Clarke has won over riders and public officials alike during his first year leading Metro, but navigating a budding budget crisis will test his leadership in year two.

Robert Cunningham has been called a hero for stepping in to try to subdue a gunman. He was shot and killed on the Potomac Avenue Metro platform.

Good news for grocery store aficionados in the District: the long-delayed Harris Teeter store locations in the District, one in Adams Morgan at Kalorama and 17th NW and the other at Pennsylvania Ave. SE, across from the Potomac Avenue Metro stop, finally have some official-sounding opening dates. According to an email forwarded by Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham to the Third Police District, the Adams Morgan location will open in mid-February, with the Capitol…

Capitol Hill residents tired of shopping at the mediocre Safeway off Kentucky Avenue SE or the “Un-Safeway” located in the anachronistically named Hechinger Plaza will soon have a new option for full-service grocery shopping on the Hill. Voice of the Hill reports that real estate developer JPI, a leading “fully integrated real estate firm” will develop a mixed residential/commercial area between 13th and 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. SE, across from the Potomac Avenue Metro…