By David Cranor (Contributor) • September 17, 2019
The partially-finished Anacostia Riverwalk Trail runs along both sides of the river, giving people walking, scooting, skating, and bicycling a safe path to travel along the water. To date, 12 of the total 20 miles of the trail project have been completed, and details for a new section in Buzzard Point came into view at a recent community meeting.
By David Alpert (Executive Director) • September 17, 2019
Four of Fairfax County’s nine Supervisor districts, plus the board chairman, were open seats in this June’s primaries, and our Elections Committee showed you candidates’ views and made endorsements in those races. What about the other five, and which ones are contested this November?
Metro is now reviewing the actions of an officer who attempted to apprehend a woman on a stopped Metrorail train by spraying pepper spray into the rail car, affecting the other passengers in the car as well. (Katherine Shaver / Post)
Heightened enforcement and speed cameras on a deadly stretch of highway in Prince George’s County resulted in 21,000 violations for speeding, DUIs, and distracted driving issued between January and September. (Dick Uliano / WTOP)
A former volunteer firefighter saw Metrobuses repeatedly parked in front of two fire hydrants near the Pentagon City Metro Station. Arlington’s Fire Department had given Metro permission to unload buses in front of a hydrant slated for removal but said they could not block the hydrant for any length of time. (Airey / ARL Now)
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced that the state will produce only carbon-free electricity by 2050, and will get 30% of its electricity from renewables by 2022. (Sarah Rankin / AP)
Express, owned by the Post; state and local government magazine Governing; and progressive news site Think Progress all closed within the past three weeks, leaving over 100 local writers, editors, and distributors without steady work. (City Paper)
On October 1, Local News Now will launch ALXnow, an Alexandria-focused news source. It will join Arlington, Reston, and Tysons which have Now sites devoted to local news. (Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian)
On Thursday morning, the House of Representatives Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on a bill to grant DC long-awaited statehood. Previous hearings on a similar proposal 1993 fell flat, but this proposal has significant support in the Democratic house, though not the Republican Senate. (Amanda Michelle Gomez / City Paper)
The DC Council’s investigation into Jack Evans’ misuse of his council position for personal gain will be delayed as some of Evans’ business clients have refused to comply with subpoenas to be interviewed by the council. The council will now have to go to court to enforce those subpoenas. (Martin Austermuhle / WAMU)
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen is pushing a bill to have the federal government repay DC for the cost of holding the president’s Fourth of July celebration. The security and cleanup costs for the Fourth and the inauguration depleted the city’s emergency event fund, but the Senate doesn’t expect to act on this bill until the new fiscal year. (Jenna Portnoy / Post)
