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by Marlene Berlin We’ve had more than our fair share of torrential rains in recent days. And on July 25th, our own Broad Branch Stream became a dangerous torrent itself. WTOP’s Dave Dildine shared this footage on Twitter: Broad Branch Road. Again, this is a road — but it is not one to be driven […]
From Friends of Forest Hills Playground: The April cleanup at Forest Hills Park drew more than 50 amazing volunteers. Planning is now under way for another volunteer event in the fall. You’re invited to join park stewards for an hour-long walkthrough to identify potential projects. In April, those included rain garden cleanup, removing invasive plants, […]
by Marlene Berlin As they’d promised after work on the Soapstone Valley trail in May, the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club returned on Saturday, June 16th to do more repair work on the trail and creek crossings. On a Sunday morning walk, I noticed the difference right away. The trail had a new water bar. And […]
by Marlene Berlin It had been raining heavily at times on Sunday, and around 2 p.m. I was driving home on Rock Creek Parkway after dropping off Jim, my husband, at the airport. I wondered if I could get through on Broad Branch Road to Brandywine Street given the National Weather Service flood warnings. Usually […]
by Marlene Berlin The deluges over a record seven consecutive days this month brought down more than buckets of rain. They brought down trees. I found quite an obstacle on the Soapstone Valley trail on Sunday, May 20th. One tree had brought down multiple trees in one location which took a bit of finesse to […]
by Marlene Berlin According to the Capital Weather Gang, more than five inches of rain fell in the District last week. The average rainfall for the entire month of May? 3.99 inches. On six consecutive days, we received at least .4 inches of rain. That lengthy stretch with so much rain is a record. And […]
by Kim Farmer, Kirsten Metzger Gilbert and Tracy Johnke Friends of Forest Hills Playground Forest Hills Park recently had a multitude of volunteers making much-needed improvements. We’d like to keep the momentum going and see more users of the park and playground volunteer at the many community-building events that Friends of Forest Hills Playground organizes. In addition […]
It’s been three years since the last community meeting on plans to either rehabilitate or move century-old sewer pipes in Soapstone Valley. ANC 3F remains on top of this, and has this update. by Naomi Rutenberg ANC 3F03 Commissioner Erosion by stormwater in Soapstone Valley has exposed sewer pipes and manholes originally buried under stones […]
by Sandi Stewart The bubbles floating atop the pooling water looked just like a bubble bath. But it was the wrong place for that. I was walking down the path in Soapstone Valley toward the end of April when I saw them, just outside the waste pipe behind an apartment building on Connecticut Avenue. Unfortunately, […]
by Marlene Berlin Last Monday dawned to news of heavy rain and monster commutes. I got an emergency message on my phone warning me of flash floods. My daughter told me that people had to be rescued from their cars on Beach Drive in Montgomery County. So I took a walk on Soapstone Trail and […]
