Capitol Hill neighborhood newspaper Voice of the Hill has announced that it will cease publication effective immediately, citing a decline in advertising revenue. Voice of the Hill was originally founded as a website in 1999 by Capitol Hill residents Bruce and Adele Robey. The paper later expanded to a monthly tabloid newspaper, and was eventually purchased by the Current Newspapers in 2006. Bruce Robey died suddenly last fall. One of the real tragedies for…

Our hearts are heavy as word reaches us that Bruce Robey, the co-founder of the Voice of the Hill newspaper and the H Street Playhouse, died Sunday night of an apparent heart attack. He was 65. Mark Segraves has a lovely tribute to Bruce up online already. The last time DCist spoke to Bruce, he was telling us all about his newly relaunched version of Hill-Talk, the online bulletin board that used to be an…

Capitol Hill mainstays Bruce and Adele Robey have gone back to their internet roots with the recent launch of Hill-Talk, a Capitol Hill neighborhood-focused online news aggregator, discussion board and community calendar. The Robeys were the force behind the original Voice of the Hill newspaper, which began as a web site in 1999, later expanded to a monthly tabloid newspaper and eventually joined the Current Newspapers in 2005, when the Robeys sold it to…