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Hunger may be closer than you think: We missed this report when it was released in July. As The Washington Post reported, “census tract 13.02, in the District’s affluent Cleveland Park and Van Ness neighborhoods, may see a jump from 460 to 870 people in food insecurity in the coming year.” Whittle School’s renovation is […]
UDC honors Black lives lost to white supremacy: Starting on Juneteenth, UDC President Ronald Mason led university and student leaders on a nine-night journey. On each night, they knelt for 8 minutes, 46 seconds. On the ninth night, the community was invited to join them for a candlelight vigil, and to kneel in remembrance of […]
A Covid-19 case (or three?) at the Van Ness Giant: Grocery store workers are helping us keep our cupboards and fridges stocked at considerable risk to themselves. A WUSA9 report Tuesday suggested that three workers at the Giant at 4303 Connecticut Avenue have tested positive for Covid-19. Fox 5’s report, presumably using the same information […]
History on the airwaves: Do you remember what aired on 90.1 FM before C-SPAN Radio? It was the University of the District of Columbia’s very own radio station, a.k.a. WDCU. Between 1979 and 1997, students hosted well-regarded jazz and talk programs. An NPR reporter visited UDC with a radio producer who is on a quest […]
Michelle Obama was here: The former first lady’s book launch a year ago sold out Capital One Arena, so her November 18th appearance at a slightly smaller venue was bound to draw a crowd. Obama celebrated the first anniversary of Becoming with a book signing event at Politics and Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue). She drew […]
This Saturday, September 28th is National Public Lands Day and Rock Creek Park Day. Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service are inviting people of all ages and abilities to spend the morning at the Rock Creek Nature Center removing invasive plants, planting new shrubs and other greenery, and cleaning up trash. You’ll be […]
Rock Creek. The Anacostia. The Potomac. If you had to guess which of these waterways is least likely to be safe for swimmers on a given day (if swimming in DC were legal, that is), which would you choose? If you said Rock Creek, you’d be right. Recent articles in DCist and The Washington Post […]
by Forest Hills Connection Alice Rivlin, 1931-2019: The headline of her Washington Post obituary refers to her as a “budget maestro.” And indeed, Alice Rivlin was the first director of the Congressional Budget Office. She had been the vice chair of the Federal Reserve and President Clinton’s budget director. She headed the DC Financial Control […]
Whittle School won’t be late for class, says its founder: Chris Whittle tells Washington Business Journal that the private international school will remain on track for its scheduled September 5th opening despite the February 27 stop-work order at Whittle School/former Intelsat HQ. And he tells the London Telegraph that he plans to open 30 such […]
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 […]
