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What’s been accomplished six weeks into DC Water’s 16-month Forest Hills water main replacement project

January 6, 2021 by FHC 3 Comments

by Marlene Berlin On Tuesday, DC Water construction workers were tearing up the intersection of Davenport Street and Linnean Avenue to get at the old cast iron water main. The old pipes are being replaced in an extensive project that began in Forest Hills in the first week of December and will continue through March […]

Filed Under: Around the Neighborhood, Featured, Forest Hills, News

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Business in Brief: Sugar Fox hosting a pop-up; Greenhouses popping up outside Rosemary Bistro; Tino’s pop-up sells out fast

December 17, 2020 by FHC 9 Comments

We’re not going downtown to work, or shop, or dine like we did prior to the pandemic. So one downtown restaurant is coming to us. In January, Little Sesame is opening a rotisserie chicken pop-up at Sugar Fox (5027 Connecticut Avenue). The pop-up already has a takeout and delivery menu, which includes a whole or […]

Filed Under: Business, Business in Brief, Cleveland Park, Forest Hills, News, Tenleytown

DC Water begins extensive water main replacement project in Forest Hills

December 3, 2020 by FHC 5 Comments

by Marlene Berlin DC Water is replacing thousands of feet of cast iron water mains in Forest Hills over the next several months. The project requires digging up streets east and west of Linnean Avenue between Albemarle and Davenport. The work began this week. At noon on Wednesday, a crew was cutting the pavement on […]

Filed Under: Around the Neighborhood, Featured, Forest Hills, News

Want to find holiday lights? Head to your nearest “Main Street”

December 1, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

Commercial corridors in this area and throughout the District are decked out in holiday lights and festive displays this month, some in connection with local Main Streets. The lights serve as a beacon to attract customers to small and local businesses, and as a beacon of hope for better times to come. And of course, […]

Filed Under: Cleveland Park, Forest Hills, Main Street, Nearby News, News, Shop & Eat Local, Tenleytown, Things To Do, Van Ness

The 2020 “Shop-Local Workout:” Covid-19 edition

November 23, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

You could call it a Forest Hills Connection holiday tradition. In December 2012, Marlene Berlin combined her love of walking and her enthusiasm for supporting small businesses into our original walking and shopping guide to Van Ness, Forest Hills, Chevy Chase, Tenleytown and Cleveland Park. That morphed into the “Shop-Local Workout,” our annual Thanksgiving week […]

Filed Under: Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Forest Hills, Nearby News, News, Shop & Eat Local, Tenleytown, Things To Do, Van Ness

Help a Forest Hills teen collect coats for the homeless and headphones for students

November 19, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

One of our young neighbors wrote to us with a request: to help her spread the word about a nonprofit she’s assisting with a coat and headphones drive this month. Hello Forest Hills friends, My name is Shivani Nelson. I am 16 years old and live in Forest Hills. I have teamed up with Goods […]

Filed Under: Forest Hills, News, Services

What it’s like at the reopened Politics and Prose

July 9, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Marlene Berlin Politics and Prose is welcoming customers inside again. And to me, it feels like I have my oasis back. We were never short of great reading material. Politics and Prose customers kept the store busy with online pickup and delivery orders. But there’s just something about being able to hold and page […]

Filed Under: Business, Featured, Forest Hills, News, Shop & Eat Local

Photos: Patching up the Forest Hills CVS after vandalism; conscientiousness-raising posters

June 2, 2020 by FHC 1 Comment

Vandals targeted the CVS Pharmacy at 5013 Connecticut Avenue Sunday night. On Monday afternoon, the store was closed and workers were boarding up the store. Politics and Prose next door wasn’t touched. Nor were other businesses on the block. A few blocks south on Albemarle Street, someone posted some signs for the times. The signs […]

Filed Under: Forest Hills, News

Signs of the times: Open for business in Van Ness and Forest Hills

May 1, 2020 by FHC 1 Comment

April saw the return of Little Red Fox and Laliguras. The month of May begins with Acacia Food and Wine’s reopening. Acacia is accepting takeout and delivery orders from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday from a special menu featuring gourmet burgers, sandwiches and entrees including salmon and fajita bowl salad. There’s a $20 […]

Filed Under: Business, Coronavirus, Forest Hills, News, Van Ness

Meet Your Neighbors: The physical therapist who works on the mind-body connection

April 29, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

One of the newest additions to our ever-evolving Van Ness and Forest Hills Covid-19 business directory is physical therapist Gabrielle Czaja, whose office is in The Saratoga at Connecticut Avenue and Brandywine Street. Czaja continues to work with clients needing help with sore muscles and joint pain, but her practice has moved online while we’re […]

Filed Under: Forest Hills, Meet the Neighbors, News

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