Many wars have been fought over contested borders and boundaries, and two small technical errors written into the District's recent redistricting could well have pitted four wards against each other in epic showdowns over territory and treasure. more ›

Bars, restaurants, clubs, and taverns tend to be pioneers when it comes to improving a neighborhood -- throughout the District, it's often bar-owners that have aggressively moved into areas ahead of the broader rush. But when are there too many bars for a neighborhood's own good? That's what residents along the blossoming H Street NE will soon be debating. more ›

Nadine Poole Winter, a charter member of the D.C. Council who represented Ward 6 from 1975 through 1991, died last Friday. She was 87. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, the D.C. Council gave preliminary approval to a revised redistricting plan after a pair of high-profile amendments to the plan failed to garner the votes needed to enact changes. more ›

According to several media reports, a revision of the D.C. Council's redistricting plan will make some rather large changes from the previous version. more ›

Councilmember Jack Evans, a member of the Council's subcommittee on redistricting, admitted today on The Kojo Nnamdi Show that the subcommittee was "not finished" with its plan. more ›

During my first five years in the District, I lived near the Potomac Avenue Metro station in a neighborhood known as Hill East. Though more modest than Eastern Market, which was only blocks away, the area had a nice mix of new and longtime residents, young and old, and black and white. But like many other "transitional" neighborhoods, Hill East saw its fair share of crime, much of which was discussed, debated and dissected on two extremely active local listservs. The discussions ranged from mere warnings to frustrated demands for more police activity -- and, as I reported here two years ago, even a somewhat outlandish demand that residents march on Potomac Gardens, a housing project located at 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE, where many local criminals were said to live or seek temporary refuge. more ›

Yes, you read that correctly: Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) has a can of Steel Reserve on his desk. Why? more ›

Name the most dangerous neighborhood in the District. Go ahead. Did you come up with "L Street SE"? Yeah, neither did we. more ›

The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics tweeted today that a week into the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) nominating process, 156 people have picked up petitions to get on the November ballot. As we reported last week, being elected to an ANC spot isn't very tough -- you just need 25 signatures to get on the ballot, and once you're on there, it's a safe bet that you won't face any competition. more ›

Yesterday we reported that after an acrimonious debate, on Monday the Ward 5 Democrats voted 87-51 against endorsing any plans to legalize same-sex marriage in the District. The vote followed in the wake of the Ward 8 Democrats weekend vote in favor same-sex marriage. Yesterday, the Ward 6 Democrats chimed in, overwhelmingly siding with marriage equality in a 73-3 vote. Charles Allen, president of the Ward 6 Democrats and Chief of Staff to Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), said in a press release, “Equal and full civil rights are core principles of the Democratic Party and that was affirmed again tonight by the Ward 6 Democrats." The Democratic committees of Ward 2 and Ward 4 have also voted to support marriage equality. more ›

As anyone who has ever tried to get to H Street NE without a car knows, the area isn’t terribly accessible. Visitors to the area are often faced with a long walk from Union Station, trying to figure out the X2 bus schedule, or the often difficult task of finding a cab back at the end of the night. But all of that is has now changed. more ›

The ban on the sale of single beers keeps marching on, so it seems. more ›

Over the last few years a number of ANCs and Wards -- including a stretch of H Street NE, part of Logan Circle, and wards 4, 7 and 8 -- have banned the sale of single cans and bottles of beer, citing their tendency to cause their drinkers to pee on sidewalks, litter, and generally make trouble. more ›