Dear Neighbors and Friends, The Embassy of Haiti and ServeDC are asking for volunteers to man telephone banks at the Haitian Embassy, 2311 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, http://www.haiti.org. If you have time to assist, please contact ServeDC at 202-727-7925, Ms. Amy Ward is the Director, http://www.serve.dc.gov. If you are able to offer mental health services and … More Volunteers Needed for Haitian Relief Needed

January 2010 Expansion of the Special Liaison Unit & New Listserv Group to Accompany The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is pleased to announce the expansion of the Special Liaison Unit to better serve the needs of the community. The Special Liaison Unit supports community policing with communities that are sometimes underserved, and is composed of … More MPD Announces Expansion of Special Liaison Units

CommunityImpactStatementOn Monday, 8 February 2010, 10:30AM, Room 412, the Council Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary is scheduled to hold a public hearing on B18 – “Community Impact Statement Amendment Act of 2009”. This bill was Co-Introduced by Committee Chairman Phil Mendelson, Councilman Jack Evans, Councilwoman Muriel Bowser, and is Co-Sponsored by Councilman Jim … More “Community Impact Statement” Committee Hearing

The focus is upon the portion of North Capitol Street mostly north of the Bates area. If you want to just read the executive summary, then go here:  http://www.planning.dc.gov/planning/frames.asp?doc=/planning/lib/planning/north_capitol_street_study/1north_capitol_report_web.pdf Here is the link to the entire study:  http://www.planning.dc.gov/planning/cwp/view,a,1354,q,645949.asp    Two blogs — WashCycle and GreaterGreaterWashington — have commented on the just-released DDOT study. You are invited … More DDOT has released its “North Capitol Street Cloverleaf Feasibility Study”

Catholic University forwarded the following message to the Metropolitan Police Department and Commander Greene wanted to keep you informed. Greetings from Catholic University, CUA will be conducting a test of our emergency notification equipment on Friday, January 8, 2010. It is only a test. We will be activating all of our emergency sirens and audible … More Emergency Equipment Testing on Jan. 8th.

Do to the frigid weather and potential for snow, Bates Area Civic Assn President James Berry has decided to cancel the BACA monthly meeting scheduled for this Monday. Rescheduling to be determined. Thanks.

Hi neighbors, I need to sell this chest to make room in my room. It’s big and spacious. I haven’t measured it for exactness, but I’d guess it’s like four feet wide, three feet high and maybe like two feet deep. Selling for $100. I bought it at Goodwood for something like $250. I think … More Chest for sale

Okay, here is the councilmember’s latest “Thomas Connection” e-newsletter.  Sorry for the text truncation on the right. Do note the item on the removal of the billboards at New Jersey & P Street NW.  (And did you notice that some news reports identified this location as being in “Mount Vernon Square”?   Ahh well.)  The Thomas Connection … More billboards removal in Jan 2010 Thomas Connection e-newsletter

Neighbor Ryan on 3rd St is keeping us up-to-date on our hometown players that are making it big! The 2009/2010 Pro Bowl (that is the All-Star game for you non-fans) > rosters were announced last night. The teams included two ex-Dunbar > players. They are Cleveland Browns kick returner (and NFL record > holder) Joshua … More Dunbar Football News