You are invited to read this WAMU-FM 88.5 story on DC’s crack cocaine epidemic. Hanover Place NW is mentioned. Click on the link to read the entire article: Crack’s Rapid Rise Brought Chaos To D.C. By: Jacob Fenston January 27, 2014 … Before “crack cocaine” had entered the nation’s lexicon, D.C. was already struggling with … More WAMU crack cocaine history story mentions Hanover Place NW

Monday, February 3 at 7pm Mt. Sinai Church on 3rd and Q St NW Save the Date for 2 Important Community Updates The development of McMillan into a residential, retail and recreational facility will impact our neighborhood tremendously. The Development Team will be presenting the McMillan Project at the BACA Meeting. Please ensure to come … More Mon, Feb- 3 BACA Meeting McMillan Development

DCist reports on President Obama serving yesterday at DC Central Kitchen while Vice President Biden served at So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.). Obamas Make Burritos At DC Central Kitchen For MLK Day Here is the section of the DCist post on Joe Biden at S.O.M.E.: Senior advisor Valerie Jarrett joined the First Family, while Vice … More DCist: VP Joe Biden serves hot lunches at So Others Might Eat

See this message from the 52 O Street Studios: Subject: Paintings by Peruvian artist Ana Balcázar Bartra @ BoomHammer: Sun Jan 26 From: lm@lisamariestudio.com Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:04:49 +0000 Paintings by Peruvian artist Ana Balcázar Bartra @ BoomHammer: 52 ‘O’ Street NW #100, Washington DC, Sunday, January 26, 2014, 3-6pm BoomHangers is an … More 52 “O” Street NW: Paintings by Peruvian artist Ana Balcázar Bartra @ BoomHammer: Sun Jan 26

I have copied in the first few paragraphs of this Washington Post book review item. Click on the article link to read the entire item. ‘First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s First Black Public High School’ by Alison Stewart By T. Rees Shapiro, Published: January 17 One day in May 1954, classes at the … More WaPo book review: ‘First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s First Black Public High School’

I have not copied the entire Washington Post article below — just the first few paragraphs. You can click on the link to read the entire article. Dunbar High autonomy proposal stirs debate in D.C. Emma Brown/The Washington Post A proposal to improve Dunbar High School by converting it to an autonomous and selective school … More WaPo: “Dunbar High autonomy proposal stirs debate in DC”

Some stale news. You can click on the link to read the entire Washington Business Journal post. Jan 15, 2014, 11:36am EST Clarion Partners buys 77 H St. NW Walmart site (Video) Daniel J. Sernovitz, Staff Reporter- Washington Business Journal The JBG Cos. has cashed in on one of D.C.’s first Wal-Mart stores: The prolific … More Walmart property at 77 H Street NW sold

  Come join us in the Celebration of the Grand Opening of Salon Le Fini Sunday January 19. @ 3pm RSVP by January 16, 2014 at  202.735.0262 Hors d’oveuvres and cocktails will be served

Great news — the pool at Dunbar High School opened to the community today. The hours are weekend only: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays The entrance to the pool is at the back of the high school at 1st and O St, NW, and you need … More Dunbar pool now open to the community!

Posted on behalf of Bradley Thomas Friends and Neighbors: As you will recall, the Bates Area Civic Association, at I believe it’s October 2013 meeting, voted 33-0 to adopt a resolution calling on the city to require the removal of the illegally constructed black top parking lot at CAPCS and/or to take other appropriate remedial … More Commissioner Robinson-Paul Moving to Rescind BACA Supported Parking Lot Resolution