All Things Current: What you'll find in your May 13, 2015,
edition
DEVELOPMENT The city's plans for the former Walter Reed Army
Medical Center won preliminary approval from the
Zoning Commission on Monday. (Northwest Current, Dupont Current,
Foggy Bottom Current) Plans for a mixed-use development on the site
of the Domino's at 3155 Prospect St. are inching
closer to approval by the Old Georgetown Board, and office space
has displaced most of the originallyproposed apartments.
(Georgetown Current)
EDUCATION The District's new deputy mayor for education fielded
questions from local school reform activists last
Thursday in her first appearance before the Ward 2 Education
Network, addressing citywide issues and area school modernizations.
(Dupont Current)
HISTORIC PRESERVATION Illegal renovations to a home at 3107
Dumbarton St. should be undone and the 1898 property should
be restored to its prior condition, the Old Georgetown Board
said last Thursday. (Georgetown Current,Dupont Current)
The 1920s facades of six Columbia Road storefronts recently
slated for demolition will now be incorporated into a new project
there, following an agreement between developers and community
leaders. (Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)
POLITICS Mayor Muriel Bowser has decided to keep interim
director Melinda M. Bolling as head of the D.C.
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, the mayor
announced last week along with four other cabinet appointments.
(all editions)
RECREATION While the expanded Kennedy Center will still boast a
river pavilion, planners now say the
controversial structure will sit firmly on land rather than
float in the Potomac. (all editions) Residents and community
leaders debated last Wednesday the potential for additional
difficulty and
expense in renovating and expanding the Palisades Recreation
Center if it is designated as a historic landmark. (Northwest
Current, Georgetown Current)
OTHER NEWS A D.C. Superior Court hearing is scheduled this
Friday for the party mansion at 2220 Q St. in
Sheridan-Kalorama, which has come under fire from various D.C.
authorities in recent months. (Northwest Current, Dupont Current,
Foggy Bottom Current)
The issue of airplane noise over several Northwest neighborhoods
-- and the chance to press for new solutions -- brought out over a
hundred residents to a town hall meeting last week in the
Palisades. (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current)
ON THE MARKET (all editions) A newly renovated 1920s row house
near Georgia Avenue in the Petworth area is available for
$724,900.
OPINION (all editions) Editorial: The schools chancellor or the
D.C. Council should restore $900,000 to Wilson High School's
budget. Editorial: We're pleased to see the city taking action
in response to community complaints about party
rentals of a Sheridan-Kalorama home. Sherwood: As localities
across the region compete to house the Redskins, D.C. officials
feel the
District is back in the game.
SPORTS (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current) Gonzaga senior
Ridge Slater overcame illness to help lead the Eagles to a WCAC
lacrosse
championship on Monday. Visitation's softball team thumped
Potomac School 12-1 in a five-inning mercy-rule decision on
Sunday to repeat as Independent School League champions. St.
John's baseball has won two straight WCAC titles for the first time
since the 1970s.
SCHOOL DISPATCHES (all editions) Annunciation's leukemia
fundraiser, Deal's visit to the Library of Congress, 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
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