All Things Current: What you'll find in your April 29, 2015,
edition
ALCOHOL LICENSING Following last-minute objections, the Dupont
Circle advisory neighborhood commission has
postponed voting on a resolution that would end the West Dupont
liquor license moratorium. (Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom
Current)
EDUCATION Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson defended her
proposed budget yesterday, while also working to
assure D.C. Council members that Wilson High School won't face
the extreme effects of a tightening budget that some stakeholders
have feared. (all editions)
The Jewish Primary Day School of the Nations Capital, an
elementary school with two campuses on 16th Street, announced
Monday that it had received a $20 million donation, which it will
use to build a middle school at its Brightwood campus. (all
editions)
HISTORIC PRESERVATION Emory United Methodist Church is
scrambling to salvage a project that would add affordable
housing
and services for the homeless and the community to its prominent
Georgia Avenue site, following the Historic Preservation Review
Board's decision to landmark the site. (Northwest Current)
The Historic Preservation Review Board declined to designate
Georgetown's West Heating Plant as ahistoric landmark, though its
Georgetown location will still prompt numerous reviews of its
planned conversion to condos. (Georgetown Current, Dupont
Current)
George Washington University will have to renovate and restore
the closed Corcoran Gallery of Art under the watchful eye of the
Historic Preservation Review Board, which last week approved
landmark protections for much of the museums stately interior.
(Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)
POLITICS Ward 4 D.C. Council candidate Brandon Todd, a former
aide to Mayor Muriel Bowser whom she
supported in the race, handily won yesterday's special election
in a crowded field. (all editions)
TRANSPORTATION Starting on Monday, the west entrance of the Van
Ness/UDC Metro station is scheduled to begin a
three-year closure that neighbors said was poorly timed and
inadequately announced. (Northwest Current)
A group of Georgetown residents are celebrating a long-delayed
city project to overhaul the alley behind their homes. (Georgetown
Current, Dupont Current)
ON THE MARKET (all editions) A three-level, 4,000-square-foot
condo part of a 1900 Victorian row house at 2118 O St. is
available for $1,895,000.
OPINION (all editions) Editorial: Despite a few missteps, Mayor
Muriel Bowser has had an encouraging first hundred days in
office. Editorial: The city must reform its inclusionary zoning
process to ease a non-functioning process of
selling affordable condo units. Sherwood: A visit to Cuba
reveals the island's counterpart to the District's advisory
neighborhood
commissions.
SPORTS (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current) Wilson's girls
lacrosse team converted a narrow halftime lead into a 10-5 victory
over Field on
Saturday, completing the Tigers' season sweep of the
Falcons.
When Gonzaga's basketball coach led one all-star squad and two
of his players were on another last Friday, the result was a lot of
trash talk in which the coach got the last word.
St. John's junior Kayla Robbins has committed to playing
basketball for the University of Michigan.
SCHOOL DISPATCHES (all editions) St. Patrick's gets a visit from
a hawk, Sheridan School eighth-graders decorate their Legacy
Blocks,
and other reports from local schools.
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