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Mar 13, 2019

Now D.C. Can Help Rehab The Nearly 7,000 Acres Of National Parks In The City

Starting with Franklin Park.

Apr 13, 2017

Bicyclist Charged In Collision That Killed D.C. Editor In Franklin Square

He was issued a citation for disobeying a traffic control device in the March 9 incident.

Mar 13, 2017

Bicyclist Fatally Strikes Woman In Franklin Square

This is the city’s sixth traffic fatality this year.

Feb 28, 2017

[UPDATED] Franklin Square Reopens After Police Investigate Suspicious Pacakge

The call came in around 9:15 a.m. this morning.

Aug 05, 2015

Plan To Upgrade Franklin Park Passes A Key Test

The square would get an interactive fountain, a cafe, children’s play area, pedestrian mall (along the southern edge of the park), and other improvements.

Mar 10, 2014

Body Found In Franklin Square

The man who unconscious and not responsive.

Mar 15, 2013

Franklin Square to Get a Needed Facelift

The National Park Service and D.C. are looking to spruce up Franklin Square a bit.

Feb 29, 2012

Occupy D.C. Spends Wet Morning Protesting Agribusiness Giant

In a morning rush hour demonstration, members of Occupy D.C. lined up outside an office building at 1300 I Street NW to protest Monsanto, the agricultural engineering giant, which has an office there.

Oct 24, 2011

It’s Food Day, Not Parking Ticket Immunity Day

It may be a day to celebrate food, but that doesn’t mean that local parking enforcement is taking things easy.

 
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