One or more individuals cut down multiple mature native grape vines in Linnean Park, perhaps with the intention of protecting the trees the vines inhabited. These vines, in fact, are […]
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March in the Neighborhood: Soapstone sewer project meeting; Make Connecticut Ave. bloom; Welcome spring with dance
Soapstone Park closed one year ago for a project that includes stream restoration, and restoring and protecting the sewer infrastructure in and adjacent to the valley. A new phase is […]
DC Water sets March 13 for Soapstone sewer relining work
Updated below with details of a virtual public meeting on Thursday, March 9th, about the commencement of the relining work. by Mitchell Baer ANC 3F03 commissioner At the February 21st […]
In memory: Bill Sittig, a community streets, parks and streams activist
by Marlene Berlin William J. Sittig, a longtime and active member of the Van Ness/Forest Hills community, died on February 10th. He was 80 years old. I knew him as […]
Linnean Park now has signs, because a park volunteer and advocate “thought it was time”
by John Burwell When I and some like-minded neighbors adopted Linnean Park last summer, our goals went beyond improving the park for health of flora, fauna and enjoyment by visitors. […]
If these walls could talk: Peirce Mill launches ‘Mill Stories’ blog, and seeks volunteers to assist visitors
We didn’t include Peirce Mill in our roundup of February happenings around the neighborhood, as winter at the Rock Creek Park historical site is usually downtime. At least, from the […]
Opinion: Rock Creek E. coli levels are dangerously high. Where are the public health warnings?
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 […]
How DC’s oldest Boy Scout troop built a new bridge in Linnean Park
by John Burwell One weekend in early January, William Wales, a junior at Jackson-Reed High School, led Boy Scout Troop 100 in building and installing a boardwalk bridge over a […]
DC Water to begin Soapstone sewer relining by the end of January
by Marlene Berlin The Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project has an air quality monitoring plan and permit that will allow DC Water’s contractor to proceed with the pipe relining phase of […]
Local MLK weekend service events include Rock Creek Park cleanups
As they have done for the past 12 years, volunteers will spend the Martin Luther King holiday weekend sprucing up Rock Creek Park and its tributaries. Rock Creek Conservancy and […]