The Forest Hills neighborhood was featured in the July 27th edition of WAMU’s newsmagazine, Metro Connection. Each week, the broadcast profiles a couple of neighborhoods in its “Door To Door” […]
Run For ANC: Petitions Due Aug. 8
by Marlene Berlin Interested in serving your community? Want to play a greater role in shaping local policy and addressing neighborhood issues? We need folks to run for our Advisory […]
Zoning Rewrite: DC Planner Lays It Out
Ken Terzian recently wrote here about the June 20th presentation by Harriet Tregoning, director of the DC Office of Planning, on the proposed changes to the DC zoning regulations. Now […]
Heat Emergency Plan In Effect
The DC government has activated its heat emergency plan due to extreme temperatures today and in the National Weather Service forecast for tomorrow (Wednesday, 7/18). NWS has issued a heat […]
Happy 100s
One Forest Hills neighbor recently marked a century on this earth. Another is closing in on that milestone. Joseph Lyman celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday, July 15th. Joe was […]
From the Editor’s Desk: Bury Those Power Lines
by Marlene Berlin Trees uprooted, power outages, over 100-degree heat — I missed it all. My husband and I were in Paris enjoying 75-degree highs with some rain in between […]
Neighbors In The News
Neighbors and neighborhood institutions are making headlines in larger publications than our humble Connection. Here are a few that have popped up in recent months: Recipes from a revolution: Scott […]
Good Neighbors, Good Deeds
by Margery Elfin There was nothing to like about the violent storm of June 29th that left so many of us without power, but I’d like to report something positive […]
The New ANC 3F
The new boundaries for ANC 3F are now set and take effect in January. As we noted in the June 16th Connection article, Democracy at Home, “Advisory Neighborhood Commissions deal […]
Special Thanks: DC Community Heritage Project
The Forest Hills Connection received a $2000 grant as a DC Community Heritage Project in June. Funds for the DC Community Heritage Project are provided by a partnership of the […]