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A June 15th end date that appeared on the District’s coronavirus testing information site last week indicated that the Covid-19 tests performed at Engine Company 31 on Thursday, June 11th were the last. That is no longer the case. And the District has expanded free testing at the firehouse at 4930 Connecticut Avenue from one […]
Update: At some point after we published this and our other article about firehouse testing in the District, DC’s Covid-19 testing website put a June 15th end date on the program. That means Fire Company 31 performed its first and last test on June 11th. We are checking with the offices of Mayor Bowser and […]
Update: At some point after we published this and an update on about firehouse testing in the District, DC’s Covid-19 testing website put a June 15th end date on the program. That means Fire Company 31 performed its first and last test on June 11th. We are checking with the offices of Mayor Bowser and […]
Right on schedule on Wednesday morning, representatives of Department of Public Works, the Metropolitan Police Department and Department of Human Services arrived at 4250 Connecticut Avenue to remove the homeless encampment there. Caseworkers helped the homeless resident move the belongings they could. One of the longtime residents, named Stan, and his Miriam’s Kitchen caseworker moved […]
by Livia Bardin How do you stay at home when you have no home? How do you self-quarantine when you don’t have a room, a bathroom, a door to close? How do you wash your hands when you lack running water? How do you apply online for a job or benefits when libraries and other […]
We’ve talked about checking in on your elderly neighbors, and about ways to support local businesses. What else have you discovered as we feel our way through this unprecedented crisis? We’ll start: Coronavirus.DC.gov is a comprehensive guide to the DC services that are – and aren’t – available at this time.
by Jeff Seltzer Rock Creek and the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers are beloved environmental treasures. However, District residents and visitors cannot fully enjoy our local waterbodies as they routinely fall below water quality standards established to protect people and natural habitat. The degradation of the District’s waters occurred over several centuries as the traditional methods […]
Don’t be surprised if a new newspaper shows up on your front doorstep, front yard or building lobby today. It’s called The Northwest Courier. It quietly launched online at NWC.news in late April, And its first print edition is being delivered to households in Northwest DC today. The Courier covers a lot of the same […]
The May 8th edition of The Current, the weekly newspaper that covered Northwest DC for five decades, was its last. The newspaper is heading for liquidation. The Washington Post’s Eric Wemple was first to report the news that longtime (and former) publisher Davis Kennedy had petitioned to change the Current’s bankruptcy from Chapter 11 to […]
by Andrea Molod The DC Water board has voted to enact two changes to the Clean River Impervious Area Charge (CRIAC) that will ease the burden on individual homeowners. When fully implemented, the changes will amount to a reduction of homeowner CRIAC fees by up 37%, with an option for an additional 20% discount for […]
