Metro: Historic Moment, Unmet Needs

May 2, 2018

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” This quote was delivered in November […]

Downtowner DC April 18, 2018

April 18, 2018

Petalpalooza Premieres at the Wharf Formerly known as the Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival, Petalpalooza made its debut April 1 as part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The celebration at […]

Town Topics March 21, 2018

March 21, 2018

By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney As Council Chair, Mendelson Looks for Compromise During his years as an at-large member of the District Council, from 1999 to 2012, Phil Mendelson […]

Mayor: Metro Will Be Fully Funded

March 19, 2018

Mayor Muriel Bowser declared the District’s commitment on March 15, in the first moments of her State of the District address at the University of the District of Columbia. 

Town Topics Feb. 7, 2018

February 7, 2018

By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney The Next Big Thing: Stormwater Retention The biggest project coming down the pike — or perhaps the drain — in Georgetown isn’t new traffic […]

Evans Optimistic on Metro Funding

February 5, 2018

“We’ve never had a better opportunity, been so close to the solution,” Evans said happily at the annual Winter Glogg party of the Burleith Citizens Association.

Derailment Underscores Case for Funding

January 24, 2018

Last week, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Metro experienced another derailment, this time on the Red Line at the Farragut North station. More than 60 passengers were on board […]

Getting to Yes on Metro

December 20, 2017

Carol Inman Glover was a mother of two and a grandmother of three. Like thousands of people in the D.C. region, she used Metro to commute to and from work […]

Downtowner DC

July 26, 2017

Weekend Bus Bypass for Red Line Tunnel Crews will be attempting to repair a leaking Metrorail tunnel for a few more weekends. The work has forced a weekend shutdown of […]