by Jennifer Li Wilson Beacon staff writer During March 29-31, 63 different high school teams gathered in the Convention Center in downtown D.C. to play a game of basketball for […]
Knitting A Community Together
by Barbara Cline Mary Peckiconis is a Clarence House resident and a passionate knitter and crocheter who is spreading the joy of craft to northwest DC residents. Mary leads the […]
Meet The Teachers: Ms. Levy
2019 update: Murch teacher Karen Levy is retiring after 32 years. by Donna LaPorte Scharpf Updated and reprinted with permission from MurchSchool.org Where were you in 1987? Karen Levy was […]
Council Speeds Money For Deal-Reno Restoration
By Elizabeth Wiener Current Staff Writer The D.C. Council is speeding up restoration of the historic Reno School as well as an addition linking the structure to Alice Deal Middle […]
Magical Day At The Playground
by Alexandra Chalupa The last Sunday morning in April, the Forest Hills Playground on Chesapeake Street was magical. The weather was perfect and the park was full of families with […]
Pooch Profiles: An Ex-Con In Forest Hills
by Margery Elfin We all know the story of Romeo who lived and loved in Verona, Italy, but who knew that centuries later, we would have a local Romeo, albeit […]
Neighbor Kids, All Grown Up: Silas Riener
by Marlene Berlin Silas Riener would open our freezer, put his finger on his chin and rock his head from side to side in making the very important decision of […]
Forest Hills From A Dog’s-Eye View
By Emmy Elfin Full disclosure: This is the only neighborhood in which I have lived. However, I have walked the streets of Georgetown (don’t appreciate the cobblestones) and Cleveland Park […]
Help Forest Hills Playground Return To Full Bloom
By Alexandra Chalupa Five-year-old twins Ella and Zoe climb the wooden structure, racing each other to the top and then down the long blue slide, their two-year old brother Auden […]
Setting Boundaries
By Elaine Melmed There are few things in life that produce more anxiety than the need to set boundaries in our personal lives, in the lives and behavior of our […]