Jared Critchfield attends PSA 107’s meetings regularly. Here’s his take on the June 18, 2009 PSA 107 (Police Service Area) meeting: 1. ANC Commissioners Carol Green and Will Hill hosted the meeting. Douglas Klein, Assistant US Attorney (1D Community Prosecutor), also attended. 2. MPD Lt. Daniel Ewell (daniel.ewell@dc.gov) said there were four robberies in our […]
Who can believe the 4th of July is less than three weeks away? This reporter is very sad to have out of town plans…really, what’s better than kids in wagons, baton twirling moms, dogs on parade, and gratuitous candy throwing? Tiber Creek Associates and the Naval Lodge #4 are coordinating the parade. Check out this […]
Wow, now I know why I often feel driven to drink after standing in long lines at Safeway. The National Capital Brewing Co. had a plant at 14th and D Streets S.E. until Prohibition. At that point the factory was converted to Carry’s Ice Cream. I wonder if these kids were guilty of late night […]
Safeway really was the un-Safeway, and the only coffee you could buy there was Maxwell House Phase One and the Ani Difranco/Mary Chapin Carpenter/Madonna dancefest was the breadth of nightlife on 8th Street You could buy donuts and attitude at Sherrill’s at 3rd and Penn Harris Teeter was just a twinkle in the eye and […]
From Roll Call; subscription required: Capitol Hill Crime Down, but Muggings Don’t Slow June 16, 2009, By Emily Yehle, Roll Call Staff Capitol Hill’s crime rate has improved consistently over the past few years, inching downward with each newly renovated row house and revitalized neighborhood. But there’s one crime residents can’t seem to shake: muggings. […]