A 28-year-old D.C. man was sentenced to 23 years in prison today for stabbing and choking a man to death over a cigarette in a Northeast park.

Starting later this year, D.C. parks, pools and recreation centers will be able to accept corporate sponsorship and ads. Today, we got a sense of what that might actually look like in practice.

A man riding a bicycle was shot and critically injured Tuesday afternoon in Marvin Gaye Park, WRC/NBC4 reports. The shooting took place around 1 p.m. Tuesday, not far from the park entrance at Fitch Place and Division Avenue NE. The victim was reportedly shot in the head. No word from police on any suspect or motive in the case so far. The shooting can’t help but bring to mind the bad old days of the…

Wednesday marked the official renaming of the 5200 block of Foote Street NE as Marvin Gaye Way NE, located at the entrance to Marvin Gaye Park. FOX 5 and WJLA both have coverage of the ceremony, hosted by Ward 7 Council member Yvette Alexander. April 1 was also the 25th anniversary of D.C. native Gaye’s death (he was shot and killed by his father in 1984). A Marvin Gaye Music Festival is also set for…