One more year for UDC’s longtime leader: Ronald Mason Jr., the University of the District of Columbia’s ninth and longest-serving president, will be stepping down when his contract with the university ends in next June. “It was not a decision I made lightly,” Mason told students, faculty and staff on July 21st. The 2022-2023 school […]
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Neighborhood in the News: Whittle School’s DC campus is shutting down; Van Ness food pantry needs new home
Whittle School closing in DC: Faculty and families at Whittle School and Studios were notified on Friday, July 8th that the just-ended school year was its last. The Washington Post and Washington Business Journal saw the email ed-tech entrepreneur and school founder Chris Whittle sent to the families and staff. “We concluded [Thursday] night that […]
Neighborhood in the News: Van Ness sniper’s motives still unknown; ‘Barely solvent’ Whittle School; ‘Melvin Hazen No More’
There’s so much we still don’t know about the April 22 Van Ness shootings. And one of the chief unknowns is why. Nothing investigators learned in the early days after the attack pointed to the gunman’s motive. As one MPD investigator told The Washington Post in an article published on May 12th, “We have the […]
What we know so far about the Van Ness DC shootings
It happened quickly – dozens of shots fired in rapid succession shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday, April 22nd. Reports came in of two, three, then four people wounded in and around Edmund Burke School, including a 12-year-old child. Hours passed with area residents, students, and Van Ness workers told to shelter in place until […]
Neighborhood in the News: Arrest in Days Inn shooting; “Grandfather of Black basketball” honored; Whittle School buildings set for foreclosure auction
An arrest in the Days Inn shooting case: Last Friday, MPD announced that there was a warrant out for the arrest of a suspect in the January 27th Days Inn shootings that left one person dead and four wounded. On Saturday, the police announced they had arrested that suspect, 18-year-old Gerald Thomas. The Washington Post, […]
Neighborhood in the News (Updated): A union drive at Politics and Prose; Housing is a hot topic
Updating the first story below (12/22/2021): Politics and Prose owners Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine put this statement on politics-prose.com: Yesterday, we reached out to the union organizers in the spirit of collaboration to propose negotiations on the scope of a collective bargaining unit. Our hope is that these discussions will result in an agreement […]
Neighborhood in the News: Metro mess; Praise for ‘thoughtful tacos’ and other local eats; The home with ‘palace vibes’
The view of the Metro mess from Van Ness: WTOP’s Mike Marillo was at the Van Ness station Monday, the first day the 7000 series trains were taken out of service. You can read what passengers were telling him and listen to his report here. UDC taking the lead on DC health data careers: The […]
Neighborhood in the News: The cons of reversible lanes and DC safety commitments; A relay race celebrates Covid resilience
We write letters: DDOT is set to make a decision soon about the fate of the Connecticut Avenue reversible lanes. Mark Moran, who writes about education for Forest Hills Connection, recently wrote a Washington Post op-ed arguing that the reversible lane needs to go. Whatever DDOT decides, safety improvements are not guaranteed. ANC 3F chair […]
Neighborhood in the News: Running out of gas, persuading the vaccine hesitant, and why wading around in Rock Creek is a bad idea
Haves and have nots: On Sunday, when this truck showed up to restock the BP filling station at 5001 Connecticut Avenue, GasBuddy.com was saying 88 percent of DC gas stations were running on empty. Some DC gas stations coming back online this evening. Still several without gas here in Northwest. This BP Station on Connecticut […]
Neighborhood in the News: “Father of Black basketball” honored at UDC. And goodbye (maybe) to a “legendary” Burger King
“The father of Black basketball”: UDC is renaming its sports complex after Edwin B. Henderson, a 1904 graduate of Miner Teachers College, a predecessor of the university. “Henderson introduced the game of basketball on a large scale to African Americans in the District, earning him his nickname,” WUSA9 reports. He was also active in the […]