Through his mentorship group Right Directions, Victor Battle teaches Ward 8 kids to appreciate nature — and, in the process, he helps them heal from trauma in their lives.

A deer broke through the window of the Washington Highlands Interim Public Library today at noon. It goes without saying that the branch is closed today.

Image courtesy DCPL The Examiner reports today that there’s a little bit of controversy brewing over the design for the new Washington Highlands public library branch in Southwest. No big surprise there: when it comes to public libraries in the District, suddenly everyone’s an architecture critic. The main arguments presented in the Examiner story seem to be that the design, by famous British architect David Adjaye, is just too weird and doesn’t “fit the…