The 2015 redo of the Hardy Park Field House cost DC taxpayers $437,114, with the most expensive line item a $45,160 restroom renovation. The “Hardy Rec Center Stabilization” project contract, overseen by the DC Department of General Services, was for $308,714, and had approved changes adding $128,399, according to documents provided at the request of…
It now appears that the tennis courts at Hardy Park won’t be resurfaced until sometime in mid-October. The cracked, potholed and paint-worn courts were to have been redone by June 21, according to Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh’s office, which cited Department of Parks and Recreation information. (This article originally was published on The Hoe.org,…
The tennis courts at Hardy Park were to have been resurfaced by June 21, in time for the start of summer camp. As of Friday, August 19, it hadn’t happened. On Thursday evening, Wesley Horton, 24, and Lukas Chandler, 22, made a go of a tennis game. Having recently moved to the area, they noted…
Can Georgetown University see the forest for its own trees? A new test is underway. GU, with its long record of irreverence for its western front with Glover Archbold National Park, is proposing to build a road that would intensify traffic along its steep border with the forest. The east-west road, part of GU’s 2017-2036…
After 18 months on the job, Ruth Wattenberg makes it clear that her role as the democratically elected Ward 3 representative on the DC State Board of Education comes with handcuffs. (This article originally was published on The Hoe.org, July 4, 2016.) Does she vote on funding for schools? No. Is she empowered to oversee…
(This article originally appeared in the June 2015 edition of Foxhall News, the newsletter published by the Foxhall Community Citizens Association, available at Foxhall.org.) $900,000 More for Wilson? School’s New Principal Hails from Aspen High By John Bray Wilson High School, slated for a budget cut by DC Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson despite rising…
(This article originally appeared in the April 2015 edition of Foxhall News, the newsletter published by the Foxhall Community Citizens Association, available at Foxhall.org.) Burgeoning Wilson High School’s Budget Woes – And the Murky Big Picture By John Bray At Wilson High School, fast-rising enrollment is being met with a budget cut, setting off a…
Exiting the police station, the first move is southbound on Idaho Avenue. Officer Anthony McElwee is rolling into service in an unmarked Chevy. It’s about 11 a.m. on a weekday in Northwest Washington, D.C. I’m in the passenger seat, taking advantage of the Metropolitan Police Department’s ride-along program (after I get my “he’s clean” diagnosis…
At the center of Georgetown University’s work to keep good relations with Foxhall and other nearby communities is Cory S. Peterson. For the past three years, since taking on the post of director of the Office of Neighborhood Life, Peterson has been pushing for closer connections with the communities, rapid and thorough response to student…
Were we jurors to believe that this trio of officers couldn’t tell whether the driver was under the influence of alcohol? She had pleaded not guilty. Our sworn duty was to presume her so unless the prosecution proved guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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