Sidewalk repair coming to Quincy St NW
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If the sidewalks along Quincy have let you down, tripped you up or flooded your yard, DDOT wants you to know they're going to be ripping up, tearing out and replacing the sidewalk.
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A look at renting costs in Petworth & around Ward 4
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With housing prices continuing to rise in Petworth and the surrounding neighborhoods, and the increase in new residents every month into the District, the cost of rent is an important factor for those seeking a realistically affordable place to live.
Real estate website Trulia reached out to me to see if I'd be interested in publishing some of their data about rental costs in the surrounding neighborhoods, and I agreed, thinking readers could find it useful.
In the comments, share your thoughts if you enjoyed this kind of content...
Read MoreThis week's featured property: 619 Jefferson St NW
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619 Jefferson St NW is this week' featured property. A single-family townhouse that has been fully renovated from top to bottom. They kept some of the original charming features of the more than 100 year old house and updated the rest to make it a modern family home.
Read MoreSlim's Diner plans to open mid-week
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Slim's Diner, the much-anticipated new restaurant from Paul Ruppert (owner of Petworth Citizen, Upshur Street Books and Cappy's Crabs), is getting ready to open. Read more...
Read MoreDomku potluck community party on Saturday, closing after brunch on Sunday
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Kera Carpenter closes Domku on Sunday, June 26th with a last brunch of her delicous pancakes. But first she's throwing a community party and potluck to celebrate her 12 years running the Eastern European-Scandinavian restaurant -- and you're invited!
Read MoreHomestead restaurant opened Thursday 6/23, preview Wednesday
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I stopped by the Homestead restaurant at 3911 Georgia Avenue last night for their launch party. The place was packed with people enjoying free hors d'oeuvres and getting to meet the chefs and owners.
Read MoreCM Silverman, Grants and an attempt at Decorum; notes from ANC 4C June meeting
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The Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C meeting on June 8th was as interesting and at times as tumultuous as any of the meetings this year have been. The main sticking point for this meeting was Commissioner Jonah Goodman's effort to approve a Code of Conduct for ANC 4C. Also at the meeting, At-Large DC Councilmember Elissa Silverman spoke about her team's projects and successes with vacant and blighted properties, commissioners gave various updates and Goodman also got the updated Grant requirements passed. Read on, McDuff...
Read MoreSee what's happening in Petworth with the new Community Calendar
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Curious about when your local Advisory Neighborhood Commission meets or the next Petworth Jazz Project? Now there's one place to go to find dates and times for upcoming community events: the Petworth News Community Calendar!
Read MoreSW Petworth Lemonade Social is this Wednesday
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The next Lemonade Social is this Wednesday, June 22nd from 6:30pm to dark at the grassy triangle located at the intersection of Kansas Ave & Quincy St/13th St.
Read MoreIt was time to level up on my fitness goals
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Once upon a time I felt like I was physically fit. I used to run, was a monster on the spin bike and boxed twice a week (I was a windmill with the jump rope). Nowadays, I feel like it’s quite possible that I’m made out of barely flexible PVC pipe instead of muscle. I also have a 5 year old and my mid-40s coming up, so I decided it was time to make a change, and I wanted local help to get me back on track. So I decided to stop by Level Up Personal Fitness on Georgia Avenue...
Read MorePSA 407 meeting Thursday
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If you live in Petworth east of Georgia Avenue and below Gallatin then you're in Police Service Area (PSA) 407. Lieutenant Anthony Washington is holding a PSA meeting on Thursday, June 16th at 7pm at 801 Shepherd St NW.
Read MoreMeta moment with the Petworth Library photography class - join the Flickr group!
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Ran into the Petworth Library's photography class this morning, and we ended up with me taking a photo of them taking a photo of me taking a photo of them. Nice.
Upload your photos to the Library's Flickr group and you might get selected for their Petworth Showcase!
Read MoreAn evening of food, drinks and the Gotham Knight at the Third Floor
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I just found out that the Third Floor (the event space in the Murrell building above Slim’s) is hosting another “In Good Company” food and literary event on Saturday night, June 11th. And to my geekish delight, this time it’s about “The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture.”
The second installment of Trey Graham’s cocktails-and-conversation series “In Good Company” combines food, drinks and discussion over interesting art, books and cuisine.
Read MoreWhy are the "Ward 4 Democrats" skipping the Ward 4 election?
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Each person running for Ward 4 Council has offered different strategies and perspectives for what the Ward needs, yet each shares at least one common fact: they are all running as Democrats in a partisan election. The local Ward 4 Democrats, an organization that was created in 1975 to support partisan politics on behalf of the Democratic Party in the Ward, should be working to elect those four candidates and educating voters about them.
But they’re not. Why?
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