Maybe we just have a short memory, but yesterday was the first day of the summer that felt oppressively awful in that distinctly D.C.-ish way. Apparently we weren’t the only ones — NBC4 says that a bunch of kids from the National Student Leadership Council who were visiting Capitol Hill became sick from the heat, requiring treatment in a Senate office building (they’re all fine). Today promises to be two degrees hotter.
Md. Teacher Sentenced For Bomb Threats: The Examiner brings closure to a strange story that began two years ago. In April Michelle Dohm was found guilty of writing threatening notes to some of her students, apparently in an odd bid for attention. She’ll serve nine months in jail and another nine in home detention for the bizarre acts.
Alexandria Parts Ways With Superintendent: With all the dramatic developments surrounding D.C.’s school system, it’s easy to forget about the more sedate controversy occurring in Alexandria. The Alexandria school board had voted not to renew Superintendent Rebecca Perry’s contract, perhaps due to her 2004 drunken driving arrest. But the vote could still have been reversed. Well, not anymore. The AP via WTOP reports that their decision is now final: Perry’s contract won’t be renewed. Sentiment to get rid of Perry seems to be far from universal, as a perusal of these op-eds, columns and letters to the editor demonstrates.
Shooting Cats Is Mostly Not Funny: We don’t mean to be insensitive — cruelty toward animals really isn’t funny. But volunteer firefighter and part-time pastor Jonathan Powell’s quickly-changing story sort of is: he initially told police that he shot his neighbor’s cat’s head off because it was scratching his car; later, he said that he thought it was a possum or raccoon; and later, that he didn’t know how the cat died. The AP and NBC4 have all the sad, ludicrous details.
Briefly Noted: Home invasion in Mt. Pleasant leaves three shot, one fatally… Marlo deliveryman testifies about the cop accused of shooting him… YWCA residents complain of bedbugs, mold…
This Day In DCist: One year ago we were in the midst of Deluge ’06, yet still found time to welcome the Washington Times’ interns to the blogosphere. In 2005 we talked with Pat McGee.
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