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All Things Current: What you'll find in your Oct. 7, 2015,
edition
ALCOHOL LICENSING
Georgetown and Glover Park community leaders are weighing
changes to their longstanding alcohollicense moratoriums in order
to allow more restaurants to o!en in the neigh"orhoods#
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()SINESS
*he &a"ney is set to "ring locally sourced dishes to (lagden
Alley + "ut don,t ask the new
restaurant,s owner what the menu will "e until his su!!liers
have weighed in# $all editions'
C# CO)NCIL
-ard . C# Council mem"er /ary Cheh is ho!ing that Cali0ornia,s
new 1death with dignity2 law will
hel! s!ur momentum 0or her similar initiative in the
&istrict# $all editions'
At the urging o0 community grou!s% the C# Council is e3!ected to
consider a "ill to rename the
Emery 4ecreation Center as the Emery Heights Community Center#
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&E5ELOP/EN*
A 1!o!u!2 row house conversion in 67thStreet Heights received
reluctant a!!roval 0rom the (oard o0
8oning Ad9ustment last *uesday% as mem"ers concluded that new
restrictions on such develo!ments
came too late to "lock the sevenunit !ro9ect# $all editions'
EN5I4ON/EN*
Growing rates o0 insect in0estation among the &istrict,s
willow oak trees have !rom!ted a scram"le 0or
solutions across the city# $all editions'
HIS*O4IC P4ESE45A*ION
*he owners o0 a -esley Heights home can !roceed with !lans to
demolish and re!lace it a0ter aresident dro!!ed his "id to !rotect
it with landmark status# $Northwest Current west% Georgetown
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4EC4EA*ION
*he :/CA will close its longtime National Ca!ital center in
&u!ont Circle at the end o0 this year%
selling the land to a develo!er and !lanning to use the !roceeds
to e3!and and "olster services
elsewhere# $Northwest Current% &u!ont Current% ;oggy (ottom
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*4ANSPO4*A*ION
A0ter a yearlong study% the C# &e!artment o0 *rans!ortation
last week unrolled three "road o!tions
to address ine00iciencies on the congested 67th Street N- "us
corridor# $Northwest Current east%
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O*HE4 NE-S
City !lanners last week unveiled some core 0indings 0or their
dra0t vision 0or Adams /organ
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we think incentives may "e the "etter a!!roach#
EditorialD *he &istrict is long overdue in 0illing vacant
store0ronts at the -ashington Convention
Center% "ut we,re !leased to see movement toward this goal at
last#
SherwoodD ;ormer /ayor 5incent Gray may enter a C# Council race%
where he,ll 0ace o00 not only
against rivals 0or the seat "ut also against 0ederal !rosecutors
still !oking around his FB6B cam!aign#
SPO4*S $Northwest Current% Georgetown Current'
A0ter !lenty o0 tough talk% the St# ohn,s 0oot"all team 0ell
hard against &e/atha on Saturday% losing
the Cadets, homecoming game BB#
National Cathedral soccer is o00 to a slow start this season
without last year,s stars% "ut the Eagles still
ho!e to "e contenders "y the end o0 the year#
A0ter a lackluster rookie season% 0ormer Georgetown )niversity
star Otto Porter r# showedim!rovement in his second year with the
-ashington -iards and is e3!ected to "e a starting !layer
this season#
&ISPA*CHES $all editions'
Hearst 0irstgraders 0reed a !enny 0rom an ice cu"e% -ashington
International u!!erschoolers were
ins!ired to hel! Syrians% and other re!orts 0rom local
schools#
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