By Tracy Hadden Loh (Board of Directors) • October 28, 2020
I was standing in a parking lot in Montgomery County on Saturday when something big and hard hit the ground near me with a loud cracking sound. What had fallen next to me was a Maclura pomifera, otherwise known as the Osage orange. I picked it up, and so began a lesson in the native fruit trees of North America and the eccentricities of our local ecology.
By Kate Jentoft-Herr (Program and Community Coordinator) • October 28, 2020
In just three days we will be wrapping up our Fall membership drive, and only need 25 more Neighbors to reach our goal. Please consider joining the Neighborhood today.
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation released a report detailing disparities in transportation access for Black communities and made a case for improving transportation access. (Melissa Howell / WTOP)
There is a network of pipelines and cables that could be impacted by Maryland’s plan to expand the Capital Beltway and I-270. Officials from MDOT say it is too early to determine the cost of moving powerlines, pipes, and fibers. (Bruce DePuyt / Maryland Matters)
Some Democratic lawmakers in Maryland wrote a letter to Governor Hogan expressing their increasing concerns over the fate of the Purple Line project since the managing consortium terminated its contract with the state. (Katherine Shaver / Post)
People gathered around a northwest DC police station for a second night to protest the death of Karon Hylton, who was killed in a crash after being chased by DC police. (Alejandro Alvarez / WTOP)
Archeologists and researchers with the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) and St. Mary’s College of Maryland announced that they found remnants of slave quarters. According to MDOT SHA, artifacts were found close to an 18th-century brick manor once occupied by Jesuit missionaries. (Will Vitka / WTOP)
