by Marlene Berlin Hanukkah, the festival of lights, started last Thursday evening. This holiday commemorates the Maccabees, Jewish heroes, rising up against the army of Antiochus IV to regain control […]
Ward 3 Mutual Aid Network feeds residents, builds bonds between neighbors
by Will Fowler Sharon Moore was deeply concerned when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. A senior with diabetes, she is especially vulnerable to the disease – but it wasn’t the virus […]
Meet Your Neighbors: The “Flower Lady” of Connecticut Avenue
My family knew her first as the “Flower Lady.” That’s what my son, then seven years old, called her. We soon got to know her by her real name, Kathy, […]
Meet Your Neighbors: She’s helping DC become more welcoming to butterflies and bees and other pollinators
Meet Thorne Rankin. She has lived in Forest Hills for 16 years. She is a landscape designer who has worked in the DC area for 40 years. And in 2017, […]
Meet Your Neighbors: The physical therapist who works on the mind-body connection
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 […]
Meet Your Neighbors update: March 12 talk explores an 82-year Harvard study of adult development
The talk scheduled for March 12th has been postponed to avoid a gathering that might put anyone at risk of coronavirus. A quarter century ago, David Cohen discovered a Harvard […]
Meet Your Neighbors: She helps people learn more about themselves and each other
Mary Beth Ray has never shied away from a challenge. She served as an ANC 3F commissioner and she co-founded the predecessor to Van Ness Main Street, ANC 3F’s Van […]
Meet Your Neighbors update: Celebrating 40 years of documentary filmmaking
The documentary films of Aviva Kempner, a DC voting rights advocate and Forest Hills neighbor, star in this month’s Washington Jewish Film Festival. “I believe that I have been put […]
Meet Your Neighbors: Rock Creek runs through this artist’s creations
The objects that Pete Seligman picks up along Rock Creek don’t belong there – wood scraps, items of clothing, a crushed soda can. But some of them find a new […]
Meet Your Neighbors: Telling the story of a love that transcended the Holocaust
Max Hirshfeld’s photos have hung in museums, appeared in national ad campaigns and illustrated newsworthy events. For his latest project, the photographer has created an intimate portrait of his parents, […]