A beloved home at the intersection of Independence Avenue SE and 13th Street/Kentucky Avenue SE has suffered the brunt of an extensive graffiti episode on a large swathe of its upper side wall, in full public display of a busy and well-tended intersection. The gold and yellow markings and juvenile scrawl degrade the property of […]
From fireworks run afoul to foul behavior run amok, concerns of PSA 107 residents will now be addressed not only through calls, the MPD-1D listserv and over back fences, but through the new “walks and Talks” program created by Lieutenant Michael Thornton of PSA 107. The first is this week, so get your orange (or […]
The less than year-old project to develop Hine Jr. High School may seem thick in the new decade’s summer doldrums, but a lot is happening behind the scenes even as demolition and groundbreaking remains a couple of years away. On the calendar next: The plan goes to City Council July 13th, sent over for approval from […]
Suit up in your seersucker, your straw hats and summer skorts and grab your wheelie shoes or walking sticks for a special tour of the Capitol. It is fun to explore your own neighborhood and you will see and learn a dozen things you didn’t know unless you are Tim or Robert, we suppose, who […]
A hard drug ring with possible gang affiliations operating in the Potomac Gardens Housing Complex on G and 12/13th Streets SE off of Pennsylvania Avenue SE , as well as other area neighborhoods in D.C. was broken, or at least severely interrupted. Fifteen individuals were arrested, according to a joint press release issued in conjunction […]