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The government shutdown tops our latest roundup of neighbor and neighborhood news mentions. They’re too numerous to list here, but most lists of shutdown-related closures in the District include Peirce Mill and the Rock Creek Park Nature Center and Planetarium. They are both National Park Service properties. Deer management road closures: Presumably, the Park Service’s […]
Washington Post restaurant critic Tom Sietsema is a fan of Sfoglina. Buck’s Fishing & Camping is where he goes when he’s craving comfort food. And now he’s raving about the newest restaurant in Forest Hills. But first he had to get past the name: I’m Eddie Cano. “I was prepared to dislike the place before […]
Great pasta for less: The Washington Post lists Tesoro (4400 Connecticut) among four DC-area restaurants where Italian food won’t break the bank. It notes the “charms of chef-owner Ignazio Bonanni’s recipes” and says Tesoro’s Mediterranean fettuccine is “an absurd bargain at $18.50.” Tesoro, by the way, is Italian for treasure. Amore o odio? Speaking of […]
Murch Elementary administrative staff move into their brand new and newly-renovated buildings today after a two-year renovation. These projects take 3-4 years to complete, but the team never slowed down. Thank you @McnBuildDC @RMcArchitects @HordCoplanMacht @BD_PM @DCDGS @MurchPrincipal for making the @murchschool project such a success. Admin moves in Monday. pic.twitter.com/s0y41oqNPg — Patrick Davis (@DavisWPatrick) […]
All the media mentions of neighbors and the neighborhood (or what we’ve spotted) since our last Neighborhood in the News roundup: The battle over “rent concessions” continues: Despite the DC attorney general’s lawsuit and two rulings in a 3003 Van Ness Street tenant’s favor, the Washington City Paper reports some rent-controlled apartment buildings are continuing […]
When UDC was a vineyard: Remnants of farms remain scattered throughout the District, including a spring house that belonged to John Adlum, a contemporary of George Washington and a vintner whose lands included today’s UDC and North Cleveland Park. (Read more about Adlum here.) The Washington Post’s John Kelly spoke to the author of the […]
Local news outlets don’t just come and go… they mostly go. So we were relieved when the Washington City Paper found a buyer just in time to save its staff from pay cuts that could have devastated the publication. We were also relieved – and surprised – when WAMU announced a local news expansion last […]
(Read Neighborhood in the News, Part 1) You are so accomplished. Our occasional roundup can’t keep up. But darn it, you’re making us proud. Without further ado, here’s Neighborhood in the News, part deux: Teaching teens to use their voice: Nearly 50 years ago, then-teenage Mary Beth Tinker took her Vietnam War protest all the […]
We tried to take it easy over the holidays, but the news about neighbors and neighborhood spots has been coming in nonstop since our last roundup. This is going to be a two-parter, with more “Neighborhood in the News” links tomorrow. DC sues over “rent concessions”: We’ve told you about the practice that has given […]
This one’s for the DREAMers: Students from Wilson High and other area schools walked out of class on November 9th and converged on the Capitol to urge Congress to pass a standalone DREAM act before December recess. Here’s WAMU’s writeup, and we highly recommend The Wilson Beacon’s story on the event. Wilson students walk out […]
