Welcome to D.C., Wells Fargo!
The Wells Fargo bank on 18th and Columbia was apparently robbed this afternoon, just days after the former Wachovia branch rebranded itself with a new corporate identity.
The alleged robbery was simple—man with gun quietly demanded that a teller turn over money, took it, and exited—so simple that a bystander didn't even [...]
Take Your Banana Peels to the Shoreham: Ah, composting. That great pastime of hippies, gardeners, and...one of D.C.'s most luxurious hotels! The Washington Business Journal reports that the Omni Shoreham has agreed to pay the city $15,000 as a penalty for violating air quality regulations. The fine could have topped $200,000, but the hotel instead [...]
The Post magazine has a love letter to the Anacostia River this week, including pastoral pictures and a history of the river:
“The river was seen as a vein of Mother Earth; it was salty, like blood, and it tasted like blood,” says Gabrielle Tayac, a Piscataway Indian (the closest descendants the Nacotchtanks have left) and [...]
The Metro system, once a reliable point of pride for D.C.'s boosters, has had a rough few years: Safety problems, escalator outages, and rising prices have made the subway a regular subject of local griping. At times, it can be hard to keep up with the torrent of unflattering Metro-related scoops. As a public service, [...]
Zappa, Dupont Circle, September 29
The Georgetown Voice offices are being downsized after three students caused damage to the ceiling of their on-campus space.
Last month, during Hurricane Irene, the students were in an area closed off due to the threat of flying debris. The students ignored "repeated, reasonable requests" from campus police officers to vacate the space, says the university's [...]
I wrote a column this week about legendary Maryland trainer King Leatherbury. I realized years ago that there are good stories, and then there are horse racing stories.
Leatherbury's got a horse racing story.
Leatherbury is currently looking for somebody to put up $100,000 so his over-achieving gelding, Ben's Cat, can run against the best-bred [...]
Clarendon Station. © 2011 Michael W. Hicks
7th and F Street, NW. Sept. 29th. © 2011 Matt Dunn
After hearing testimony from bicycling advocates, the District's Police Complaint Board has agreed that police often erroneously ticket bicyclists involved in common bike-car collisions like "dooring" (where an oblivious driver opens their car door into the bike lane in front of a cyclist) and accidents where drivers make a right turn into a bicyclist who's [...]
A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District.
Cupcakeless: There were no Curbside Cupcakes for Congress Heights on the Rise when the blog tried to venture onto Saint Elizabeths yesterday to patronize the food truck. The campus, the new home for the Department for Homeland Security, is [...]
No Turkeys for Turkeys: The holiday Turkey giveaway is a staple of old-time urban politics. But this year, D.C.'s old-timiest urban pol is adding a twist to the tradition by trying to use the freebies to engender good behavior in addition to goodwill: Recipients of birds from Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry's giveaway will be [...]
The Examiner reports that housing markets in the region are getting close to their 2005 highs. In the District, the median home price now is at 90 percent of its level at the peak of the housing boom. But not so fast—the rising tide that appears to be lifting all boats is probably only helping [...]
Rte. 15, Frederick MD., Sept. 27
Page three photos are now in a big picture gallery.
The devaluation of all things Washington Redskins continues.
The latest evidence: "Hail the the Redskins," a new, cheaper scatch ticket coming out of the partnership between the team and the Virginia Lottery.
Hail to the Redskins is the third Redskins scratch game in as many years.
The original Redskins scratcher, Redskins Mania, debuted in 2009. In keeping with [...]
