The journalists at Wilson High School’s student newspaper are no slouches. Just two weeks after the 2019-2020 school year began, The Beacon’s reporters and editors were off and running, publishing […]
Opinion: What I wish I had said to the dog owner whose pooch was off-leash
by Scott D. Seligman While out walking my dog the other night, I ran into another dog owner whose pooch was off the leash. This struck me as a bad […]
Free yourself of electronics clutter and more at the Nov. 16 Hearst School e-cycle event
We’re not in the habit of giving weekend chore assignments to our readers, but the end result will be cleaner garages, attics, closets and junk drawers. And it’s all for […]
Forest Hills Park updates: Nov. 2 Spooktacular, new officers and new, improved rain garden
Friends of Forest Hills Playground has new officers who are carrying on an old tradition: the decades-old Halloween bash at the park: Forest Hills Playground’s Halloween bash returns for another […]
October at Forest Hills Park: Flower planting, coffee & mini cleanup, Spooktacular planning
Every year, for decades, there’s been a Halloween bash at Forest Hills Playground. Thanks to some fresh new faces on the Friends of Forest Hills Playground board, there’s going to […]
Classes begin at the Whittle School with 180 students
DC Public Schools welcomed students back last week. Classes began this week at the neighborhood’s private schools – Burke, Sheridan and the new Whittle School. Whittle School & Studios welcomed […]
Forest Hills Park September events: Concert, board meeting and rain garden cleanup
Adding new rain garden cleanup and board meeting dates and details below. And the concert was fantastic. Has Forest Hills Park (at 3200 Chesapeake Street NW) ever had this much […]
Fall concert at Forest Hills Park on Sept. 7 featuring Christylez Bacon
The concerts at Forest Hills Park went on hiatus this summer. But a new group of volunteers is preparing for an early September concert at the park. And it might […]
Oh, to be a kid in the summer… of 1919. Read more Fred Rhodes recollections
Who was Fred Rhodes? A federal worker whose long and varied resumé included the Manhattan Project and the Nixon administration, and later in life, a Baptist minister. But a century ago, […]
Eaton Elementary kids will spend two years at UDC
Van Ness will be welcoming Eaton Elementary kids this fall while their school at 34th and Lowell Streets NW undergoes a two-year renovation and modernization. They will move into the […]