photo by Caroline Angelo
“Dear PoPville,
I’ve searched the archives but couldn’t find anything on classes to learn basic home repairs or maintenance, or just “learning to become handy” in general. I’ve seen some online classes but that doesn’t give hands-on experience. Some other cities (hello, Denver!) seem to have some classes like this, and I know Home Depot has classes every so often. But does the community know of any less-corporate, more local options in the area?”
“Dear PoPville,
Those who regularly come in and out of Rock Creek Park via Blagden Avenue in Crestwood may have been surprised to receive $100 tickets from a stop sign camera at Blagden & Allison St. NW. The camera has been operational for several years, from what neighbors can remember, but starting around January, it started spitting out tickets at a crazy rate — and for driving and stopping behavior no reasonable person would consider unsafe. (more…)
A few readers have been asking: “Lime mopeds gone?” (more…)
inside 14th and Rhode Island Ave, NW
“Dear PoPville,
The 7-Eleven on 14th and Rhode Island is closing permanently, this is after the 7th and RI Ave one never reopened after some kind of fire and a friend said one in Gtown closed. Any idea what is going on? (more…)
1350 Potomac Ave SE
“Dear PoPville,
Letter from Board of Jenkins Row. See last paragraph. After the Potomac Ave Harris Teeter moved out, they’ve blocked any new prospective tenants from seeing the property. They hold the lease for 8 more years and early indications are they plan to keep the lease to keep the property vacant — maybe to stop another grocery store from moving in. (more…)
photo by Josh Bassett
“Dear PoPville,
Missed connection by the Kennedy Rec Center Friday evening. He was holding a bike helmet and complimented me on my Mandalorian shirt. (more…)
photo by Tim Brown
“Dear PoPville,
Since covid, I’ve noticed an uptick in neighborhood home construction on Sundays. Is this just going on unregulated at this point? A 311 request rarely yields any sort of timely response. Honestly, I’m not entirely bothered by it; if this means the home is flipped sooner then all the better. But I do wonder what other oversight is just going by the wayside at this point.”
“Dear PoPville,
Lining up on 12th NW to tow any car that parks in a food truck space, except no food truck has parked there in two years. The tow trucks were literally waiting for people to park and walk away.”
photo by Jordan Barab
“Dear PoPville,
Missed connection on the S2 morning bus (Wednesday morning.) He commented on my book. Strange coincidence in that he had just finished reading it despite it not being a recent release and sci-fi while was a non-fiction reader. (more…)
Allie asks: “Not returning to sender help! Lots of tax documents and other mail from USPS that’s for several other people who no longer live at our address. Advice for “returning to sender” successfully?”
Some early suggestions: (more…)