Photo by M.V. Jantzen.
- D.C. police are currently investigating a shooting in the 1400 block of R Street NW — anyone with information should call the police at 202-727-9099, 1-888-919-CRIME, or text at 50411. Danny Harris, who runs the People’s District blog, says that the incident involved a man and three shots fired. Police have closed R Street between 14th and 15th Street.
- Living Social is moving into Shaw’s Acme Stove Building, which should be a nice boost for the area around the Convention Center. [CapBiz]
- Here comes another local brewery. [DC Beer]
- There isn’t the money to fulfill the early retirement clause in the contract between D.C. Public Schools and the teachers’ union. [D.C. Schools Insider]
- Is Vince Gray making the same big mistake as Adrian Fenty? [City Desk]
- One of the most expensive houses in the District is now under contract. [Urban Turf]
- Rejoice, Ward 7-based foodies: Ray’s the Steaks at East River is scheduled to reopen early next year. [Young and Hungry]
- The Washington Humane Society will be tending to the Meridian Hill Park koi over the winter. [PoP]
- Wizards star John Wall was inside a New York nightclub where a gun was produced and shots fired, but was unharmed. [WaPo]
- “People urinate on the bus every day,” said Gerry Garnett, the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 assistant business agent. “It’s very unsanitary.” [Examiner]
- Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the proposed Georgetown campus plan. [Patch]
- “A Howard University student charged with felony assault was defending herself during a fight with her roommate last month when she grabbed a pot of hot water from the stove and threw the water on her, the student’s attorney said during a hearing Wednesday in D.C. Superior Court.” [WaPo]
- If this slideshow is any indication, this “Unbuilt Washington” exhibit at the National Building Museum is going to be a must-visit. (See also.) [WBJ/Housing Complex]
- Federal judge to D.C.: try harder on special ed. [WaPo]
- We won’t know what will become of the Old Post Office until next year, it seems. [CapBizBlog]
- The “Washington/Baltimore/Northern Virginia” area is the 16th dirtiest in the country. Okay then. [Forbes]
