>> We still haven’t reached the end of the fire hydrant fiasco, it seems. Turns out that when WASA completed an inventory of more than 9,000 fire hydrants, they realized the city’s hydrants are made by nine to ten different manufacturers — a situation which could mean that if neighboring fire departments like Montgomery, Prince George’s and Fairfax counties, which all use a standard hydrant, are dispatched to help fight a blaze, they could have to use an adapter to connect to D.C. hydrant that they might not even have. [WTOP]

>> Mayor Adrian Fenty will hold the first of a series of eight town hall meetings to gather more community input for his schools takeover plan tonight at Johnson Junior High School in Southeast at 7 p.m. [NBC4 & AP]

>> Paste Magazine names 9:30 Club one of the 40 best music venues in the country, among only eight others in the Northeast. Of course, the comments on this post have already devolved into a Black Cat vs. 9:30 vs. the OLD 9:30 debate. [Brooklyn Vegan]

>> A Prince George’s County man attacked his 51-year-old mother with a samurai-style sword this morning, striking her leg and nearly amputating her arm. [WaPo]

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