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All Things Current: What you'll find in your Feb. 5, 2014,
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D.C. COUNCIL
A D.C. Council bill promising extra money to help low-income
District students attend college nearlygot caught uesday in a bu!!
saw o" concern that it could #eopardi!e "ederal out-o"-state
tuition
grants. $all editions%
he D.C. Council yesterday put o"" debate on a measure to exempt
some seniors o" modest income
"rom any tax& and a bill to sharply cap annual assessment
hi'es "or all homeowners. $all editions%
A widely supported bill to decriminali!e possession o" small
amounts o" mari#uana sur(i(ed an initial
(ote in the D.C. Council uesday& but with an amendment
'eeping a possible #ail term as a penalty
"or smo'ing it in public. $all editions%
D)*)LO+,)N
Ad(isory neighborhood commissioners o""ered di(erse opinions on
the proposed !oning rewrite at a
hearing last hursday. $all editions%
he long-(acant but historic ran'lin chool will get a
contemporary art museum -- the Institute o"Contemporary )xpression
-- as a new tenant. $/eorgetown Current& Dupont Current&
oggy 0ottom
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Debate has continued to heat up o(er the "ate o" a Che(y Chase
home whose owner intends to
tear it down and replace it. $Northwest Current east%
he U.. Department o" 1ousing and Urban De(elopment has appro(ed
the city2s homeless
assistance and re-use plan "or the "ormer 3alter 4eed
campus& clearing the way "or the site to be
trans"erred to the District "or rede(elopment. $all
editions%
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he D.C. Department o" ransportation is continuing to experiment
with "ixes to new L)D alley
lights in Che(y Chase& where residents complained o" harsh
colors and excessi(e brightness.
$Northwest Current%
+OLIIC
3ard 5 D.C. Council member 6im /raham "aced criticisms "rom
Democratic primary challenger
0rianne Nadeau and independent candidate 0ryan 3ea(er at a
7alorama candidates "orum.
$Dupont Current%
4AN+O4AION
A +alisades resident is pitching a bi'e trail that would run
between oxhall 4oad and /eorgetown2s
+rospect treet. $Northwest Current west& /eorgetown
Current& Dupont Current& oggy 0ottom
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A grass-roots proposal to create bus-only lanes during rush hour
along 58th treet N3 is catching
attention& though ad(ocates are still searching "or the
right champions in the city go(ernment.$Dupont Current& oggy
0ottom Current%
O1)4 N)3
ome Connecticut A(enue businesses in 3ard 9 can now apply "or
new grants "or capital pro#ects
under the /reat treets program. $Northwest Current%
A coalition o" nonpro"its& "aith groups& businesses and
acti(ists launched a campaign last
3ednesday to end chronic homelessness in the District by :;5= ?
the bold 5@-year plan "or transportation& public space and
economic
de(elopment in one o" the District2s most iconic commercial
areas ? "ormally launched last
hursday. $/eorgetown Current%
he nation2s capital will ha(e six more wee's o" winter ? =and
six more months o" political gridloc'=
? according to +otomac +hil& D.C.2s answer to the "amed
mythical groundhog "rom +ennsyl(ania.$Dupont Current%
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A recently re"urbished 5:@ row house in +etworth is a(ailable
"or B8&;;;. $all editions%
O+INION $all editions%
)ditorial he city needs to promptly identi"y and address the
clear issues with the ire and
)mergency ,edical er(ices Department.
)ditorial Continuing to build our emergency reser(es is the
right path "or the District.
herwood ire"ighters de"ied logic as they stood by while a man
died outside their station.
+O4 $Northwest Current& /eorgetown Current%
/on!aga swimmers earned their "ourth straight title a"ter a
(ictory o(er /eorgetown +rep. t. 6ohn2s boys bas'etball a(enged an
early-season loss with a bu!!er-beating (ictory o(er +aul *I.
DI+AC1)
Di(ersity wor'shops at /eorgetown Day chool& +owell
)lementary2s (isit "rom the +restoE string
trio& and other reports "rom local schools. $all
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Crime report
Ad(isory neighborhood commission reports and agendas
4eports "rom local citi!ens associations
Calendar o" the wee'2s e(ents
Classi"ied ads and ser(ice directory
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