The shutdown currently keeping us out of our local parks and giving many of our neighbors unpaid vacations is hardly a new phenomenon. Most people can point to the shutdown of 95/96 as a precursor. However, 15 years before that, a similar battle had ensued, with some – minor – effects on governmental operation.
Guest contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appears on her blog Real Estate On (and off!) the Hill. The sublime 1441 East Capitol St SE is one of those homes that represent the very best of classic Capitol Hill. A […]
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Police are investigating a car chase and shooting that took place this afternoon on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol, near the intersections of Constitution Avenue and First Street NW. The Capitol building was placed on lockdown temporarily, and witnesses tweeted photos from the scene. Residents should avoid streets surrounding the U.S. Capitol as […]
Each time I look back into our archives I marvel that what seems like yesterday was indeed several years back. As tired an expression as it is, where does the time go? Some of the posts in early October of 2010 could have been written yesterday, but some of them were certainly of their “era.” […]