Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Chupacabra Confusion: “On April first someone posted about an animal with the head of a deer, body of a dog and tail of a rat.(or something like that) I assumed it was an...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Bikes, Beer, Target: New Columbia Heights takes a stab at the LivingSocial map of D.C. stereotypes: ”So is it accurate? The neighborhood certainly has a fair amount of bikes,...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Banned in Rock Creek: Park View D.C. reports that dogs can no longer be walked in Rock Creek Church Cemetery: “The first issue the church needed to address was the growing...

The Forgotten Discovery...

As the trial of Ingmar Guandique for the 2001 death of Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy continues this week , the name of former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit of California still looms in connection to Levy’s high-profile disappearance, which dominated national media in the spring and...

DPW Cuts Weekly Hazardo...

Remember that grim fiscal 2011 budget? When the new fiscal year starts in October, the Department of Public Works will cut back on its disposal service for hazardous materials, electronics recycling and document shredding —which has been a convenient and environmentally friendly way to...

Pershing Park Case: Cha...

Last week, it was announced that former Metropolitan Police Department Chief Charles Ramsey will be inducted into the inaugural class of George Mason University’s Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame. George Mason’s version of a policing Cooperstown hailed the former chief...

The Needle: Serial Kill...

Michigan Serial Killer Migrates South? : Authorities say the vehicle used by the attacker in a recent assault in Leesburg, Va., matches the description of the vehicle police believe an attacker used near Flint, Mich., earlier this year. That’s bad news; in Michigan, authorities...

Dwan Jordon’s Image T...

Sousa Middle School’s revolutionary principal, Dwan Jordon , has garnered substantial attention from the press this summer. A protégé of the Rhee administration’s reform movement, Jordan was featured on the front page of the Post on July 6, and has been the subject of three...

Albritton Advertising R...

Monday was, indeed, an exciting day to toil away in the unique salt mine that is the D.C. local media world; across the Potomac in Rosslyn, the crew at TBD got into the game after months of Twittering. Besides their new website , TBD also took over the name and iconography at NewsChannel...