On January 6 longtime Hill East resident Ethel Funches passed away, leaving a legacy on the 1600 block of D Street Northeast, and a formidable record in the annals of women’s amateur golf. Funches was 96. Katie Hodge said Funches made quite an impression on her when she and her realtor visited her house when […]
After a spike in the number of carjackings in late 2009, Councilmember Wells and Chief Lanier of the Metropolitan Police Department promised a number of results at a community meeting on December 21st. So, how are they doing? Well, first, they promised to get back to us in 30 to 45 days with another meeting, […]
So remember how this time last week it was 60 degrees? Yeah…who can we talk to about bringing back those kinds of temperatures? The snow is fun and all, and this last storm was particularly pretty, but I think we’ve had more than enough for the year and I am now officially ready for spring. […]
There may still be heaps of snow on the ground, but some people are already thinking about juicy, red tomatoes fresh from this summer’s garden. A call recently went out on the Hill East listserv to recruit those interested in being part of a new community garden in the alley bounded by 17th, 18th, D […]
We’ve been lucky this winter that the big snow falls have come on weekends, when there is less for it to disrupt. Given DC and its population’s general inability to deal with snow, it would be interesting to see what would happen were the snow to hit at a truly inopportune time. Like, say, the […]