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As DCPS students head back to school today, Murch School students are heading into brand new classrooms at their old location, 36th and Davenport Streets. For many, it won’t be their first glimpse of the fully-modernized school. Students got a chance to drop off school supplies and meet their teachers last Friday. And on Saturday, […]
When we last heard from Forest Hills-based writer Anthony Dobranski, he had published his debut novel, The Demon in Business Class, and he gave us a fascinating look at all the hands-on work of marketing a work of genre fiction. This is his latest project, and something you can get your hands on. by Anthony […]
Forest Hills Park’s last picnic in the park concert of the summer is on the last Saturday of this month. Details from Friends of Forest Hills Playground: Join Friends of Forest Hills Playground + The Erich Cabe Team for our last free, all-ages summer concert at the Forest Hills Park amphitheater (3200 block of Brandywine […]
The ribbon-cutting event will begin 30 minutes earlier than previously advertised. Plan to show up at 2:30 p.m. for the ceremony and the festivities. In the two years since the renovation of Murch Elementary began, we’ve heard these two questions quite a bit: 1) Will it be ready in time for the 2018-2019 school year, […]
by David Jonas Bardin We often hear complaints about Congressional meddling in local, District of Columbia issues. But almost nobody knows that our ninth President, William Henry Harrison, deemed such meddling unconstitutional. It turns on what “We the People” means. Take abortion as one example. Every year a deluded Congress passes legislation prohibiting use of […]
Van Ness Main Street is inviting everyone to celebrate these dog days of summer: Thursday evenings in August, from 5 to 8 p.m., Van Ness Main Street is sponsoring “Pups on the Patio” happy hours at each of these restaurants: August 9th: Acacia Food & Wine August 16th: Soapstone Market August 23rd: Sfoglina Pasta House […]
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) […]
by Marjorie Rachlin Some plants and shrubs thrive in the summer heat, and front yards in Forest Hills are using them in various ways. I drove around and took photos of some of the more interesting ones. We’ve forgotten that it was Lady Bird Johnson’s Beautification Campaign in the 1960s that got a lot of […]
We can never have too much local news. So the two new online DC news publications are more of a very good thing. The DC Line
8/3 update: It’s going to take more than two weeks. DDOT tells WTOP, “The work being done is to repair the roadway infrastructure that was damaged by the storm, including repairing embankments and culverts.” The new estimate for the completion of repairs: before the end of August. A day after the July 25th downpour and […]
