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Mark Plotkin let go by WTOP
Washington Business Journal
Jan 27Political commentator Mark Plotkin has been dismissed by radio station WTOP after berating a fellow station employee in the news room, The Washington Post reported. The angry outburst was just one of a series of altercations and shouting matches that P... »
Red Line melts down with cracked rail during morning rush
Washington Examiner
Jan 26Kytja Weir Update 9:50 a.m. Metro plans to continue forcing trains to share a single track near Tenleytown until repairs can be made to the tracks. That could be as late as early afternoon, Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said. Update 9:30 a.m »
Zoning Commission delays decision on Campus Plan
The Eagle Online News
Jan 24The D.C. Zoning Commission postponed the vote on AU’s Campus Plan to Feb. 16. The commission originally suggested postponing the vote to the end of February. But AU’s legal counsel Paul Tummonds said the University aims to begin construction on North H... »
DeMorning Links: Good teachers in bad schools
The Washington Post DeBonis
Jan 24Should the D.C. Council be meddling with city schools’ teacher-hiring policies? No, Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson told lawmakers Monday, but she’s backing Chairman Kwame R. Brown’s teacher retention program anyway — especially now that Brown (D) re... »
Z-Burger Jumps on Ravens Bandwagon
NBC Washington Food & Drink
Jan 20A Ravens win Sunday means free burgers Monday. »
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Big Chair Bar & Grill apologizes and wants you to fall in love with them again
Congress Heights On The Rise
Feb 03Check out this WAMU segment by Emily Friedman on the newly revamped Big Chair Bar & Grill (formerly Big Chair Coffee). I know first hand that when Big Chair Coffee opened we were excited (and rightly so) by the space, the service, and the ambiance then... »
Wow! 1,000,000 hits for New Columbia Heights
New Columbia Heights
Feb 02Today I checked out my stats and noticed the blog hit a major milestone: 1,000,000 hits! I began this blog in March 2008 because a lot of things were happening in the neighborhood: cranes were everywhere, DCUSA had just opened, new developments and bus... »
Cafritz project tests Prince George's commitment to TOD
Greater Greater Washington
Jan 31by Bradley Heard The owners of the Cafritz property in Riverdale Park want a zoning change to build a major mixed-use development on a wooded, 37-acre single-family-zoned property with, at best, mediocre access to transit. If Prince George's County is ... »
ANC Round Up: Food Fight Edition
The Georgetown Metropolitan
Jan 31Photo by Mr. T in DC. Last night the ANC met for its February session (apparently they have a time machine that made last night actually February). GM couldn’t stay long due to his new paternal responsibilities, but the bits … Continue reading → »
New building raises Silver Spring's urban design standard
Greater Greater Washington
Jan 31by Dan Reed Former Washington Post architecture critic Benjamin Forgey once said, "there are so many bad buildings in Silver Spring, it's a hard place to do good." Yet some architects and developers are trying to do better here. One of Silver Spring's ... »