Local area child missing, MPD & parents want your help (Update: Found!)
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The parents of 12-year old Jamiere Warner wrote to the local listservs this morning asking for help in locating Jamiere.
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Councilmember’s Corner: Putting families first
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During the summer recess of the DC Council, my staff and I listened carefully to Ward 4 neighbors about your concerns and your hopes for the future. I repeatedly heard how as the cost of living in the District rises, families feel increasingly financially squeezed. So I took that input back to City Hall and got to work on concrete legislative solutions. At the September 19th meeting of the DC Council, I introduced three bills that would save DC families money and enhance their quality of life.
Read MoreStreet Sense gets a new look, and new vests to help you find them
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Street Sense Media, the media center devoted to empowering those experiencing homelessness in Washington DC, has some changes coming. You probably recognize their homeless and formerly homeless newspaper vendors by their neon vests, which have become a staple of DC neighborhoods. Now the newspaper and the vests of homeless Street Sense vendors are changing. Here’s why.
Read MoreUncensored DC: The Library takes a creative approach to Banned Books Week
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Censorship is never acceptable in a democracy, which is why the DC Public Library is celebrating Banned Books Week with a creative campaign called #UNCENSOREDDC. The theme this year is “Texts Against Tyranny,” and the Library is doing a scavenger hunt and hiding books that have been censored at one time or another across the District, along with a cool fundraiser in the Dupont Underground. Banned Books week is September 24-30th. Details inside.
Read MoreA faulty meter or a leaky toilet... which is the culprit for high water bills?
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Last week Petworth News published an article about Petworth residents who discovered inordinately high water bills after DC Water replaced their water meters. One resident, Jonathan Nobil, had a water bill showing more than 29,000 gallons being used last month -- water he contends they didn't use.
Now there's talk that it may be a faulty meter causing the problem.
DC Water followed up with an email to Mr. Nobil on Thursday afternoon with a veiled threat, and to Petworth News with an angry email suggesting we not publish a follow-up.
Read MoreComedy show to support Houston donations at Colony Club, Friday 9/8
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Before Irma dumps the ocean on Florida, come out to a special comedy show at the Colony Club (3118 Georgia Ave NW) on Friday night, September 8th at 9pm with donations going to support recovery efforts in Houston.
Read MoreMeter mayhem: Petworth residents get hosed with high water charges, DC Water says bills are accurate
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DC Water is replacing some 85,000 water meters around the city this year, in an effort to increase the accuracy of water readings. But the effort seems to have backfired for some Petworth residents, who have recently been hit with monthly water bills four times higher than what they usually pay.
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Hateful flyers appear in Brightwood and north; donate a dollar for every flyer?
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I debated publicizing this when I first heard about it a few days ago, as I don’t want to give the lowlife who’s posting the hateful flyers attention, because that’s what this idiot wants (that, and to scare people). But people need to know how to respond and trash this crap.
Read MoreMade of gold? Roofless house listed at $499,999 in Brightwood
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File this in the you-ain't-seen-it-all file, or the greed-ahead-of-common-sense folder, but a house is listed for sale in Brightwood that has no roof. It's a shell of a house that DCRA put a stop work order on last year for "illegal construction / working without a permit," according to an article Washingtonian.
They're asking $499,999 for this opposite of a turn-key structure.
Read MoreA great opportunity: Apply to attend the US Park Police Citizens' Academy
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The United States Park Police is holding it's next Citizens' Academy next month, and they're looking for people to apply to participate. I participated in the first Academy back in October 2016 and found it to be a fascinating experience and look into one of the oldest police departments in the United States -- one that started with only two officers!
I highly recommend participating in the Academy.
Read MoreLocal music gets a boost at the DC Music Rocks festival at the 9:30 Club
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Check out the DC Music Rocks Festival at the 9:30 Club!
This upcoming show sounds awesome. DC Music Rocks, which profiles local DC musicians and bands on 96.7FM and via podcast, is holding its first local music festival at the 9:30 Club on Saturday, September 2nd. And hey, Petworth News is one of the sponsors!
Read MoreNational Night Out with MPD at Hamilton Rec in Ward 4
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National Night Out is an annual event that promotes police-community partnerships to make our neighborhoods safer and create more caring places to live.
Read MoreWMATA tries again to conduct Metro vibration study with local volunteers
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WMATA General Manager Paul Wiedefeld sent a response to Ward 4 Councilmember Brandon Todd's June 30th letter asking WMATA for an update on the noise and shaking allegedly caused by Metro trains running underground on the Green line in Petworth.
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