The Street Sense newspaper vendors, each with their melodious peddling, are fixtures of the weekend Flea Market at Eastern Market. For those new to town, or those who have never picked up a copy, Street Sense is a newspaper made, for and about the homeless community in DC. The paper was started in 2003 by Laura Thompson-Osuri […]
In case you missed Maria’s post about raising kids on the Hill, take a moment to read it. As someone who was raised on the Hill, it brought a huge smile to my face as I thought about all of my favorite things as a kid. I loved growing up on the Hill –not that […]
As more outlets have started to cover our little area of the city, crime news seems to be increasing in a way I’m not sure reflects the rate at which crime is actually increasing. On one hand, it is important for us to know what is happening around us so we can be reminded to be careful […]
By K. Denise Rucker Krepp, ANC6B10 Commissioner For the past several months, I’ve been lobbying DDOT to return the crosswalks they removed at the corner of 19th and A Streets, SE earlier this summer. First, they ignored me. Then they sent a bureaucrat to talk with me. I met with him today and he told me to […]
Governor Haley made the correct decision to call for the removal of the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds. The flag should not be flown in South Carolina, nor anywhere else in the country. It’s the symbol of racism, slavery and, unfortunately, my family’s past. None of these things is worth celebrating. My great-great-great father is […]