DISTRICT EVENTS

National Action Network- First Amendment March against Police Violence Date: Saturday December 13th Time: 10:30am- Rally on Freedom Plaza 12noon Step off on Penn Ave and march up to 3rd St Program/speakers will begin at 3rd & Penn Street Closure: 13th St NW between Penn & E DDOT assisting with several resources MPD handling the … More DISTRICT EVENTS

Phase 2 of the Third Street Tunnel Utility Relocation Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 17, 2014  Media Contacts Reggie Sanders — 202-437-0809, reggie.sanders@dc.gov Michelle Phipps-Evans — 202-497-0124, michelle.phipps-evans@dc.gov ***TRAFFIC ADVISORY***  Phase 2 of the Third Street Tunnel Utility Relocation Project along Massachusetts Avenue and H Street NW will Begin Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Crews to Work Overnight November 17, 2014 (starting at 7 pm) … More Phase 2 of the Third Street Tunnel Utility Relocation Project

Zora, Langston & U Walking Tour Saturday

Back by Popular Demand: Zora, Langston & U Walking Tour Saturday to Benefit Humanities DC! On Saturday, the Zora, Langston & U Walking Tour returns, highlighting cultural life along the U Street corridor, Howard University, and Shaw after World War I and into the Prohibition era – a time of great change in the segregated capital … More Zora, Langston & U Walking Tour Saturday

People’s Counsel Urges Public Service Commission to Reject $6.8 Billion Pepco/Exelon Merger Proposal

November 3, 2014 Today, People’s Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye filed testimony with the DC Public Service Commission urging the Commission to reject the proposed $6.8 Billion Exelon-PHI (Pepco) merger agreement, as filed, because it fails to meet minimum legal criteria set forth by the Commission’s public interest standard. Exelon’s entry into the DC market through the … More People’s Counsel Urges Public Service Commission to Reject $6.8 Billion Pepco/Exelon Merger Proposal

Nightly Lane Closures of the 14th Street Bridge (I-395)

Media Contacts Reggie Sanders — (202) 437-0809, reggie.sanders@dc.gov Michelle Phipps-Evans — (202) 497-0124, michelle.phipps-evans@dc.gov  ***TRAFFIC ADVISORY***  Nightly Lane Closures of the 14th Street Bridge (I-395) Over the Potomac River from November 3, 2014 to November 30, 2014 (Washington, DC) — On November 3 until November 30, 2014, from 8 pm to 5 am, the District … More Nightly Lane Closures of the 14th Street Bridge (I-395)

Road Closures, Logistics Announced for Concert for Valor

Road Closures, Logistics Announced for  Concert for Valor Washington – The National Park Service and the United States Park Police, in cooperation with local, state and federal law enforcement, public safety and transportation agencies, have developed security, logistics and access plans for HBO’s permitted Concert for Valor. The concert will take place on Tuesday, November … More Road Closures, Logistics Announced for Concert for Valor

Residential Street Sweeping Ends Friday, October 31

NEWS RELEASE          NEWS RELEASE          NEWS RELEASE   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          CONTACT:           Linda Grant Wednesday, October 29, 2014                                                                202.671.2375   WEEKLY RESIDENTIAL STREET SWEEPING ENDS FRI., OCT. 31; HHW, E-CYCLING, DOCUMENT SHREDDING AT FT. TOTTEN SAT., NOV. 1 LEAF COLLECTION SEASON BEGINS MON., NOV. 3   (Washington, DC)  The DC Department of Public Works … More Residential Street Sweeping Ends Friday, October 31

Judge orders D.C. charter to stop payments to company founded by school leaders

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/judge-orders-dc-charter-to-stop-payments-to-company-founded-by-school-leaders/2014/10/27/83a8078c-5e1f-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html Washington Post By Michael Alison Chandler October 27 at 8:37 PM A Superior Court judge ordered a D.C. public charter school to stop payments to a private management company set up by the school’s founder, who has been charged with diverting millions of dollars in taxpayer money for his personal gain. Judge Neal E. Kravitz said he was … More Judge orders D.C. charter to stop payments to company founded by school leaders