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All Things Current: What you'll find in your Jan. 7, 2015,
edition
DEVELOPMENT
The Ingleside retirement communitys bid to expand and modernie
!acilities on Military "oad got a#arm reception at the D$%$
&oard o! 'oning (d)ustment Tuesday$ *North#est %urrent+
Dupont
%urrent,
%ity proposals that #ould control the con-ersion o! D$%$ ro#
houses into .pop/up0 apartment
buildings ha-e #on support !rom se-eral ad-isory neighborhood
commissions but generated
concerns !rom some area de-elopers+ in ad-ance o! Thursday1s
'oning %ommission hearing on the
issue$ *all editions,
ED2%(TION
3eorgeto#ns 4yde/(ddison Elementary 5chool #ill o!!er an
expanded pre6indergarten #hen it
opens its doors !or a ne# school year next !all+ adding a
program !or 7/year/olds$ *all editions,
( 5eaton Elementary 5chool teacher #as surprised last Thursday
#ith a 89:+;;; Mil6en Educator
(#ard < one o! the prestigious pries !rom the Mil6en =amily
=oundation that Teacher Magainehas dubbed the .Oscars o! Teaching$0
*all editions,
4I5TO"I% P"E5E"V(TION
(t President Lincolns %ottage on the grounds o! the Old 5oldiers
4ome+ a research team is using
7/D scanning technology to better understand the national
historic sites past and help preser-e the
building !or the !uture$ *all editions,
( ne# interior landmar6 nomination could complicate already
tangled landlord/tenant negotiations
at 5edg#ic6 3ardens+ a la-ishly ornamented but aging %onnecticut
(-enue apartment building#here #ater pipes+ electric lines and
other building systems need repair$ *North#est %urrent+
3eorgeto#n %urrent+ Dupont %urrent,
IN="(5T"2%T2"E O!!icials !rom Pepco and the D$%$ go-ernment #ill
attend tonight1s Dupont %ircle ad-isory
neighborhood commission meeting !or a public discussion o! last
#ee61s all/day po#er outage+
#here they1ll !ace criticisms about ho# they handled
communication during the incident$ *Dupont%urrent+ =oggy &ottom
%urrent,
LI>2O" LI%EN5IN3
The District has shuttered t#o Pennsyl-ania (-enue nightclubs+
saying they #ould pose an .an
imminent danger0 to public sa!ety+ a!ter separate incidents on
Dec$ 9? and @an$ 7 in #hich a total o!
six people #ere stabbed$ *Dupont %urrent+ =oggy &ottom
%urrent,
Mason Inn+ a sports bar at 9A;B Cisconsin (-e$+ might be mo-ing
next door into the !ormer home
o! @Ps Lounge strip club$ *3eorgeto#n %urrent,
POLITI%5
&randon Todd is bene!iting !rom the &o#ser campaign
machinery in the Card A D$%$ %ouncil race+
but some opponents paint his association #ith the ne# mayor as a
liability$ *all editions,
T"(N5PO"T(TION
The D$%$ Department o! Transportation #ill 6ic6 o!! a t#o/year
pro)ect to rehabilitate the ey &ridge
this spring+ but it is promising relati-ely limited tra!!ic
disruptions$ *all editions,
OT4E" NEC5
( prolonged dispute o-er a narro# .paper alley0 in the Palisades
landed at the National %apital
Planning %ommission last Thursday+ #ith commissioners appro-ing
the contested alley closing !i-e
years a!ter an abutting homeo#ner !enced o!! the property
#ithout permission$ *North#est %urrent+3eorgeto#n %urrent,
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ON T4E M("ET *all editions,
( one/bedroom condo unit in an elaborate F9? =orest 4ills
apartment house is on the mar6et !or
8A9F+F;;$
OPINION *all editions,
EditorialG Monday1s Metro tragedy spea6s to a need to prioritie
!unding !or the system$
EditorialG The D$%$ %ouncil needs a procedure to !ill #ard
-acancies on an interim basis$
5her#oodG (n estimated 8:B billion in unmet regional
in!rastructure needs isn1t the only thing in the
D$%$ area that needs !ixing$
5PO"T5 *North#est %urrent+ 3eorgeto#n %urrent, Their coach
brie!ly !ell unconscious during a timeout+ but the health scare
turned out to be Maret
boys bas6etball1s inspiration to turn the game around and beat
5t$ (ndre#1s A?/A:$
National %athedral hoops star Marta 5niee6 has scored her
9+;;;thcareer point$
=or the second straight year+ a 5id#ell runner has earned the
D$%$ 3atorade Player o! the Hear
a#ard !or girls cross/country this year+ )unior Taylor nibb$
5%4OOL DI5P(T%4E5 *all editions,
The &ritish 5chool o! Cashington1s !ield trip to the
2d-ar/4ay %enter+ La!ayette !i!th/graders1 -ie#s
on graduating to Deal+ and other reports !rom area schools$
(L5O IN T4E %2""ENT
%rime report (d-isory neighborhood commission reports and
agendas
"eports !rom local citiens associations
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