Following a shootout at 17th and Independence Avenue SE, in which several cars were damaged and one person was injured, there will be a neighborhood crime meeting on Wednesday, June 29th at 7pm at St. Coletta of Greater Washington (1900 Independence Avenue, SE). MPD Chief Lanier and Doug Klein (DOJ) will be attending the meeting. […]
Shotgun House and Frager’s Garden Center Sold – 120 Apartments Coming to 1200 Block of PA Ave SE (Capitol Hill Corner) Southeast D.C. neighborhood becomes fed up with crime after woman injured in shooting (WJLA) A Slightly New Look For Frager’s Hardware Redevelopment (Urban Turf) Free Friday Night Fishing Returns to Teague Park (JDLand) Update […]
DC Moms & Dads for Rational Gun Safety Legislation is a group of D.C. parents who lack voting representation in Congress but want to show support for meaningful national legislation that will prevent gun violence. They are organizing a march from Lincoln Park to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, July 5. Wear your patriotic or […]
I wrote last week about an early steam engine installed at the Washington Navy Yard. Today, we’ll look at a newer, better one. – ad the man who designed it. A sawmill had been part of the Navy Yard since at least 1810, and it was an improved version of this one that burned in […]
Sometimes the news is so incredibly sad and inexplicable that there is very little to say. Such is the case in the death of Stephanie Goodloe. Goodloe, who was a youth pastor at Mount Gilead Baptist Church, was described by her friends as a “God-fearing passionate woman with an infectious smile” left behind a daughter, Simaya, […]