D.C. is at the halfway point for its ambitious waste mitigation goal, yet there’s still too much being thrown away. Even for activists fighting to stop it.
A vehicle plowed through a family home at Clermont Apartments Sunday night, and the suspect is still at large. According to Metropolitan Police Department Public Information Officer Alaina Gertz, the driver of the...
A spooky dance, put on by the Adams Morgan BID, promoted Halloween and the last day of the 18th Street pedestrian zone.
As cold temperatures set in, the District prepares for the annual cooling to heating switchover across public schools. But, hundreds of HVAC repairs are still pending.
One of Peter Wood's goals as ANC Commissioner was to bring a mural to Adams Morgan. In his first year, he's done just that.
After the D.C. Council approved the new Jackson-Reed name this March, the high school in Tenleytown has been making swift progress updating signage and merchandise, and students are adjusting to their new school...
Residents along the major corridor connecting downtown D.C. and Maryland are divided over the plan to build protected bike lanes.
The D.C. Council will consider bills to decriminalize unlicensed street vendors and create a vending zone in Columbia Heights. The measures have been introduced by Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau.
The redevelopment of the Wardman Park Hotel has become a point of controversy in the community. As Woodley Park readies for 900 new apartments across two buildings, some advocates are fighting to make them more...
The Franciscan Monastery and other religious institutions in D.C.’s Ward 5 donate thousands of pounds of produce per year to help feed the hungry.
Lesbian bars have been closing nationwide. But two lesbian/queer bars in D.C. are surviving the trend and reshaping the narrative of what a lesbian and queer bar looks like.
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