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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 […]
If you or your kids attended the old Murch and you’d like to see the newly renovated school for yourself, your next chance to see it is coming up on Saturday, March 16th. That’s the date of the annual Murch auction. (The Hearst Elementary auction is March 23rd. They’re important fundraisers for both schools.) There’s […]
CommuniKids, which offers the only free pre-K3 program in Ward 3, is opening its second location on January 7th on the UDC campus, and it’s now accepting pre-K3 and pre-K4 applications for the 2019-2020 school year. CommuniKids is a Spanish-immersion preschool based in Tenleytown, at 4719 Wisconsin Avenue. The school has been providing free bilingual […]
The school moving into the former Intelsat headquarters at 4000 Connecticut Avenue has hosted a few open houses and meetings for the parents of prospective students. Its meeting this Wednesday is for the community. Members of the Whittle School & Studios leadership team, as well as Council member Mary Cheh and ANC 3F Commissioner David […]
“There seems to be a persistent and pervasive problem in Forest Hills (and neighboring areas) of dog walkers failing to leash their dogs,” Forest Hills neighbor Paul Walters recently wrote in an email to Council member Mary Cheh: This is dangerous for the dog, the owner, and others. A dog’s behavior with people or other […]
New day, new time. Barks & Brews is back on. Van Ness Main Street’s event combines a few of our favorite things: local food and drink, and man’s best friend. Postponed due to rain, the Second Annual Barks & Brews Fest is now Sunday, October 14th from 6 to 9 p.m. in the parking lot […]
by Pilar Holder On August 17, 2017 my siblings and I, as children living on Upton Street, wrote a letter to Council Member Mary Cheh outlining our concerns about traffic on our block. Pat Jakopchek, Chair of ANC 3F, responded to us and invited us to come to the next meeting of the ANC. We […]
There’s a Forest Hills Park community meeting on Thursday, September 13th. It’s for planning a Halloween party, organizing a fall cleanup, and to determine whether there is enough community interest and help available for future park events. Friends of Forest Hills Playground’s last concert of the summer may have also been their last ever. The […]
As DCPS students head back to school today, Murch School students are heading into brand new classrooms at their old location, 36th and Davenport Streets. For many, it won’t be their first glimpse of the fully-modernized school. Students got a chance to drop off school supplies and meet their teachers last Friday. And on Saturday, […]
Forest Hills Park’s last picnic in the park concert of the summer is on the last Saturday of this month. Details from Friends of Forest Hills Playground: Join Friends of Forest Hills Playground + The Erich Cabe Team for our last free, all-ages summer concert at the Forest Hills Park amphitheater (3200 block of Brandywine […]
