latest chapter in the District’s effort t bring dilapidated public schools into the 21st century. There’s still much work to be […]
Cheh Sees Maintenance Problems In School Tour
by Elizabeth Wiener Current Staff Writer It’s a long punch list, with a lot of holes. Ward 3 D.C. Council member Mary Cheh’s customary August tour of schools has turned up a litany of problems — big and small — in the public schools that serve elementary, middle and high school students in her ward. […]
Glover Park ANC Requests Alternatives To Sewer Plan
This story, from the August 1 edition of The Northwest Current, also mentions Soapstone Valley and the Van Ness/North Cleveland Park/Forest Hills ANC. ANC 3F hosted a community meeting on July 18th. You can view it here. And to read more about Soapstone, see Marjorie Share’s July 8th article. by Brady Holt Current Staff Writer […]
Deal School’s Wireless Network Getting Upgrade
by Elizabeth Wiener Current Staff Writer Deal Middle School is getting an upgrade to its failed wireless Internet system, which left D.C.’s second largest public school without reliable Internet access for the past year. Officials at the D.C. Department of General Services say installation of a new system should be complete shortly after classes start. […]
Perspective: DC Schools Should Look Back To Move Forward
by Marlene Berlin Reprinted, with permission, from the August 1 edition of The Northwest Current. David Catania’s Ward 3 forum on D.C. Public Schools took me back to a time when the “public” had more of a voice. Catania – an at-large D.C. Council member and chair of the council’s Education Committee – along with […]
Perspective: Sewer Work In Parks Requires Careful Scrutiny
by Tara D. Morrison Rock Creek Park superintendent From The Current’s Viewpoint section The National Park Service appreciates the public interest generated from The Current’s coverage about the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority’s projects to address deteriorating sewer pipes in Glover Archbold Park and Soapstone Valley Park, which are administered by Rock Creek Park. Since […]
ANC Supports Park Van Ness Public Space Plans
by Brady Holt Current staff writer Streetscape improvements planned as part of a pivotal mixed-use project in Van Ness won the unanimous support of the local advisory neighborhood commission last week. Developers of the planned Park Van Ness building have already gutted the interior of the Van Ness Square commercial complex at 4455 Connecticut Ave., […]