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All Things Current: What you'll find in your April 27, 2016, edition BUSINESS Soon after Georgetown’s 27-year liquor license moratorium ended on April 9, Glover Park last Wednesday became the latest neighborhood set to loosen its alcohol regulation, and community members are looking to the future about what changes to expect. (all editions) The Cathedral Commons retail complex might be adding another restaurant — but not before addressing concerns from community members and neighborhood leaders in an upcoming Zoning Commission hearing. (all editions) Opening soon in the 14 th Street corridor, Radiator seeks to combine the best features of a bar, pub and restaurant within the Mason & Rook Hotel. (all editions) DEVELOPMENT Members of the D.C. development community raised concerns about the feasibility of stricter affordable housing requirements at a recent Zoning Commission hearing -- but commissioners pushed back skeptically, adding that more lenient rules won’t meet the District’s housing needs. (all editions) Redevelopment of the Adams Morgan SunTrust into condos is threatening to displace the neighborhood's longtime farmers market. (Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current) EDUCATION The Wilson High School community remains on alert after several high-profile instances of violence involving its students this year, and community leaders and city officials are calling for a collaborative effort to address the issues. (Northwest Current, Dupont Current) The nationwide Fusion Academy private school is bringing its one-on-one teaching model to the former Intelsat building in Van Ness. (all editions) HISTORIC PRESERVATION Landmark status for the Palisades Recreation Center has won support from the Historic Preservation Office and the community's advisory neighborhood commission in advance of tomorrow's Historic Preservation Review Board hearing, despite opposition from many neighbors. (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current) The Citizens Association of Georgetown kick-started a new fundraising push at its meeting last week, as local groups and the National Park Service work to rehabilitate the C&O Canal and again make it a historic attraction for local residents and tourists. (Georgetown Current, Dupont Current) Residents of Foggy Bottom's historic Snows Court NW are lambasting their newly installed gas meters and the meters' protective bollards, which they say detract from the appeal of their small 19 th - century homes. (Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current) GETTING AROUND IN D.C. (all editions) Metro is pitching three alternative redesigns for 40 th Street and Fort Drive NW near the Tenleytown station, all of which aim to increase safety and aesthetics but cut parking spaces roughly in half. The country's three best-selling compact cars – the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic and Hyundai Elantra – each offer a distinct character to prospective buyers. ON THE MARKET (all editions) An architect’s own residence is often a testament to his or her skills, and a remodeled Woodley Park row house – on the market for $1,950,000 – is an excellent example. OPINION (all editions) Editorial: There's plenty of blame to go around for the failures of the DC Circulator system, though recent progress gives us some measure of hope.

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All Things Current: What you'll find in your April 27, 2016, edition

BUSINESS Soon after Georgetown’s 27-year liquor license moratorium ended on April 9, Glover Park last

Wednesday became the latest neighborhood set to loosen its alcohol regulation, and community members are looking to the future about what changes to expect. (all editions)

The Cathedral Commons retail complex might be adding another restaurant — but not before addressing concerns from community members and neighborhood leaders in an upcoming Zoning Commission hearing. (all editions)

Opening soon in the 14th Street corridor, Radiator seeks to combine the best features of a bar, pub and restaurant within the Mason & Rook Hotel. (all editions)

DEVELOPMENT Members of the D.C. development community raised concerns about the feasibility of stricter

affordable housing requirements at a recent Zoning Commission hearing -- but commissioners pushed back skeptically, adding that more lenient rules won’t meet the District’s housing needs. (all editions)

Redevelopment of the Adams Morgan SunTrust into condos is threatening to displace the neighborhood's longtime farmers market. (Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)

EDUCATION The Wilson High School community remains on alert after several high-profile instances of violence

involving its students this year, and community leaders and city officials are calling for a collaborative effort to address the issues. (Northwest Current, Dupont Current)

The nationwide Fusion Academy private school is bringing its one-on-one teaching model to the former Intelsat building in Van Ness. (all editions)

HISTORIC PRESERVATION Landmark status for the Palisades Recreation Center has won support from the Historic Preservation

Office and the community's advisory neighborhood commission in advance of tomorrow's Historic Preservation Review Board hearing, despite opposition from many neighbors. (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current)

The Citizens Association of Georgetown kick-started a new fundraising push at its meeting last week, as local groups and the National Park Service work to rehabilitate the C&O Canal and again make it ahistoric attraction for local residents and tourists. (Georgetown Current, Dupont Current)

Residents of Foggy Bottom's historic Snows Court NW are lambasting their newly installed gas meters and the meters' protective bollards, which they say detract from the appeal of their small 19th-century homes. (Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)

GETTING AROUND IN D.C. (all editions) Metro is pitching three alternative redesigns for 40th Street and Fort Drive NW near the Tenleytown

station, all of which aim to increase safety and aesthetics but cut parking spaces roughly in half. The country's three best-selling compact cars – the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic and Hyundai Elantra

– each offer a distinct character to prospective buyers.

ON THE MARKET (all editions) An architect’s own residence is often a testament to his or her skills, and a remodeled Woodley Park

row house – on the market for $1,950,000 – is an excellent example.

OPINION (all editions) Editorial: There's plenty of blame to go around for the failures of the DC Circulator system, though

recent progress gives us some measure of hope.

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Editorial: The elimination of Glover Park's moratorium on new restaurants and liquor stores removes adrastic measure that was no longer necessary or particularly helpful.

Sherwood: Mayor Muriel Bowser has kicked off construction of the new D.C. United stadium at Southwest's Buzzard Point.

SPORTS (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current) Maret baseball staved off a late Sidwell rally on Thursday to win the pivotal Mid-Atlantic Conference

game 8-6. Wilson's Ultimate Frisbee team collected its second straight D.C. State Athletic Association title on

Sunday amid growing popularity for the new Tigers team. A pair of Visitation lacrosse stars, plus two of their former opponents from rival high schools, are

making a mark at the University of Virginia.

DISPATCHES (all editions) Eaton Elementary students see a musical at Imagination Stage, Sheridan first-graders perform

“Swamp Soup,” and other reports from local schools.

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