Neighbors around the intersection of 8th Street and Maryland Avenue NE say they are being forced inside this summer because of a rat problem that appears to stem from unsanitary practices at the 7-Eleven on that corner. David Holmes, Chairman of ANC 6A, contacted me to let me know how out of control the problem […]
Okay all you shutterbugs, proud parents, and nosy neighbors – start snapping photos for the first (annual?) The Hill Is Home Summer Photo Contest. We’d love to see what you capture over the summer months and we have great prizes as incentive. Think of it as an online gallery opening, or just a way for […]
Morning! I hope yours was a fantastic weekend full of snow cones and fro yo. It’s weird. Yesterday was the first time I got the, “Oh no! Summer is flying by too quickly!” feeling. Normally that feeling of the inevitable encroaching on on our fun begins somewhere around the at the All Star Game so […]
Two weeks ago, we looked at the old Washington Canal and its short and unhappy life, by the end of which it was an open sewer. Today, we will look at its life after death, how the land on which it was originally built was used since.
I spent my Fourth of July mostly at home, barbecuing with my neighbors and relaxing. As darkness fell, some friends came over and we wandered down East Capitol to about 6th Street, where a group of about 30 neighbors – kids and dogs in tow – had gathered in the middle of the street to […]