Neighborhood News Round...
A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Guerrilla Meat Sales: What’s better than half-price meat? Half-price meat delivered to your doorstep, of course. (That is, unless it happens to be a half-price meat scam, like the...Neighborhood News Round...
A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. No, Really, Not in My Back Yard: If good fences make good neighbors, it follows that shit fences could make for shit neighbors. A member of the Cleveland Park email list writes the...Neighborhood News Round...
A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Squirreled Away: Following an extensive conversation about savage, vegetable-stealing critters, a member of the Chevy Chase email list has this follow-up question: “Yes, I saw...ACLU, Others Ask Court ...
The local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union told a D.C. Superior Court judge last night that Dan Snyder ‘s lawsuit against Washington City Paper and staff writer Dave McKenna is a nuisance that must be thrown out because it violates a new law that keeps powerful...Jayson Werth Is Hitting...
The Jayson Werth Saga ™ is turning tragicomic. Mike Rizzo and the Lerners gifted Werth with the Adam Archuleta Package : A deal nobody could live up to. And, boy, is he ever not living up to it: Werth’s batting .215 at the All-Star Break, and his grounding into a game-ending...Neighborhood News Round...
A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Those Metal Trees Are a Joke: New Columbia Heights reports , “Got $60 million? Then you can buy the Park Triangle, the apartment building that fronts on the Columbia Heights...The End of the Souvenir...
The News-of-the-Weird-friendly tragedy in Texas last night, where a fan died going for a baseball during a Rangers/A’s game, will likely mean the end of players tossing balls into the stands. Good riddance. Sure, there’s something sweet about little kids looking for souvenirs...Neighborhood News Round...
A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Bad: According to the Takoma email list, the weekend’s festivities kept on all night. “Anyone else tired of the fireworks non-stop? I know it’s the 4th and all and...A Streetbox Named Desir...
If you’ve ever picked up Washington City Paper on the streets of D.C. or the surrounding suburbs, you’re familiar with the orange and black streetboxes that hold our issues. I’ve been told the first thing they evoke is Halloween. As the paper’s circulation manager, I don’t get...