28 Jan 2024

News:

From the MPD Blotter

Arrests and other crime information in the area, directly from MPD. If you have a tip, you can always call 202-727-9099. You can also send info anonymously to the TEXT TIP LINE by texting 50411. Crime Solvers of Washington, DC currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment […]


26 Jan 2024

To Do:

The To Do List: Week of January 26, 2024

We’ve had snow fun but are now melting, so this is the perfect kind of weather to dine al fresco and enjoy the tail end of Restaurant Week. Although almost 100 restaurants opened in the DC region last year, 50 closed and while other years I may have cavalierly told you that Restaurant Week isn’t […]


22 Jan 2024

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: Ann G. Sprigg

Many years ago. when I wrote my chapter on Abraham Lincoln’s time on Capitol Hill in the late 1840s, I mentioned Mrs. Sprigg, his landlady, in only one short paragraph. I simply did not know more about her, including what her first name was. To my credit, at least I spelled her last name right […]


21 Jan 2024

News:

From the MPD Blotter

Arrests and other crime information in the area, directly from MPD. If you have a tip, you can always call 202-727-9099. You can also send info anonymously to the TEXT TIP LINE by texting 50411. Crime Solvers of Washington, DC currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment […]


16 Jan 2024

[Repost] Lost Capitol Hill: Michael Shiner at Eastern Market

On what looks to be a quiet Martin Luther King day, a repeat from last year that I feel deserves wider reading. A few years ago, I looked at a few incidents of the life of Michael Shiner, who was born enslaved in Southern Maryland and brought to D.C. Here he was forced to work at the […]


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