All Things Current: What you'll find in your May 20, 2015,
edition
DEVELOPMENT Developers got their permits approved for two Grant
Circle projects just before a historic district went
into effect there that would have jeopardized their plans.
(Northwest Current, Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)
Traffic and parking are chief among the driving concerns of
residents troubled by the planned expansion of Georgetown Day
School in Tenleytown and its adjacent mixed-use development project
on 42nd Street. (all editions)
EDUCATION The latest D.C. education budget proposal shuffles
around some funds for school renovations, leaving
Garrison Elementary without a full renovation but keeping intact
most of the funds needed for Duke Ellington School of the Arts and
restoring money for Hyde-Addison Elementary. (all editions)
A group of Oyster-Adams Bilingual School parents is pushing the
city to temporarily restore some students' right to attend Deal
Middle School. (all editions)
ENIVRONMENT Spring Valley residents expressed concerns about the
proposed five-year timeline for removing any
remaining hazardous remains left from World War I-era chemical
weapons testing in the area at a community meeting last week. (all
editions)
HISTORIC PRESERVATION The original Tregaron estate is now whole
again, and all open to the public, thanks to a gift from the
developers who had tried for decades to turn it into a private
housing subdivision. (Northwest Current, Dupont Current)
LIQUOR LICENSING The liquor license moratorium in western Dupont
Circle should be lifted for all establishments except
for nightclubs, the areas advisory neighborhood commission said
last Wednesday, voting to seek an end to restrictions that date
back to 1994. (Dupont Current, Foggy Bottom Current)
POLITICS Brandon Todd pledged to continue the work of his former
boss Mayor Muriel Bowser and help seniors
age in place in Ward 4 as he was sworn in as the wards D.C.
Council member on Thursday. (Northwest Current east, Georgetown
Current, Dupont Current)
OTHER NEWS A D.C. Superior Court judge last week ordered Douglas
Jefferies to stop renting out his mansion at
2220 Q St. NW for big events like weddings and concerts.
(Northwest Current west, Georgetown Current, Dupont Current, Foggy
Bottom Current)
The Georgetown Library is preparing to unveil a bust of George
Peabody, whose donation helped form the library in 1935.
(Georgetown Current)
ON THE MARKET (all editions) A Foxhall Crescent home designed by
prominent local architect Arthur Cotton Moore is on the market
for $2,009,000.
OPINION (all editions) Editorial: There's a lot to cheer in a
pair of recent reports on the District's pre-K system. Editorial:
The Kennedy Center responded admirably to concerns about its
planned floating pavilion,
graciously designing an alternative concept without complaint.
Sherwood: President Obama's new restrictions on selling military
equipment to local police officers is
a welcome approach to change the tone of the country's law
enforcement.
SPORTS (Northwest Current, Georgetown Current) An ankle injury
may have left Visitation's star pitcher off-balance in Sunday's
DCSAA championship,
but the Cubs' strong offense and defense were undeterred in a
17-2 rout of Maret for the city title. Numerous Northwest athletes
in the Independent School League, Mid-Atlantic Conference,
Interstate
Athletic Conference and Potomac Valley Athletic Conference raced
to success at recent championship meets.
Maret boys basketball coach Garrett ODonnell unexpectedly
stepped down from the helm after six seasons last week, following a
medical scare on the sidelines during a January game.
SCHOOL DISPATCHES (all editions) Hardy's rocketry team competed
in a nationwide event, St. Albans eighth-graders spent four days
at
Calleva, and other reports from local schools.
ALSO IN THE CURRENT Crime report Advisory neighborhood
commission reports and agendas Reports from local citizens
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