May 30, 2007
Georgetown Intersection May Be Renamed
The main intersection in Georgetown, at Wisconsin and M Streets NW, could soon be known for more than over-priced boutiques and terrible traffic. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) has introduced a bill that would name the intersection “Joe Pozell Square,” after D.C. reserve police officer Joseph Pozell, who directed traffic in the intersection for years. Pozell died in 2005 after being hit by an SUV in the very same intersection. Should the D.C. Council…
May 24, 2005
Morning Roundup: A Nuclear-Free Day Edition
So the U.S. Senate won’t be going nuclear after all that huffing and puffing. (At least not anytime soon, but …) All things considered, that’s probably for the best. The country witnessed how even a simple evacuation two weeks ago could be so magnificently botched — so just imagine what the fallout from the nuclear strike would have looked like. Another Airspace Violation?: Speaking of potential evacuations … Another daring pilot either did his patriotic…
May 18, 2005
Morning Roundup: D.C. Out of the Loop Edition
Today will be mostly cloudy with some isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon, with highs in the 70s. A DCist reader uploaded an image of this pig, and even did a little sleuthing to uncover its purpose. Have you seen a pig? Injured Traffic Officer Dies: Popular traffic office Joseph Pozell, who was recognized at a vigil Sunday, has died at George Washington Hospital, the Post reports. D.C. Government Wants to Know: D.C. Mayor Anthony A….
May 16, 2005
Vigil for Georgetown’s Joseph Pozell
District residents, political leaders, and police gathered tonight in Montrose Park in Georgetown, not far from where Joseph Pozell, who managed nearby Oak Hill Cemetery by day and worked as a volunteer traffic police officer by night, lived with his family. Pozell, who is 58, was critically injured on Saturday, when a SUV making a left turn from Wisconsin Avenue onto M Street hit him. D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, police Chief Charles Ramsey, Council-member…
May 16, 2005
The District’s Most Dangerous Intersections
Coming on the heels of a weekend in which a well-known volunteer traffic officer was critically injured after being hit at the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown, the District Department of Transportation has released a draft report detailing the city’s most dangerous intersections. Topping the list with 13 crashes between 1998 and 2002 is the intersection at Benning Road and Minnesota Avenue in Northeast, pictured at left, followed closely by Seventh…