Advocates say that a passing grade is in sight within a few years.

Plus free gardening classes.

The first one is tonight in Mt. Pleasant.

Mary Cheh will introduce a resolution declaring June 20 “American Eagle Day.”

Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser made the announcement Friday.

To fight rats, water pollution.

The Anacostia River is in bad shape. Not that it’s stopping people from eating catfish they catch in its waters!

Yes, people are still squabbling about the proposed mixed-use development on the site of the Wisconsin Avenue Giant — a battle that is now going on its thirteenth year. But the progress of the development might not be sullied by legal struggles alone.

Today, the District adds one more license plate to its short list of vehicle tags promoting certain organizations or causes. (My personal favorite? The National Association of Black Scuba Divers.)

Earlier this year, several Cleveland Park homeowners signed up for a free home energy audit offered by the District’s Department of the Environment. Now they have letters from the contractor that DDOE had perform the audits, claiming that liens had being placed on their homes in order to recoup payment for the service. What a deal!