“Dear PoPville,
A few hours ago I started receiving numerous emails from DC 311 saying that my service requests had been completed — requests that I made in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Wondering if the system has been hacked?”
An hour later: “And they keep coming”
Another reader writes: “got this last night from DC 311. quick turnaround on my pothole/road condition complaint in Feb. 2018.” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
On the night of April 13, 2022, my long-term partner, my teammate in this game we call life, my best friend- Dr. Peter Tripp– killed himself by jumping off the William Howard Taft Bridge. He was 29-years-old. His senseless and untimely death came as a complete shock to all who knew and loved him.
During my search for Peter, that night, I first spotted the police under the Taft Bridge through the bars of the suicide barrier on the Ellington Bridge. A jogger had found him, the police found the jogger, and I found the police. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Where in the DC area can I go to find pawpaws? I’ve found them on hikes in VA and near Harpers Ferry but wondering if readers know where in the city I can find them — somewhere in Rock Creek or the Arboretum, perhaps?”
“Dear PoPville,
I live in Shaw, and there is a dog owner in the neighborhood with two big Great Danes – one has a black and white coat, and the other is all black. I have seen him walking both dogs off leash in residential sidewalks. Sometimes he has one dog on leash, and the other off leash. One of the dogs is not neutered (probably because he is not yet old enough), and sometimes that dog is the one off leash. Other neighbors have also noticed this guy with his two Great Danes, sometimes off leash. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
The DC Bike Ride this past weekend was supposed to go around Hains Point, but it didn’t- making the 20 mile ride 16. Does anyone have any idea why this happened? People paid a lot of money for this ride and cutting it short by 20% with no notice doesn’t sit right with me.”
Maybe there was flooding around Hains Point that closed the roads?
Thanks to Greg for sending: “The new bridge and repaved zoo trail look so close! Anyone know when they are scheduled to finally open?”
The National Park Service says (on Sunday): (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
The process for parents trying to volunteer in their children’s schools is terribly inaccessible.
I am a first time DCPS parent trying to sign up to volunteer with my PreK kid’s class.
I heard that the clearance process takes weeks and that I needed to complete it as soon as possible. My husband and I have both tried to submit the initial form for days, but it’s broken and gives an error that there’s no way to fix. (more…)
photo by Phil
“Dear PoPville,
On Labor Day, I was unfortunately the victim of the gold sedan flasher (this time on 15th and Fuller in Columbia Heights). I was shocked by the situation and didn’t really think to report it, but then I saw posts about (almost certainly) the same man terrorizing women in other areas of the city. That spurred me to report the crime, primarily because I know this type of repeated behavior often escalates to more violent sex crimes, and I reached out to another victim to get the detective on the case’s phone number. The way the police handled my complaint was almost more traumatizing than the crime itself. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I’m a resident on H St NE and I’d like to bring public notice to the chaos that is the No Parking/Loading zone outside the Giant on 3rd and H. About half of the block between H and I is designated as a No Parking or Loading zone, primarily because the Giant Loading dock opens to 3rd and large delivery trucks need ample clear space to maneuver and back in. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
We are at wits end with dealing with a nuisance property. For the past two years, we have tried first to be neighborly and also to deal with the landlord but to no avail. In fact, both landlord and tenants have asked us to “stop bothering them”.
The issues: (more…)