Candidates in next Tuesday’s special election to fill two open D.C. Council seats have collectively raised over $1 million in the course of the campaign. Voters will chose council members for Wards 4 and 7, after those positions were left empty by Mayor Adrian Fenty and at-large Council Chairman Vincent Gray. Voters in D.C. Public Schools’ Second District will also elect a school board representative. In Ward 4, ANC Commissioner Muriel Bowser leads the pack…

For Nationals fans among the 1.6 million Comcast subscribers in the area, the wait is over. After an acrimonious 15 months of squabbling, Comcast and MASN have settled their differences. This weekend, Comcast agreed to broadcast MASN-produced Nationals games for its area subscribers. The dispute originated from MLB’s attempt to relocate the Montreal Expos to DC. Peter Angelos, owner of the Baltimore Orioles, raised a ruckus, believing that his fan-base would diminish, given to…

We have already documented Congressional efforts to end the struggle to get our beloved Nationals on TV. To recapitulate: Comcast, the largest area cable provider, refuses to air Nationals games, which are produced by Orioles’ owner Peter Angelos’ network, MASN. Fans rallied and gained the support of several local congressmen. The cadre of local congressmen (Tom Davis, R-Va., Jim Moran, D-Va., and Albert Wynn, D-Md.) took up arms to end the dispute. Last week,…

The Nats finally enjoyed a day off yesterday after more than two weeks of consecutive gamedays. A winning May seems to have gotten the season back on track after a disasterous April, but the Nats still have to cover plenty of ground if they want to make a run at the top half of the division. Winning four out of the six remaining games on this roadtrip will be necessary to maintain some momentum heading…

Enjoying your grey and drizzly morning, Washington? Well you’re in luck. Our current perfectly reasonable precipitation is predicted to turn into an ill-tempered thunderstorm by this afternoon. If only we could prescribe psychotropic drugs and anger management classes for the weather. Alas. We’ll just have to settle for some slightly upsetting headlines. Police Find More Guns In Shooter’s Home: The Post brings us the latest developments in the investigation of Monday’s shooting at the Sully…

Yesterday, we noted that legislative efforts to force Comcast’s hand on airing MASN broadcasts of Nationals games were picking up steam. Sure enough, the D.C. Council considered and passed emergency legislation sponsored by Jack Evans and Vincent Orange that requires Comcast to air those broadcasts or renegotiate its franchise agreement with the District. According to the Washington Business Journal, the legislation will become official in two weeks, barring a mayoral veto. Of course, that could…

While racial tensions are simmering over the battle to win ownership of the Nationals, another longstanding baseball feud is nearing a head, with potentially frustrating results for District television viewers. Comcast, which provides cable service to most D.C. cable subscribers, has refused to air Nationals broadcasts produced by MASN, Orioles owner Peter Angelos’ sports network, which owns the rights to Nats games. Three weeks ago, Virginia Representative Tom Davis (R) held hearings on the matter…

Ask and ye shall receive, right? Some Chevy Chase residents are wishing it weren’t so. Residents of the Northwest neighborhood are a little angry that increased police patrols — caused by a rash of thefts — have led to a higer number of parking tickets, or so writes the Washington Times. And what does the police have to say about that? Writes the Times: An official in the police department’s 2nd District, which includes…

This entry was written by DCist contributor Benjamin Kabak. This weekend’s action for the Nationals started on Friday afternoon when Major League officials, representatives from Comcast and Mayor Anthony Williams appeared in front of Rep. Tom Davis’ (R-Va.) House Government Reform Committee. Davis, in an effort to get all Nationals’ games shown on DC-area cable networks, is attempting to broker a deal between Comcast and Peter Angelos that resolves a dispute that has left most…

Cox Communications and Peter Angelos’ Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) have announced an agreement in which Cox will air MASN’s Nationals telecasts. The deal means that 260,000 cable customers in Fairfax County and Fredericksburg will be able to see the 154 Nats games that MASN plans to cover. Unfortunately, this means nothing for many, if not most, of us. In a battle of the region’s supervillians, Comcast has repeatedly taken Angelos to court over Orioles broadcasting…