Is this your year to take in the fireworks from a school, park, or boat?
Despite its imposing presence, Cardozo High School, like many of the District’s iconic public schools, has long been in disrepair. That will soon change.
The Post is reporting that there was a large-scale fight at Cardozo High School, located on Clifton Street NW between 12 and 13th Streets, during the lunch hour today. An estimated 15 students were injured, five of whom were taken to the hospital. The fight apparently began after a dispute between a large group of girls, and escalated to include more people. Police made 16 arrests stemming from the fight, on such charges as assault…
Greetings, Washington. Welcome to yet another shortened work week. With no less than three abbreviated work weeks (four for some) in the past month, the prospect of an unmitigated series of five-dayers looms large. So enjoy a back-to-work Tuesday while you can, but don’t forget to wear a coat. That’s right, January really is a winter month and today will see temps drop throughout the day accompanied by blustery winds, remnants of the deadly winter…
Happy Friday, folks; may this day be the start of a fantastic, 80-degree yet cloudy weekend. On that note, who loses 1,137 laptops? It seems that, having announced the missing laptops Thursday night, only the Commerce Department is capable of such feats. NBC 4 tells us that since 2001, the laptops, 672 of which belonged to the Census Bureau, have vanished. Says Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez. “The amount of missing computers is high, but…
Good morning, Washington. Today’s weather is likely to match Jerry Kilgore’s mood: lousy. That’s right, the results are in, and Virginia’s new governor is Democrat Tim Kaine. Kaine beat Kilgore by six percentage points in the culmination of a brutally negative race that turned dirty, then got even dirtier. Frankly, we’re glad it’s over. The Post has complete election results for Virginia here; Maryland’s results are here. Group Surveils Day Laborers: The situation surrounding illegal…
(Editor’s Note: And for the first part of our Nationals opening day coverage, we start outside the stadium.) As 46,000 anxious baseball fans filed slowly into Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium for the Nationals’ long-awaited return to the District, 100 students, parents and activists protested the state of the city’s schools. Standing behind a banner that boldly read “Millions for Stadiums, Peanuts For Schools,” they denounced schools in disrepair and falling behind in most education…
An Undeclared Williams Plays Offensive: Mayor Anthony Williams, who has yet to say whether he will seek a third term, has called out a few people who are eyeing his position. According to the Post, Ward 4’s eager councilmember, Adrian Fenty, was at the top of the mayor’s list saying there should be “some threshold qualifications that you bring to the table.” Also on Williams hit list: troubled lobbyist Michael Brown who the mayor says…
Today will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 30s. We first reported on this missile battery, placed in Bethesda, in early March. The Post also had a short article. It continues to attract attention, this time as a news brief in the newsletter of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, which tells their members to be “extremely vigilant” near the launcher. Mercury Spills, Who Pays? Classes at Cardozo High School have been relocated…
Today will be mostly sunny in the morning and then become partly cloudy, breezy with highs in the 60s. This photo of the National Cathedral was taken yesterday. More Mercury At Cardozo: As we reported yesterday, more mercury has been found at Cardozo High School. It’s unclear whether the chemical was newly placed, or a remnant from an earlier spill. Purple Line In Jeopardy? Advocates of a proposed rail line between Bethesda and Silver…