“Dear PoPville,
I live in Eckington and have been blasted all day with heavy base and electronic music from the Project GLOW festival over at RFK festival grounds, which is ~3.5mi away. Somehow didn’t hear it yesterday, and it goes on until at least 11pm tonight (Sunday) which feels kind of nuts to me. I can’t even imagine how loud it is for neighborhoods even closer. (more…)
Good news from the National Park Service:
“The National Park Service is still conducting studies for the environmental assessment for the proposed closure of the northern section of Beach Drive in Rock Creek Park. The closure, slated to end on April 30, 2022, will be extended to September 5, 2022. This extension will ensure that we maintain recreational opportunities this summer, through Labor Day.
The NPS will continue to limit drivers’ access to this section of Beach Drive until a final determination is made. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I thought that I would shoot over a message in regard to our building and neighborhood. A few weeks ago, a male and female (whom we are assuming are a couple or partnered) entered the vestibule of our condo building in Shaw/Logan Circle, loitered, and pulled the fire alarm at 4:00 a.m. Since then, there have been numerous attempts for this couple to enter the building again, (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I’m tired of construction companies and DDOT running this city without consideration for residents. This Fort Meyer crew showed up and started digging enough to shake our houses at 7:52am. These signs aren’t even legal! Anyone else tired of dealing with construction? Can’t they finish a street before they start another one? I reported it to 311 and it will be investigated by June 9th.”
From the Mayor’s Office:
“Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that on Saturday, May 21, the District will host an Open Streets event on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE in Ward 8, the first of a series of Open Streets events that will cover all eight wards. On Saturday, June 4, the District will host a second event along 7th Street NW in Wards 2 and 6. (more…)
photo by Duluoz Me
“Dear PoPville,
I had a question that I thoughts your readers might know. Have the flights paths for DCA recently changed? I have lived in DC a long time and in my current house in SW for 6 years, and a few months ago I staring noticing that several times a day commercial fights were taking offing and heading right over my house, most in a Northeast direction. (more…)
photo by H St Weather Geek
“Dear PoPville,
We’re looking into getting our very small row house back patio professionally treated to keep the mosquitos at bay this summer. Last summer, they made the space nearly unusable well into October. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Do you know how to report the use of gas leafblowers? I live close to National’s Park and they are using a gas leafblower to blow out the parking garage. 311 does not have an option to report.”
Photo by Eric P.
From the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:
“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus and a member of the Subcommittee on Aviation, today announced that she will introduce a bill that would require helicopters in District of Columbia airspace to fly at the maximum altitude permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration, with limited exceptions. The exceptions would include active law enforcement investigations, transporting the president and vice president, and safety.
“I hear from D.C. residents almost daily about helicopter noise,” Norton said. “Helicopters can harm health, quality of life and structural integrity of homes. I am pursuing a multipronged approach to combat helicopter noise in D.C., from working with federal agencies that fly helicopters in D.C. airspace to pursuing legislation.”
Norton has taken a number of steps to combat helicopter noise in D.C., including: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
How does one report someone who is consistently leaving their dogs massive shit in the one grass patch on my block? I caught her and yelled at her but she still didn’t pick it up!! I know that you can get fined in dc for not scooping up afterwards but I’m not sure how that’s enforced and I also don’t wanna be the enforcer of that either, I just don’t want to walk around it or accidentally step in or have my puppy who’s still on the route to getting all her shots get exposed to something she’s not protected against yet
I’m between Logan circle/the lower half of Shaw 10th & M”