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Browsing Archive: June, 2010
Posted by Timothy Clark on Tuesday, June 29, 2010,
In :
DC Schools
On Saturday, August 21st DCPS will host its sixth annual Beautification Day. This citywide event brings community members, businesses and over two thousand volunteers together to support our students by enhancing our school grounds. Beautification Day activities include light painting, landscaping, trash pick-up and sorting school supplies. Volunteers and supplies are needed at over 100 schools. I encourage everyone to participate. This day provides an opportunity to enhance our schools an... Continue reading ...
Posted by ECA on Tuesday, June 8, 2010,
In :
DPW
Illegal dumping seems to be one of the biggest ongoing problems in our community. The below photos are of the most recent dumping episodes at 208 Tst NE. These conditions are clearly deplorable and unacceptable. President, Michael Clark Sr. Has sent the email below to several DC agencies so the issue can be addressed immediately.
To help combat illegal dumping in the area we are creating a list of known dumping spots to monitor. We will forward this list to DCRA and DPW. If you know of a ille... Continue reading ...
Posted by Timothy Clark on Monday, June 7, 2010,
D.C.
traffic fines going way up
By:
Alan Suderman
Examiner Staff Writer
June
1, 2010
Drivers who speed, litter,
don't use their turn signals, blow past loading school buses or break dozens of
other rules of the road will be subject to fine increases of up to several
hundred dollars starting Tuesday.
Mayor Adrian Fenty approved
increasing 71 traffic fines as wells as raising various business fees as part
of an effort to balance the city's budget. The increases are projected to
generate a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Timothy Clark on Thursday, June 3, 2010,
In :
Fios
So are Eckington, Bloomingdale, Edgewood and Truxton Circle/Bates part of thefinal phase of the Verizon FIOS rollout in DC ? Thursday, June 3, 2010, 2:04pm EDT Verizon to open first D.C. FiOS store Washington Business Journal - by Michael Neibauer [http://www.bizjourn als.com/washingt on/stories/ 2010/05/31/ daily35.html] Verizon Communications Inc. will open its first D.C. FiOS store Friday, as the company prepares to roll out its fiber-optic network throughout the District over the next eight... Continue reading ...
Posted by Timothy Clark on Thursday, June 3, 2010,
In :
DC Schools
Ward 5 Council on Education ... Continue reading ...
The following is from ANC Commissioner John Salatti
Dear Friends, I have just read and signed the online petition: ``Not Another Dry Cleaner in Bloomingdale` ` hosted on the web by PetitionOnline. com, the free online petition service, at: http://www.Petition Online.com/ BdaleDry/ I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself. Best wishes, John Salatti ... Continue reading ...
***TRAFFIC ADVISORY*** Update: Traffic Pattern Changes at New York Avenue and Florida Avenue Intersection Postponed One Week Implementation Now Scheduled for Friday, June 11 (Washington, D.C.) The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) now plans to implement traffic pattern changes at the New York Avenue and Florida Avenue intersection on Friday, June 11, 2010. The changes were originally scheduled to take effect on Friday, June 4, but DDOT is postponing them to completetraffic signal t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Timothy Clark on Thursday, June 3, 2010,
In :
MBT
Celebrate National Trails Day and the opening of the Met Branch Trail
in Northeast DC with Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and Kaiser
Permanente, along with the Washington Area Bicyclist Association,
Washington Mystics and more! Bring your family and friends for a free,
action-packed day exploring DC's newest trail. Walk, run, skip, bike,
skate or stroll on over for fun activities and cool giveaways.
http://www.railstotrails.org/getInvolved/findAnEvent/MeetTheMet/index.html
WHEN: Saturday, June 5th, 10... Continue reading ...
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