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Uptown Market faced a friendly crowd at the June 18th ANC 3F meeting as it made its case for the licenses it will need to sell and serve alcohol. Its settlement agreement with ANC 3F is on the consent agenda for the July 23rd meeting. The other major agenda item follows up on the June […]
by Marlene Berlin At the June 26th public meeting on a project that would address the century-old sewer system running through the Soapstone Valley, no one challenged the need for relining the pipes and repairing manholes. DC Water’s presentation made it clear that the pipes and manhole covers, now more than 110 years old, have […]
Uptown Market, the market and restaurant planning an August opening in Park Van Ness, is in the process of negotiating a voluntary agreement with ANC 3F to sell and serve alcoholic beverages in its store, bar and café areas. It is standard procedure for eating establishments that sell alcohol to work out an agreement with […]
by Marlene Berlin A deteriorating, 110-year-old sewer system runs through the Soapstone Valley. The National Park Service and DC Water have released the environmental assessment of DC Water’s preferred plan to rehabilitate the system. The federal and city agency will hold a public meeting on this subject June 26th at the Forest Hills of DC […]
As we’ve mentioned before, we like that you come to us for neighborhood news. But if you want to be among the first to know what’s going on, you’ll attend ANC 3F’s monthly meetings. Once more, the meeting this Tuesday, June 18th will be packed with news and information of import to our community. The […]
The National Park Service has released the environmental assessment of DC Water’s plans for rehabilitating the century-old sewer system in Soapstone Valley. This sets in motion a 59-day public comment period on work that will keep Soapstone users out of the park for as many as four years. NPS has scheduled a public meeting on […]
(Edited to add the latest and greatest agenda from ANC 3F.) Curious about the status of Sidwell Friends’ expansion plans? Or the work being done on the former Intelsat headquarters for the incoming Whittle school? Updates are on the agenda for ANC 3F’s meeting this Tuesday, May 21. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and […]
Whittle School can breathe a sigh of relief. Seven weeks after the District issued a stop-work order, the school has received the building permits needed to resume construction. Washington Business Journal’s Sara Gilgore reports: That means the school can open on schedule for classes after Labor Day, despite losing more than a month and a […]
by Marlene Berlin Not all of the water flowing through Melvin C Hazen Park is the stream. And that’s a problem. During the open forum for community members at ANC 3F’s March 19th meeting, William Matzelevich, a neighbor of Melvin C Hazen Park, spoke about the damage from the rain, stormwater runoff and blockage of […]
The draft agenda for the Tuesday, March 19th meeting of ANC 3F includes an update on the Hearst Park renovation and pool project, a grant request for a Melvin C Hazen Park bridge project, and a resolution on recent recommendations to relieve overcrowding in Ward 3 schools. ANC 3F meets at 7:30 p.m. on the […]
