Dear PoPville

“Keep your uncontrollable dogs on a leash. If you want your dog to run around, follow Washington, DC law and take it to the dog park.”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Eric P.

TLDR: “It is unlawful to allow your dog to be off leash in public areas with the exception of designated dog parks.”

“Dear PoPville,

I was walking my dog tonight (Wednesday, October 29) in Glover Park around 6:00pm. We walked through the clearing in Whitehaven Parkway (between T and W Streets NW), where there are frequently many people letting their dogs play off leash. Tonight there were perhaps a dozen people with their dogs around this hour. We have walked through there before and generally not had any issues. However, today, just as we were getting close to exiting the clearing towards W St, a woman was entering with her dog whom she immediately let off leash. This dog immediately ran up to my dog and started aggressively barking at him and chasing him. My dog started squealing and yelping, clearly absolutely terrified, and running around me trying to get away from this dog. The owner was calling after the dog but unable to stop or catch her, and the dog kept running after my dog, aggressively barking and chasing him. (more…)

“Is this real, and so I have to capitulate?”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Hoping there’s a census person out there who can clarify for me…

I recently received both a QR code digital format and booklet Census forms. I know it’s typically every 10 yrs, and in those cases, I’ve happily supported the gathering of information to help my community get needed funds. This year it feels creepy and invasive (we all know why). (more…)

“Help finding witness to car crash”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

In August, my friends and I came back to our car (we share it between the 3 of us) in Lanier Heights at the cross streets of Ontario Road and Ontario Place to find that it had been hit. A very kind stranger left a note explaining that a FedEx truck had hit the car and gave us the license plate information. (more…)

“Weird ICE encounters” – Boarding Plane at BWI and Medstar Georgetown ER

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Jordan Barab

“Dear PoPville,

I had a weird ICE encounter yesterday. Boarding for my flight out of BWI was delayed, the gate agent mentioned in passing that it was bc of immigration. When we finally start boarding, after agent checks ticket / passport, there were like 6-7 ICE agents on the tunnel. They checked every single person and their passport, they asked me why (more…)

“bitten from behind by a golden retriever overpowering a boy who was holding its leash” Looking for Vaccine Info

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Diane Krauthamer

“Dear PoPville,

My husband was jogging on the west side of the Washington Monument Monday at approximately 2:30PM. He was bitten from behind by a golden retriever overpowering a boy who was holding its leash. The boy was approximately 10 years old and he was with another child and a woman (more…)

“Has anyone else dealt with duplicate or falsified DC plates? We’re still getting tickets for a car that isn’t ours.”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I’m wondering if anyone else in DC has experienced this — our legitimate DMV plates appear to have been duplicated and used on another vehicle.

Over the past few years, my wife and I have received multiple citations for a Honda minivan we don’t own, even though our plates have always been on our Jeep Grand Cherokee. DMV investigators told us this could be part of a larger fraud issue involving counterfeit metal plates being produced and sold — possibly using real DMV plate data.

A few years ago, (more…)

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