Recall the horrible January 19, 2011 fatal shooting of Billy Mitchell? Today’s Washington Post reports that MPD has arrested a man in the crime with the charge of First-Degree Murder. D.C. police charge three men with murder By David Marino-Nachison, Published: December 27 Here are the two paragraphs from this WP article that mention the … More Man arrested in 1-19-2011 Billy Mitchell fatal shooting

Note that the new MPD PSA maps take effect this Sunday. See this brief article from DCist: Just a Reminder: MPD District Boundaries Change on Sunday http://dcist.com/2011/12/just_a_reminder_mpd_district_bounda.php Here is the link to the new Fifth District PSA map: Click to access frames.asp Note that the new PSA 501 includes only Northwest DC — the Bates … More new MPD PSA boundaries take effect this Sunday

Since it is a slow news week, let me just post this item from Peter Sefton, who filed the nomination for the landmarking of the Langston and Slater Schools. (Peter’s post is from the Historic Washington list at Yahoogroups.) Stars of David medallions on Langston School Posted by: “psefton @ comcast.net” psefton @ comcast.net   douglassefton … More history on the Stars of David at Langston, Slater Schools

See this item from DC Council Chair Kwame Brown’s 12/17/2011 e-newsletter regarding the symbolic renaming of the unit block of N Street NW: Willie Wood Way: Dedicating a Street to a Hero It was a proud day in the Council Chamber when we were honored to welcome the legendary Green Bay Packers free safety Willie … More symbolic renaming of the unit block of N St NW

Ward5ANCSMD map 2011 12 15 See the map PDF above distributed earlier today by Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. It appears that the Bates area/Truxton circle/Dunbar-Shaw area is part of the same ANC commission as Bloomingdale, Eckington, Edgewood, Stronghold and the McMillan Sand Filtration site. Ward 5’s Geoff Hatchard comments on the presented map … More the new Ward 5 ANC SMD map from CM Thomas

Urban Turf blog has produced a profile of Bloomingdale, which I thought that the Bates area residents might like to read.  I have copied in the first two paragraphs for you.  Click on the urbanturf.com link to read the entire post and to see the assorted images from around Bloomingdale. Bloomingdale: Where (Almost) Everyone Knows … More Urban Turf`s profile of Bloomingdale

Here is an update on the McMillan Sand Filtration site development project from the Washington Business Journal: D.C. hands over initial McMillan reservoir work to joint venture Premium content from Washington Business Journal by Michael Neibauer, Staff Reporter Date: Friday, December 2, 2011, 6:00am EST [http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/print-edition/2011/12/02/dc-hands-over-initial-mcmillan.html]   Here is a key paragraph from this WBJ … More WBJ: initial McMillan work to development partner