Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. The Horror of Ladies’ Underwear, II: On the Crestwood email list, the discussion of the wrongful placement of benches at a small park at 18th and Argyle streets NW has raged...
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Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Historically Accurate: On the Tenleytown email list, one member asks, “Our yard is enclosed by a traditional mortared stone wall. Over the years, the mortar has come loose in...
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Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Squawk! From the New Hill East email list comes this unusual concern: “Okay- so this is very off topic, but I just came home to find an injured pigeon flapping around on my...
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The Consequences of Get...

Once, at the Diredawa Cafe, you could get stuff like coffee, tea, and bread. After the police raided the place in May, you couldn’t get anything. A judge has issued a “stay-away order” barring Etana Shuremu, the proprietor of the Georgia Avenue NW shop, from even...
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Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. My Parking Space for a Sidewalk Café: The debate over the fate of the Connecticut Avenue service lane— initially argued on the Cleveland Park email list—has now raged into a...
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Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Columbia Heights: Not a Bean Field: A New Columbia Heights reader sent in notice of an utterly incorrect portrayal of the neighborhood by the TV show Bones : “FYI:  On...
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Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Cleveland Park Problems: “We live in McLean Gardens and we are having such a difficult time with out 900 Mhz baby monitor. We get a sporadic, static popping noise that forces...
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Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. More Like Bladensburg Parkway: Frozen Tropics reports that Denny’s will open its second D.C. location at 17th Street NE and Bladensburg Road (its first is on Benning Road in...
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Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Lauriol Plaza Mostly Has Amazing Margaritas: Borderstan’s latest in a series of profiles of the at-large council seat candidates is on Josh Lopez . Previous profiles include...
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From the Publisher to O...

It’s certainly been an exciting few weeks at Washington City Paper . As many of you know, Dan Snyder filed suit this month over a story, “The Cranky Redskins Guide to Dan Snyder” by long-time columnist Dave McKenna , that ran back in November. The lawsuit generated massive...
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