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Opinion: What our schools need? More data and an independent body empowered to collect it.

September 13, 2023 by FHC 2 Comments

by Marlene Berlin As a new school year begins, I want to draw your attention to Ruth Wattenberg’s May 26th article for the Washington City Paper, “You Can’t Fix What […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Opinion, Schools

Opinion: UDC Building 41 plan gets a failing grade in campus-community engagement.

June 22, 2023 by FHC 11 Comments

Updated July 12th to add the Zoning Commission hearing date. by Mary Beth Tinker and Kesh Ladduwahetty The next two years may see the demolition of one of the largest […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Opinion, UDC

Opinion: The Connecticut Avenue project has a new timeline. And it needs a new name.

April 10, 2023 by FHC 10 Comments

by Marlene Berlin DDOT’s name for its Connecticut Avenue project has changed, and so has its timeline. The project involves reconfiguring travel lanes and bus stops, and adding bike lanes […]

Filed Under: Bike DC, Featured, Getting Around, News, Opinion, Pedestrian Updates

Opinion: The problem with leaf blowers

March 8, 2023 by FHC 5 Comments

by Kathy Sykes I must admit I’m not a fan of leaf blowers. I understand why people use them – from removing leaves from lawns to clearing walkways, sidewalks and […]

Filed Under: Featured, In the Garden, News, Opinion, Sustainability

Opinion: Rock Creek E. coli levels are dangerously high. Where are the public health warnings?

February 9, 2023 by FHC 14 Comments

by Marlene Berlin One day in late January, I went for a hike in Rock Creek Park. I emerged alarmed by what I had learned there about E. coli levels […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Opinion, Parks and Streams, Rock Creek Park

Opinion: Nine ways to make the Connecticut Ave. redesign better for the people who live, shop and work here

January 17, 2023 by FHC 9 Comments

by Livia Bardin Concept C, the officially adopted plan for bicycle lanes in the DDOT Connecticut Avenue Reversible Lane, Safety and Operations Study, is fine for bikes, tough on cars, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Getting Around, News, Opinion

Opinion: Covid-19 and new development are changing commutes. Connecticut Avenue planning needs to reflect that.

November 15, 2022 by FHC 11 Comments

by Marlene Berlin Mayor Bowser and the DC Department of Transportation can already claim a major traffic safety accomplishment from the Connecticut Avenue Reversible Lane, Operations and Safety Study that […]

Filed Under: Featured, Getting Around, News, Opinion

Opinion: Why I put up a yard sign opposing Connecticut Avenue bike lanes

October 27, 2022 by FHC

Anti-Connecticut Avenue bike lanes sign

by Rebecca Stevens I have lived in Forest Hills since 1973, with a brief interlude in nearby AU Park (1976-1981). I have seen many changes to Connecticut Avenue, some good, […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F 2020, Featured, Getting Around, News, Opinion

Opinion: It’s the mayor, not UDC, who bears responsibility as a volunteer-led Ward 3 food pantry searches for a new home (Corrected)

July 15, 2022 by FHC 2 Comments

Ed. note: The piece has been edited to remove unsupported statements about the recipients of the pantry’s services. by Marlene Berlin For more than a year now, mutual aid volunteers […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Opinion, Services, UDC, Van Ness

Opinion: New DC streetlight tech can let neighborhoods dim the lights – for the health and safety of all

June 6, 2022 by FHC 6 Comments

by Julia Kampelman Stevenson DC’s new street and alleyway lighting replacement project will give neighborhoods the potential to control their own light levels. In addition to reducing carbon emissions and […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, Featured, News, Opinion, Sustainability

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