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Food access-focused LeDroit Park farm kicks off fall events

The Common Good City Farm on V Street NW is preparing for its annual Halloween, Thanksgiving and winter holiday fests amidst its ongoing work to improve food access for locals.

Can a milk tree bring foot traffic to Friendship Heights?

The Friendship Heights Alliance is working with the local artist behind the studio Milk Tree to attract more people to Wisconsin Avenue NW.

Brookland Village fundraiser surpasses goal to support senior resident aid

The Greater Brookland Intergenerational Village kicked off its fall season with a neighborhood fundraiser to support the group’s goal of better social and educational opportunities accessible for the neighborhood’s senior community. The group...

Pot pies are solving business problems in Georgetown.

1310 Kitchen & Bar is cooking up comfort food to help Georgetown businesses amid a corporate retail boom.

One more piece: a D.C. library adds a puzzle program

Cleveland Park Library is seeing big demand for a puzzle program that helps people socialize. And it’s changing how residents see libraries.

One D.C. tunnel, 9 days of disruptions for East Coast rail passengers

Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express passengers traveling through a major connection hub at Union Station in D.C. face cancellations and delays due to a track upgrade in the First Street tunnel. Travelers say Amtrak handled communication poorly.

Del Ray East sewer work starts soon. Residents say they weren’t warned.

Crews will start relining hundreds of sewer pipelines across Del Ray East this fall, a yearlong project that will bring water shutoffs, lane closures, and parking restrictions to neighborhoods east of Commonwealth Avenue in Alexandria. Some...

Bipartisan lawmakers call for regulation of license-reading cameras

Cybersecurity experts, policy advocates and community members testify on the potential dangers of AI-driven license plate readers and the lack of effective guardrails.

The fight–and laughs–over black history continues in D.C.

Educating and defending black history isn’t always a protest; it can happen at a comedy show, too."Drunk Black History," a podcast that explores black history and culture through humor, came to D.C. this past month.

Rubell Museum’s new exhibits connect with visitors

The Rubell Museum opens two new exhibits this month: a solo exhibition of collages by Thomas Houseago and a second that features work by 17 different artists entitled Friends, Lovers and Me: Recent Acquisitions. Both exhibits will remain open for a...

Redbrick preps for 160-room hotel despite objections from Ward 8A ANC leaders

The Bridge District will soon begin construction for the first major hotel east of the Anacostia River. Ward 8 community leaders urge the developers, Redbrick LMD, to share community benefits in writing.

New Egyptian art exhibition in Dupont is a national gem

D.C. residents can now visit an Egyptian modern and contemporary art exhibition. And it’s one of the first of its kind in the U.S.

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