By Liz Festa, THIH contributor and Capitol Hill Village volunteer Many of our older Hill-area neighbors have trod, sashayed or picked their way over cobblestone, rubble, marshes, dance floors and asphalt, but now their pace has slowed and their steps are harder won. Although they’ve taken so many steps, a senior living here would like […]
It’s no secret that gun violence hits Wards 7 and 8 hardest in our city, and that your District’s youth has been hit hard. Although we live with the constant reminder that DC can be a violent city, when we don’t put a name to the face of loss, it’s easy to live in denial. […]
When we last looked at Samuel Morse and his telegraph, he had failed to procure support from Congress and had decamped to Europe to sell his invention there. This failed, as well, and so he returned to the US. In the middle of 1842, the newspapers reported that he was back to demonstrating his invention, […]
It appears that the 7-Eleven that used to operate at the southeast corner of 8th Street and Maryland Avenue NE is no more. According to a PoPVille reader, the oft rat-infested and kind of always understocked 7-Eleven closed down for good on Sunday, July 21. There is no other explanation on the front door other […]