Thanks to all who emailed us the update. @cooperlund tweeted:
“@PoPville Here’s what closed the Safeway a couple months back”
Props to Sarah and CJ who had most of the scuttlebutt.
Petworth
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UPDATE: @gchowdhry tweets us just after 7pm:
“@PoPville FYI the Safeway is closing due to the burst water line. Announcement just came over the loud speaker.”
@ktstritz tweets us the photo above:
“It’s snowing. The Petworth Safeway is flooding. #stateofemergency”
JH emails us the photo below:
AP emails us the video below:
“So on top of the crowds at the new Safeway in Petworth, a pipe just burst in the garage and in the store. This is the scene downstairs. If that freezes, at least a dozen cars are going to have a nightmarish time getting out.”
A reader reports at 3:54pm:
“Multiple shots reported at Illinois and Farragut. Huge police and EMS response.”
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“Dear PoPville,
This truck and trailer have been blocking the SW bound lane of the 3900 block of Kansas Ave NW since the early, early morning hours of Saturday 2/14. It initially had a patrol car stationed behind it until midday Saturday, but as of Sunday night, it has a ticket on it and calls into 311 & 911 have simply been met with responses of no idea what to do and that the district doesn’t have the equipment to tow a tractor trailer. Since traffic has to move into the oncoming NE bound lanes to get around the truck and visibility to the east bound traffic on Randolph is almost completely blocked, this is a traffic accident waiting to happen. How does one get the truck moved?”
Ed. Note: MPD is aware of the situation and is conferring with the Department of Public Works. MPD does not have a crane that can tow a tractor trailer.
UPDATE: After MPD alerted DPW and the Mayor’s Office – the truck has been removed.
3718 14th Street, NW (between Spring Rd and Quincy St)
From an email:
“Fat Tuesday, February 17th:
5:00 PM, The Red Derby is hosting Oskar Blues spring release of Gubna with brewmasters on hand to discuss the beer. All Oskar Blues products at a discount with proceeds donated to the District Alliance for Safe Housing (DASH). Sponsored in part by NestDC. Free. more info.
Photos by Sam Dixon
Thanks to Sam Dixon for sharing these powerful photos:
“Earlier today [Sunday] I was wrapping up some photo editing on an unseasonably warm February afternoon when I heard the sounds of what could only be a nearby brass band seep through my walls. I really really like brass bands. Grabbed my camera and walked outside, there was a brass band. From what I could gather the band was from a local church and were visiting a sick member.”
5th Street, NW between Taylor and Upshur
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From @DCPoliceDept:
“Stabbing at 1330 hrs at Quebec Street and Georgia Avenue NW. Unknown lookout/”
Update: Additionally, MPD issued a press release today about an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) offense on the very same corner a week ago:
“The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating two persons of interest in connection with an Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun) offense, which occurred on Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at approximately 5:47 pm, near the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Quebec Street, Northwest.
The persons of interest can be seen in this video.
Anyone who has information regarding this case should call police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, information may be submitted to the TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411.”
Upshur and Rock Creek Church Rd, NW
From Congresswoman Elanor Holmes Norton’s office:
“In December, Norton met with AFHR and requested that AFRH submit its notification of the lease to Congress, as required by law, by the start of January so that CMI could sign the lease this month and open in time for the start of the school year. Norton helped secure $15 million for D.C. Public Charter Schools in the fiscal year 2015 appropriations bill.
“The partnership between CMI and AFRH is not only innovative but increasingly necessary in a city where land is scarce and the unoccupied space is often on federal land,” Norton said. “We appreciate how hard CMI and AFRH have worked together so that hundreds of students will have the opportunity to learn and grow in an excellent charter school surrounded by green space.”
“The Creative Minds International Public Charter School community is enthusiastic about our upcoming move this August to the historic Sherman Building, on the beautiful grounds of the AFRH campus,” Abedin said. “We look forward to growing a long-term partnership with AFRH, and are grateful for this wonderful opportunity.”
“This new space will be a big improvement to the learning environment of the 250 students that will attend Creative Minds this fall,” Pearson said. “It is particularly exciting that they will be in a facility close to where so many of our nation’s retired veterans live.”
“We are very pleased that Creative Minds International Public Charter School will be opening in the fall of 2015,” McManus said. “This will be a wonderful partnership for many years to come, and this partnership will assist AFRH in continuing to grow ties with the Washington, D.C. community.”
The school will lease 32,000 sq. ft. of space for 16 classrooms at AFRH in its North Sherman and Annex buildings. Beginning this fall, 250 CMI students will attend classes at the AFRH campus.”
