photo by Julia Preseau
Thanks to Carl for sending the view from NE last night: (more…)
Dear PoPville
photo by Jess Mugler
“Dear PoPville,
I am moving in a couple of weeks and would like to donate a ton of new or lightly used test prep books (GRE and LSAT) as well as a few textbooks. I cannot seem to get ahold of anyone who would accept these, and wondered if the PoPville community might have some leads? I’d hate to throw them away.”
“Dear PoPville,
Yesterday (Sunday, July 2nd), we had a young man come to our door. He was soliciting donations for the DC Futures program and said he was close to his $100 goal. His pitch was slick, but very fast paced and felt like a hustle. He showed a permit, however, I couldn’t get a good look at it before I told him to move on. Is a permit required to go door-to-door? (more…)
Ryan writes:
“yesterday (Wednesday) the city came around and hung new street signs, today (Thursday) they came around and ticketed everyone during 9:30am-1130am… The thing is these street signs say sweeping is between 930PM-1130PM. All tickets from June 29th in Ivy City on Central PL NE aren’t issuable. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Has anyone in the community had success or able to offer helpful suggestions for a request to the city to add and service a new city trashcan?
It seems the installations are hit or miss from the start; I sometimes see 3 or 4 with a couple of blocks, mostly unused, while other areas with busy pedestrian traffic and frequent trash issues go without. Our little stretch of Truxton is definitely in the latter. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Vespa theft–heads up for Vespa owners! Saturday Night, 19th & Vernon NW. He broke through 2 Kryptonite locks and hotwired. Yes, cops were called. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Our neighbor has been consistently littering out of his car. Something had to be done. A few of us were outside and a number of us caught this on video. Sent a nice message to our neighbor.
Hope this helps our neighbor to do better and be better! (more…)
not the dad in question (or perhaps a dad at all) just a legend on 11th Street
If this was you, please email me at [email protected] and I’ll put you in touch with OP.
“Dear PoPville,
I was biking north on 11th NW around 6pm today (Wednesday) somewhere north of Florida, when what appeared to be a dad with a toddler on a cargo bike passed me, and right after doing so dropped some house+bike+car keys. (more…)
photo by Erin
“Dear PoPville,
I’d love to get some reader input on where to look in the D.C. area for bakeries, restaurants, markets etc that can put together a mix of fresh/shelf stable/frozen food. (more…)
Continuing Coverage Continues:
“Dear PoPville,
I called 911 last evening to report a fire alarm that had been going off for hours in a nearby elementary school. I dialed 911 three separate times and was disconnected “call ended” all three times. (more…)