The funding would help chip away at a maintenance backlog of $405 million, and pay for new playgrounds, sports facilities and more.
The church sued D.C. in September over its COVID-19 gathering restrictions, and earlier this month a federal judge allowed in-person gatherings to take place while the lawsuit makes it way through the courts.
“Ask yourself: Do you need to be there?” says Mayor Muriel Bowser.
Having made it to 100 years old, the National Park Service knows that the best way to celebrate a birthday is still by rollerskating to the beats of the 1970s. The disco-themed party went down on Saturday with costumes and birthday cake (including a mass round of the birthday song dedicated to NPS) at Anacostia Park, home to the only skating pavilion within a National Park….
With more manageable temperatures, fewer crowds, and nary a cherry blossom in sight, now is just about the perfect time to bask in the glories of our own city.
What to pack and where to go to dine al fresco.
The AP is reporting on a slight bump that has delayed the National Park Service and the District Department of Transportation from finishing a bridge along Washington’s Anacostia Riverwalk. Officials say a pair of ospreys have built a nest and are incubating eggs on top of a construction crane. The new home, which DDOT jokes as having “unobstructed river views and cheap rent in DC” will stop workers from using the crane, that is until the next is abandoned at the end of the nesting season.
DDOT has uploaded a Flickr gallery featuring the the love birds and their future chicks-to-be.
