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Happy July! Along with the weather, the real estate market is also really heating up! Buyers are taking advantage of low interest rates. The problem is, there still aren’t enough homes out there for sale, so buyers are still competing with one another.
Here are some of my tips for anyone in the market looking to buy now or soon…
Read MoreWMATA has announced a list of Metro track work and station closings for “preventative maintenance and planned capital work.” The Orange, Silver, Yellow and Green lines are all affected by track work, with some seeing station closings.
Read MoreEvery two years elections open up for seats on local Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs). Commissioners provide a valuable role in the city as the liaison between DC government and their approximately 2,000 residents / constituents in a Single Member District (SMD). Commissioners have no legislative powers — hence the “advisory” in the name. But Commissioners can make a difference.
If you want to make a difference in your community, here’s how to run for election as a Commissioner.
Read MoreFor more than a month, the emails have come across the listservs, each with a similar story to share: a bike was stolen from a backyard or a garage. Now, bike theft happens, but there’s been an obvious rash of theft across the area, from Crestwood to 16th Street Heights, Brightwood to Petworth.
Read MoreThe Bank of America at 3500 Georgia Avenue in Park View was robbed on Tuesday, June 30th just before 1pm.
What struck me about this robbery was the man entered wearing a surgical mask (thanks Covid), and then proceeded to pull it down during the robbery.
Read MoreA group of neighbors have put together an event to celebrate Juneteenth — and you don’t have to leave your front yard if you don’t want to. The holiday commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States when on June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Texas were finally told they had been freed, more than two years after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Read MoreNumerous churches and local organizations participated in a vigil on Friday, June 5th along 16th Street. Inviting community members of all (or no) faiths to join, churches along the street hosted people along the sidewalks from 5 - 6pm to show support against racism. Bells were rung at 5:45pm for eight minutes, 46 seconds… the length of time that George Floyd had a police officer’s knee on his neck, leading to his murder.
The vigil was highly attended up and down 16th Street, and the organizers will be continuing the vigils each Friday of June, from 5-6pm.
Read MoreArea residents and families have been gathering at local parks to show support for the ongoing protests in DC, around the country and around the world against police brutality, in support of equality and to shout out that Black Lives Matter.
Two groups that have stated their intention to keep the demonstrations going are meeting at the Meditation Park at 13th and Quincy and at Sherman Circle in the early evenings starting at 5pm.
Read MoreI take it as both pride and necessity to only cover local Petworth area news, avoiding national and citywide news. There’s plenty of news outlets who cover both, and they do amazing work. Petworth News is most definitely not my full time job: it’s a hobby, a way to give to my community, and what I call my “bad habit keeping me up at night” writing articles, sharing tweets, etc. I have a full-time job, a family, other things I do. If I covered more than local, it would take all my time. So, I draw a line. Local new only, and only when I can.
As so many are, I was horrified by George Floyd’s murder. I felt powerless, angry, disgusted, frustrated, depressed.
Read MoreVirgin Remy Hair at 825 Upshur Street NW was broken into and burgled late Sunday night, with products and some electronics stolen. The national chain store sells high-end hair products like extensions, wigs and other accessories. Members of the community came out in the morning and volunteered to clean up the mess.
Read MoreThe Parks at Walter Reed typically welcomes the community onto the green Great Lawn for dozens of events each spring and summer — but this year the fun can be experienced right in your living room or backyard. Their entire events calendar is virtual for now, with a focus on health and fitness options for the whole family, plus musical performances of jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, blues and more.
Read MoreWe are averaging one shooting every four days now.
Add one more shooting to the numbers as there was a shooting at Georgia Avenue and Quincy Street NW around 9:30pm. This was the same location as the scene of a shooting on Monday, May 25th.
Read MoreMayor Bowser is starting the process to reopen DC and getting life back to … normal… whatever that is now. Effective Friday, May 29th, the Stay-at-Home order is being lifted and moving to phase one of a “stay-at-home lite” order, with restrictions on places allowed to open, occupancy rules, social distancing and mask-wearing requirements.
Read MoreOn Monday evening near Grant Circle, the sound of gunshots was first reported around 10pm, though some think it may have been fireworks. What surely wasn’t fireworks took place around 11pm Monday night along 8th and Buchanan Streets NW.
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