Chinatown, what now is called China Corner, is experiencing gentrification. Some small businesses are closing or being forced to vacate due to major projects, drawing the Asian community away. However, other businesses are coming together to combat...
In its sixth year, Art All Night Anacostia encourages the neighborhood to practice 鈥淕ood Trouble. Louder!鈥� while amplifying its artists, businesses, and community members.
Residents and experts share concerns over the criminalization of curfew zones for youths and alternate solutions.
The Chevy Chase Civic Core Redevelopment Plan would add 177 mixed-income housing units to the neighborhood, bringing hundreds of new residents while potentially straining the local Metrobus D70 line. Despite the potential increase in commuters...
Temporary nighttime road closures for Purple Line construction bring less convenience and more accessibility issues for late-night businesses in downtown Silver Spring.
Where a stump sat after an overnight storm Sept. 3, Washington residents saw memories and a reminder.
By Ahmad Todd WASHINGTON 鈥� Behind the counter of Georgetown鈥檚 Compass Coffee, Spencer Young takes orders, makes drinks and works the kind of full-time schedule many college graduates hope will lead to independence. Forty-hour weeks making...
By Yuri Perelman When Thea Kano was younger and growing up, she questioned where in the world she would like to perform music as a conductor. The Kennedy Center always came to mind, she said, because of its perception as the nation鈥檚 stage. The John...
By Amber Mapel On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14168 titled 鈥淒efending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.鈥� Eleven days later, Dr. Mandi Pratt-Chapman...
By Daniel Herrera Benitez For the first time in 44 years, the election for Ward 1鈥檚 Council seat will not include the incumbent council member after Brianne Nadeau announced she would not be seeking reelection last year. Several candidates have...
The county opened the first of five new bus rapid transit lines in 2020. The next won't open until 2028.
Safeway is the only grocery store in the neighborhood, and the lack of alternatives is driving some residents out of the area to shop. But a remedy is coming now that Streets Market has announced plans to open a...
A major H street establishment warns the end of the DC Streetcar could derail H Street鈥檚 momentum, even as Metro offers reassurances with bus options and DDOT frames the shutdown as a budget decision.
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