All Things Current -- April 8, 2015

All Things Current: What you'll find in your April 8, 2015, edition

D.C. COUNCIL Mayor Muriel Bowser's first budget is getting a generally favorable reception from Northwest's D.C.

Council members, though some representatives are raising concerns about proposed spending cuts and tax increases. (all editions)

DEVELOPMENT The Old Georgetown Board says a planned mixed-use building on the site of a Prospect Street

Domino's outlet is out of proportion with nearby row houses and should be scaled back. (Georgetown Current, Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)

EDUCATION As Ward 3 elected officials and education activists organized opposition to proposed Wilson High

School budget cuts last week, questions arose over the District law at the center of the controversy.(all editions)

HISTORIC PRESERVATION City preservationists last week approved an “emergency” application to create a historic district

around Petworth’s Grant Circle, admittedly spurred by plans to demolish one early-20th-century home and convert another to condos. (all editions)

Meridian International Center took plans for a modern, glassy apartment building on its 16th Street frontage to the Historic Preservation Review Board last week, where neighbors offered harsh criticism but the board -- with many caveats -- declared the basic concept “compatible.” (Northwest Current, Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)

POLITICS Even as Brandon Todd is widely hailed as the clear favorite in the Ward 4 D.C. Council race, his 11

opponents are continuing to make their cases why they're the better choice. (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current)

The Current's Voters Guide special section features profiles and Q&As resulting from in-depth interviews with Ward 4 D.C. Council candidates. (Northwest Current east)

TRANSPORTATION The D.C. Department of Transportation is sorting through Georgetown community feedback in an

effort to tailor the neighborhood’s parking policies to its unique circumstances. (Georgetown Current, Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)

OTHER NEWS American University and its residential neighbors have reached a rare accord that will allow the

school longer construction hours for its behind-schedule East Campus project. (Northwest Current)

ON THE MARKET (all editions) A 1923 Beaux Arts home on upper 16th Street, priced at $1,295,000, is welcoming new residents

with spacious accommodations and elegant landscaping.

OPINION (all editions) Editorial: D.C. Public Schools' wrongheaded interpretation of a law to benefit at-risk students is

starving Wilson High School of the funds it needs to stay successful. Editorial: Mayor Muriel Bowser's proposal to increase the District's sales tax to 6 percent will greatly

benefit the District at a negligible cost to individual citizens. Sherwood: The Nationals' opening day spotlights how much baseball has given to Washington.

SPORTS (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current) The Capital Classic all-star basketball game will get some fresh excitement this year, courtesy of

two Gonzaga hotshots who are suiting up against a squad led by the Eagles' coach. Now with a roster of seasoned seniors, Sidwell's baseball team is hoping to rebound from last

year's rough record.

SCHOOL DISPATCHES (all editions) Lafayette Elementary has a successful school auction, National Presbyterian fifth-graders study

ancient Greece, and other reports from local schools.

ALSO IN THE CURRENT Crime report Advisory neighborhood commission reports and agendas Reports from local citizens associations Calendar of the week's events Classified ads and service directory

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