When I saw the thread on the Newhilleast list serve I clicked the link and read the email thread. It amazes me not only the way we can complain about something thanks to email list serves and blogs, but the way we can attack one another in the most private of public forums. So, when [...]
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Before the sun even set on Thanksgiving night, retailers ushered in the start of the holiday shopping season with steep discounts and amazing deals designed to lure people into loosening their otherwise tight purse strings. Were you one of the millions of people who fought the crowds and found great deals in store this past [...]
Tags: holidays·Reader Poll·shopping
Redistricting. It’s a tricky thing in which a lot of people have a lot of opinions. Sharee gave an overview of the Ward 6 redistricting task force’s recommendations earlier today, and now it’s time for you to share your feelings.
Tags: Reader Poll·redistricting
It wouldn’t be the Fourth of July without fireworks! We have our local displays in the parks, the not-so-legal ones in the streets, and the big show on the Mall. And plenty of places to watch them all. Where’s your favorite place to watch the fireworks?
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The census numbers are in and it’s time for the city to redraw the boundary lines for each Ward to maintain a roughly equivalent population in each. Our neighboring Wards need to gain some population, which can directly impact Ward 6 — most notably, to the east and south — Hill East and Near Southeast. [...]
Tags: cencus·Reader Poll·redistricting
April showers bring May flowers, or so we learned in nursery school. What I’ve learned since having my own yard to tend to is that April showers bring a massive invasion of weeds that can grow as tall as me in the blink of an eye. And in front of each of our houses, at [...]
Tags: gardening·Reader Poll
As you may or may not have heard, our councilmember, Mayor and several others were arrested yesterday for civil disobedience during a protest over a federal spending plan. The issue: the Federal Government can basically override any decision DC makes about how to spend its own money. We could argue over abortion and school vouchers, [...]
Tags: DC Statehood·DC Vote·Reader Poll
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