by jtadmin | Feb 28, 2018 | Life in the DMV
“We call her the jellybitch,” Lauren McGrath says. She’d just finished recounting one of her most trying evenings working security at DC9—a popular, three-level nightclub off U Street NW that serves up burgers alongside musical acts. It happened during the drunk...
by jtadmin | Feb 28, 2018 | The Scoop
While the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is considering trading out the existing streetcar carriages for others, the agency still has reason to pat itself on the back on the two-year anniversary of the H Street line: average daily ridership is by far...
by jtadmin | Feb 28, 2018 | The Scoop
Danielle Vogel has championed female food producers since opening the first Glen’s Garden Market in Dupont five years ago. Now she’s upping the ante with AccelerateHERdc—a women-owned food business competition with a purse of $10,000. “Glen’s...
by jtadmin | Feb 28, 2018 | The Scoop
NBA Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley and D.C.-based education technology firm EverFi Inc. are teaming up to change the way high school students learn about African-American history. The pair is working together on a free digital course — EverFi’s “306:...
by jtadmin | Feb 27, 2018 | The Scoop
WASHINGTON — D.C. is in the midst of modernizing its streetlights, converting mercury vapor lamps to LED lighting. Some D.C. residents are carefully watching the District’s plans, hoping to keep streetlights warm and glowing instead of exceedingly bright and glaring....