Get a Celebrate Petworth shopping bag!
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Just donate $25 or more on the Celebrate Petworth GoFundMe and we’ll set up a date to pick up your bag in the near future.
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Battle of the Bands comes to Capitol Cider House with over $1,000 in prizes!
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Capitol Cider House and Petworth News are sponsoring a Battle of the Bands concert series starting Thursday, October 11th and going until the finale on December 9th. Eight bands will compete for cash prizes, with first place receiving $1,000. Sweet!
Read MoreUpdate on Capital Bikeshare coming to Sherman Circle
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ANC 4D Commissioner Amy Hemingway sent out an email to residents about the upcoming installation of the Capital Bikeshare station at Sherman Circle.
According to Commissioner Hemingway, she and DDOT have been collecting resident feedback on the proposed station, and the feedback says “yes, please!”
Read MoreDraft agenda for ANC 4C's October meeting, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton to attend
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The Advisory Neighborhood Commission meets on October 10th at 6:30pm at the Petworth Library. This meeting will host a special guest, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
Read MoreBlocktoberfest returns to Petworth on October 13th! RSVP today!
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Come out and enjoy the weather and some community gemütlichkeit over a good bier!
Join the Randolph Block Club Saturday October 13th from 2pm to 8pm!
Read MoreDevelopers, rats and grants: Notes from ANC 4C's September meeting
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Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C held it's regularly scheduled monthly meeting on September 12th at the Petworth Library. If you couldn't make it... here's some notes about zoning issues, poop on Roosevelt’s softball field, rats and more.
Read MoreGood times! Fall Fest at the Old Soldier's Home is Sept 30th!
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The Friends of the Soldiers’ Home and the Armed Forces Retirement Home are hosting their annual Fall Fun Fest on Sunday, September 30th from 9am to 5pm at the AFRH. Come out to enjoy an antique auto show, music, an art show, petting zoo, bobbing for apple, a pumpkin carving competition and much more.
Read MoreRoosevelt HS is looking for host families for French students for two weeks
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Roosevelt High School has a robust international studies program, managed by Julian Hipkins III, the Global Studies Coordinator at the school. The school is hosting students from Spain and France in October, and is looking for a dozen or so families in the local area to host visiting students from France for a two week stay here in Petworth.
Volunteer and host a student (or two!).
Read MoreCouncilmember’s Corner: Addressing maternal mental health disorders
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One significant but often overlooked component of maternal and infant well-being is mental health. According to the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, at least 20% of mothers suffer from pregnant and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders.
After studying the problem more closely, I knew something had to be done. I am proud to report that legislation I introduced in 2017 to improve maternal mental healthcare has recently become official law in the District of Columbia.
Read MoreVolunteer at Grant Circle for National Public Lands Day on Sunday the 23rd
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Here in Petworth, neighbor Carol Herwig, who regularly cleans up Grant Circle, is planning a clean-up of the small triangular park north of Grant Circle on Sunday, September 22nd at 10am.
Read MoreWildflowers are blooming with the rain in Petworth
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Summer is starting to wind down in Petworth, but the amount of rain sure hasn’t! And while the clouds have been hiding the sun for some time, the Sunflowers have been out in full force. These giants of the aster family are the quintessential summer flower and make some tasty seeds, too.
Here’s a look at some of the more wild flowers you’ll find around the neighborhood.
Read MoreABRA decides not to act on request to revoke the Trump Hotel's alcohol license
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In a story first brought to light by Petworth News, seven members of the religious community in DC and Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C submitted a complaint to the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) to have the alcohol license for the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue revoked. This week, ABRA made their decision.
Read MoreLighthouse Yoga gets a second chance thanks to community support, and a potluck party next week
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When Lighthouse Yoga Center was notified by our landlord in August that we needed to be out of our space in 30 days, we were heartbroken. We’re Petworth’s only source for high-quality Hatha Yoga, and we’re DC’s only Kundalini Yoga studio. Closing the studio would present a big loss to Petworth’s quality of life.
But our neighbors weren’t ready to let us go!
Read MoreDraft agenda for ANC 4D September meeting
/The next Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4D public meeting is on Monday, September 17, 2018 at 6:30pm.
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