The commander of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District has reported three Van Ness and Forest Hills apartment buildings to the division of the Office of the Attorney General that handles “nuisance” properties because they have not implemented recommendations that could curtail problems that lead to many police service calls. At a December 16th public […]
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Meet Your Neighbors: A leadership coach writes a book on the difficulty – and necessity – of change
Sandi Stewart, an executive coach and consultant, moved to Forest Hills with her husband Michael Abrams in 2012. She’s been lending her expertise to Van Ness Main Street as a member of its board for the past few years. Stewart is also an instructor with American University’s executive coaching professional program. In her time as […]
ANC 3F Jan. 18 agenda: Concerns about Soapstone sewer plans and calls for Connecticut Ave. traffic calming
ANC 3F, the advisory neighborhood commission for Van Ness, Forest Hills and Wakefield, returns for its first meeting of the new year at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 18th. The full agenda for the virtual meeting is below. The commissioners will vote on a resolution noting community concerns about the Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project’s “potential […]
DCist explains why shelves are bare at Giant and other grocery stores
Photos of empty produce sections and otherwise bare supermarket shelves have been all over the local news and social media. That’s not uncommon in the days before – and in the immediate aftermath of – a snowstorm. And we just had two in a week. A Popville reader used the panorama feature on her phone […]
After the community raised air pollution concerns, Cheh aide says DC Water is delaying Soapstone sewer work
by Marlene Berlin After community members raised concerns about DC Water’s preferred method for rehabilitating Soapstone Valley’s century-old sewer pipes, the agency is delaying the work until at least mid-summer, according to the legislative director for Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh. Michael Porcello mentioned the delay in a January 7th email to this reporter, […]
MLK weekend events include Peirce Mill, Melvin Hazen and Trail 9 cleanups
For the 12th year in a row, volunteers will spend the Martin Luther King holiday weekend sprucing up Rock Creek Park and its tributaries. Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service are hosting several trash and invasive species removal events from Saturday, January 15th through Monday, January 17th. Volunteers will be picking up trash […]
Photos: A winter (but sometimes less-than-wondrous) wonderland
by Marlene Berlin I’m recovering from a knee injury. But on Tuesday, the sunny skies and fresh snow beckoned me. After removing snow from my yard trees and bushes, and getting many snow showers in the process, I headed out into the neighborhood to take photos. 30th Street (below) provided a passable place to walk. […]
Business in Brief II: Politics and Prose is DC’s first unionized bookstore; Italian Bar meets Kickstarter goal; Buy Mark Furstenberg’s cookbooks
All the neighborhood business news that broke on Monday after we posted Business in Brief I: Politics and Prose is a union shop now And it’s the first bookstore in the District to unionize. Politics and Prose and UCFW Local 400 jointly announced their agreement on the scope of the collective bargaining unit. And this […]
Business in Brief: Italian Bar update; Van Ness Main Street planning spring market, summer movie nights; Uptown Theater readying a return?
Help kickstart a new business Italian Bar (5008 Connecticut Avenue), the gelato and espresso-selling venture from the I’m Eddie Cano people, has had to push back its planned opening date. “We’ve been tied up in permitting with DCRA and it’s set our opening date back several months which is costly,” Carolyn and Massimo Papetti recently […]
School updates: New ‘test to return’ requirement; Essential student journalism; UDC’s record gift
“Test to return” to DC Public Schools: On December 20th, DCPS extended the school system’s winter break by two days “to ensure appropriate time for testing.” Instead of holding classes, schools would be open on Monday, January 3rd and Tuesday, January 4th for the distribution of rapid antigen tests to students and staff. But covid […]