Last week, community newspaper the Northwest Current endorsed Vince Gray for mayor, but has since withdrawn their endorsement after Jeffrey Thompson’s allegations against Gray on Monday.

It’s just over a month until the September 12 primary, and the endorsements are starting to roll in. Non-governmental organizations, newspapers, and big-name individuals are throwing their weight behind specific candidates, hoping to given them the final boost they need before election day. In the first big mayoral endorsement of the campaign season, the Current newspaper group — which publishes the Georgetown Current, the Dupont Current, the Foggy Bottom Current, and the Northwest Current –…

So the Pope-watch late last week distracted us from keeping an eye on neighborhood news. We’ll do a quick summay. Forgive our tardiness. First off, Loose Lips in the Washington City Paper is massively confused about Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham. The lede says it all: “You can count on one thing from Ward 1 D.C. Councilmember Jim Graham: He’s a tough guy to count on.” From supporting to opposing Mayor Williams’ take-over of the…

Are the Bush twins saying “Blast! Those pesky neighborhood activists in Georgetown are ruining all our fun!”? We don’t know for sure of course. But this much is known: Barbara and Jenna’s favorite Georgetown hangout, Smith Point, is being scolded by the Alcohlic Beverage Control Board for its large parties. Just to be clear, Smith Point’s liquor license has been renewed, but according to The Northwest Current, Smith Point must limit the number of people…

The publishers of Philadelphia Style magazine are planning to launch a glossy “home and lifestyle publication” called D.C. STYLE in Washington this spring targeting affluent D.C. residents. The magazine will compete head-to-head with Washingtonian magazine. This week’s Northwest Current reports that the bi-monthly magazine will “target educated and affluent residents in their late 20s to mid-40s” and also “city-dwelling empty nesters,” and curiously observes “The editorial content will be purely positive, with no negative restaurant…

Upper Northwest Residents May Be Sickened by WWI-era Chemicals: A survey by the Northwest Current of 345 households in the Spring Valley area found 131 current or former cases of “chronic” diseases. Some residents think the illnesses are caused by chemicals contaminating the soil in the area from the World War I American University Experiment Station, where hundreds of scientists developed chemical weapons in a 600-acre area, including chlorine, chloride, cyanide, Lewisite, mustard gas and…

More Water Woes: Perchlorate doesn’t sound like something you want in your drinking water. But the Post brings us an alert saying that the chemical “known to disrupt the thyroid gland and linked to hormonal dysfunction, developmental delays and infertility” has been found in groundwater near the Dalecarlia Reservoir in Upper Northwest. The Northwest Current newspaper has been all over the issue of World War I-era chemical armaments in the Spring Valley neighborhood and first…