The shutdown currently keeping us out of our local parks and giving many of our neighbors unpaid vacations is hardly a new phenomenon. Most people can point to the shutdown of 95/96 as a precursor. However, 15 years before that, a similar battle had ensued, with some – minor – effects on governmental operation.
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Police are investigating a car chase and shooting that took place this afternoon on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol, near the intersections of Constitution Avenue and First Street NW. The Capitol building was placed on lockdown temporarily, and witnesses tweeted photos from the scene. Residents should avoid streets surrounding the U.S. Capitol as […]
Each time I look back into our archives I marvel that what seems like yesterday was indeed several years back. As tired an expression as it is, where does the time go? Some of the posts in early October of 2010 could have been written yesterday, but some of them were certainly of their “era.” […]
My apologies for no To Do column last week. We had technical difficulties here and then I split town. I hope you were able to piece together a weekend without our carefully culled list of activities. Tonight the Atlas welcomes singer Christine Salem. She is one the leader singers of maloya, a traditional style of […]