UPDATED: Residents, churches appeal Traffic and Parking Board’s Braddock Road changes
Two appeals on the Alexandria Traffic and Parking Board’s approved Braddock Road changes to accommodate bike lanes are heading to City Council. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Pastor Kate Costa said the church is submitting an appeal Monday, March 9 after getting signatures from church members over the weekend. The...
Liquor License Placard Posted for a New Tavern at old Ri Ra Space (previously...
Holy moly long time coming. Ri Ra Irish Pub closed here back in January 2020. Ri Ra Irish Pub had opened in the former Mie N Yu space back in late December 2013. The new liquor license placard posted for a to be named spot (though licensed to Freedom Alley, LLC) says:
Two people bitten by possible rabid raccoon in Old Town Alexandria: VDH
The Alexandria Health Department is warning residents in the Old Town area to be careful after two people were bitten by a raccoon.
This Wonderfully Weird Dive Bar May Be Maryland’s Best Kept Secret
Some secrets are meant to be kept, like your aunt’s “special ingredient” in her famous casserole or where you hide the good chocolate from your family. But Quarry House Tavern in Silver Spring, Maryland is the kind of secret that’s too good not to share, even if it means the rest of us might have to wait a bit longer...
Wheelhouse Plans to Open This April!!
Back in August we broke the news that Wheelhouse (from Surfside, Millie’s owners) was coming to Chevy Chase. “The establishment will be a Restaurant with seating for 147 inside the premises. Total Occupancy Load of 217. Sidewalk Cafe with seating for 38 and a total occupancy load of 39. Entertainment Endorsement...
There’s a new plan to deter drivers from illegally passing stopped school buses
WASHINGTON (7News) — One national transportation group estimates that drivers in the U.S. illegally pass stopped school buses 39 million times a year, and this week in D.C., safety advocates announced a “National Action Plan for School Bus Safety” in hopes of saving kids’ lives and preventing the trauma they say...
Shots fired in Woodbridge under investigation
Police are investigating shots being fired in Woodbridge.
Police Recover Handgun, Arrest Suspect After Shot Fired Report
Montgomery County Police arrested a suspect after responding to a reported shooting Friday night in Silver Spring. 3rd District officers were dispatched around 10:09 pm to the area of Fenton Street and Roeder Road for an anonymous report of a shot fired. Officers located a single shell casing at the scene, but no...
1 hurt, another detained after Southeast DC shooting
One person is in custody after a Friday night shooting in Southeast D.C. left a man hospitalized, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Southeast D.C. ‘House Of Horrors’ Apartment Hides 10 Starving Dogs, 2 Dead
A Southeast D.C. apartment turned into a nightmare scene this week when authorities pulled ten emaciated dogs from inside and found two others already dead, officials said. The surviving animals were described as terrified, skeletal and in urgent need of emergency care, and rescue teams rushed them to a shelter...
