Hark! The time for holiday portrait-taking is nigh among Hill residents, families or couples who want just the right note of casual bonhomie, ironic urbanite and transplanted plains folk captured in photo form to send onward to relatives and friends far and wide and across the park this season. The Hill is Home’s fashion scavenger […]
Involvement by residents of a community is essential for its improvement. Grassroots initiatives ensure the businesses and services a neighborhood needs are recognized and determined by its residents. But is there a point where such neighbor-driven initiatives become status quo, and what was once considered activism becomes part of the social fabric of a neighborhoods? […]
Guest Post By Parker Jayne It’s with heavy heart that the Capitol Hill community mourns the loss of Bruce Robey, who died Sunday night after suffering a heart attack. The loss is felt particularly because of the many aspects of life in our neighborhood in which Bruce was a vital participant and contributor. The Capitol […]
Yesterday volunteers from City Year collaborated with Metro Teen AIDS to make art with a message. As their first assignment of the 10-month stint, the volunteers, young people from around the country, ranging in age from 17 to 24, picked up paintbrushes and promoted AIDS information though the website RealTalkDC. The mural is located in […]