>> D.C. Fire Chief Dennis Rubin is reportedly fine after he was involved in what the department is calling a very minor traffic accident in Adams Morgan. [NBC4] >> Members of Shiloh Baptist Church in Shaw officially filed suit in their effort to oust current pastor Rev. Wallace Charles Smith, who they claim has mismanaged the church’s assets. [FreeRide] >> Asylum Skate Shop to be replaced by unnamed fresh casual food establishment. [Penn Quarter…
Forgetful drivers be warned — this is not the week to not wear your seatbelt. The Metropolitan Police Department has announced that through June 4 they will be stepping up enforcement of the city’s seatbelt laws, violations of which can result in a $50 fine and two points on your license. The District Department of Transportation has reported that seatbelt usage in the District stands at 89 percent — leaving 11 percent of drivers…
WTOP is reporting that President Bush plans to send legislation to Congress today that would cede parcels of federal land to the District, a plan he first proposed in early February. The lands slated to be turned over include parts of Reservation 13 alongside RFK Stadium and pictured at right, Poplar Point along the Anacostia River, the old naval hospital located on Capitol Hill, and Mount Vernon Square. Meanwhile, the federal government will assume full…
(Written by DCist contributor Martin Austermuhle) The Post reports today that President Bush’s proposed budget for 2006 includes funds to study the prospects of relocating the Coast Guard Headquarters, now located in Southwest, to the 300-acre St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast, as well as the possible construction of a federal bioterrorism and forensics lab on the 67-acre site of the former D.C. General Hospital. District officials expressed cautious optimism, noting that both could serve to…
Lots of stadium news as the day of the D.C. City Council vote on the baseball stadium proposal is here. The Post reports that Mayor Anthony Williams has lined up enough votes to get his proposal for a South Capitol Street stadium passed by the council. The two crucial votes, Ward 1’s Jim Graham (left) and Ward 8’s Sandy Allen, have been secured. In exchange for their support, Williams will fund library improvements (Graham’s request)…
John Hinckley, who shot then-President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton in 1981, wants unsupervised visits home to see his aging parents in Williamsburg, Va., the Post reports. Hinkley, who has been confined to St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast D.C. for the past two decades, has been allowed to leave the hospital campus unsupervised on a few occasions to see his parents when they have been in D.C. Although those visits went off without…
Don’t have plans Thursday and Friday? The District needs your help. D.C. is holding a two-day mass casualty drill to test how well emergency responders react. During the exercise, first responders and key personnel from the Districts Emergency Management Agency, Departments of Health and Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Metropolitan Police Department, and various hospitals will test their emergency response equipment. Test messages will be communicated on emergency personnel devices such as scanners, pagers, and…