The Montessori Program at Watkins Elementary School in Capitol Hill is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this weekend. The program, which has been around since 1964, joined forces with the DC Public School system in 1990 and is now part of the Capitol Hill Cluster School. At present, the program teaches over 170 children in the […]
According to Mike Neibauer at the Washington Business Journal, Kelvin Robinson – the Chairman of ANC 6A – is dropping his bid for an at-large council seat in order to challenge Tommy Wells for the Ward 6 councilmember. This leaves former head of DC Department of Parks and Recreation, Clark Ray, left to challenge Phil […]
Good Morning, Capitol Hill! It’s only a few short hours until Stephen Strasburg makes his debut as a Washington National tonight; are you headed to the game? I’m here to get you through the morning, one way or another, with the scoop on what they’re saying about Capitol Hill on other blogs around the city. […]
We’ve been hearing via the neighborhood listservs, Twitter and various other blogs that there have been multiple reports of rat poisoning found under benches and around Stanton Park. Whether this is the work of a well-meaning but misguided neighbor hoping to rid the park of its rodent population or a particularly sick breed of sociopath, […]
Finding topics to write about each week about lost Capitol Hill buildings and institutions can be tricky, as so many have disappeared without a trace. Sometimes, like for the Car Barn, at least the structure remains to remind one of the street cars that once called it home. Other places, like Lincoln’s boarding house on […]