Last spring, Allyson Kitchel returned home to find the police preparing to raid her Capitol Hill home. They had a search warrant for the house after a 19-year-old man was arrested on gun charges – his mother told police her son lived at the address that is the Kitchel’s home. According to this ABC 7 […]
A piece of Capitol Hill will soon have an outpost in New York City. Hometown designer Jon Wye will be opening his first bricks-and-mortar shop in Chelsea this spring. To him it is a scary prospect, but for anyone who has seen the amazing storytelling in his mural belts, t-shirts and other accessories — or […]
What is a “Community Integrated Master Plan,” you might ask? Essentially, the Barracks at 8th and I Streets, SE, are in need of some repairs and upgrades, and to complete these tasks the Marine Corps needs to expand into some new space. As the Marines create new space, they want to find ways to work […]
Thanks to the timing of this 60 degree weather just as I book my tickets to Florida for Nationals’ spring training, my brain is now in full blown vacation-mode. All I can think about is the sound of breaking waves on the beach and the taste of hot dogs and Cracker Jacks at the ball […]
An evening carjacking Friday, Jan. 15th, at 12th and D Streets NE that had neighbors talking, combined with accounts of other recent successful and attempted carjackings, as well as armed robberies and surprise assaults, has prompted some into taking action, even as statistics show violent crime may be down overall. For starters, there’s an open […]