Do you want to read 258 pages about former mayor Adrian Fenty’s involvement in controversial Parks and Recreation contracts, but lack the time? Thanks to those who have started to read the report about the parks and rec scandal — commissioned by the D.C. Council and produced by attorney Robert Trout of Trout Cacheris law firm — we know that it exonerates Fenty of any wrongdoing regarding contracts which were awarded to his fraternity brothers Omar Karim and Sinclair Skinner.

The quasi-governmental agency that’s been at the center of D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty’s parks contracting scandal will soon be under the financial supervision of D.C. CFO Natwar Gandhi, the Examiner reports. The D.C. Council had been pushing Gandhi to assert control over the D.C. Housing Authority ever since the beginning of an investigation into how Fenty funneled money through the agency and used it to award large construction contracts to companies owned by close friends…

Photo by JeffreyBo The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation is looking for lifeguards for the city’s pools (indoor and outdoor) and spray parks this summer, and is hosting a number of Lifeguard Job Fairs to find them. The Lifeguard Job Fairs are being held at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center (1100 Michigan Avenue NE) tonight from 4- 7 p.m., next Saturday, May 22 from 9 a.m. to noon, and Thursday, May 27 from…

The highly anticipated testimony of Fenty confidant Sinclair Skinner is going on now before the D.C. Council. You can watch the hearing streaming live on Channel 13. Mike DeBonis is also live-tweeting from the John A. Wilson Building, if you want to catch up on the first 20 minutes or so. Leading the questioning is independent attorney Robert Trout, who is in charge of the council’s special investigation into the city’s recreation construction contracts….

In case you hadn’t guessed, all D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation facilities and fields are closed for the rest of the day today due to snow. All athletic fields will also be closed through the rest of the weekend, and all athletic games have been canceled. On Sunday, only three aquatic facilities and one recreation center will be open: Wilson Aquatic Facility (4551 Fort Drive NW), William H. Rumsey Aquatic Facility (635 North Carolina…

The Department of Parks and Recreation released the holiday schedule for D.C.’s recreation facilities today. Open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Dec. 21 to Dec. 24 and Dec. 28 to Dec. 31: The Columbia Heights Recreation Center, Kennedy Recreation Center, Chevy Chase Community Center, Guy Mason Recreation Center, Emery Recreation Center, Takoma Recreation Center, North Michigan Park Recreation Center, Turkey Thicket Recreation Center, King Greenleaf Recreation Center, Sherwood Recreation Center, Hillcrest Recreation Center,…