Thanks to Jay for sending around 1:30pm:
“There’s a tree down totally blocking rock creek parkway (both directions) after the Piney Branch intersection heading north towards Tilden.
Park Police and tree cutters appear to be on the scene redirecting traffic.”
Ed. Note: You can see all your outdoor movie watching options here.
From the Library of Congress:
“The Library of Congress will host its annual “Summer Movies on the Lawn” series starting July 10. The series featuring films from the Library’s National Film Registry will be presented Thursday evenings at sundown on the southeast lawn of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building.
The scheduled films include: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Early Monday morning (around 8:00 am) while I was walking at Meridian Hill Park, I was confronted by an unhinged man who grabbed my arm and tried to pulled me into the wooded side trail on the side of the park closest to 15th Street. He then pulled out a container of pepper spray and sprayed me in the face. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to share that there is a 5’11’’ white guy with brown hair walking around Adams Morgan threatening women. This morning he verbally harassed me, (more…)
Update:
“As of 5:30 p.m. service has been restored to all homes, businesses, and apartments affected by the water main break and has been updated below. Work continues on road repairs.”
“DC Water is nearing the completion of repairs on a broken 8-inch water main on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave Southeast; however, motorists are advised to continue to steer clear of the road. It’s expected to remain closed between Howard Rd and Talbert Street through Tuesday and possibly longer.
Water service is expected to be restored to homes, businesses, and apartments affected by the water main break later this evening. Work will then begin to stabilize and reconstruct the compromised road. This is expected to require the entire road to remain closed, curb to curb, for repair and repaving.
Drivers are advised to seek alternate routes such as I-295 to avoid lengthy delays in the area. Those unable to avoid the area should maintain caution and adhere to the following detours: (more…)
photo by Mark Lyon
Thanks to Mark for sharing with us:
“Didn’t know that DC Health has a free narcan and needle vending machine at the fire station on the corner of 6th and F NW.” (more…)
From WMATA:
“Today, Metro launched MetroPulse, a new mobile app that allows customers to plan trips, chat with customer service, report issues on the system, and more.
Features include: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Reaching out to clarify the questions/comments that you get every year during National Police Week (this week, and ends today 5/16). The motorcades carry the families of police officers who have died in the line of duty. Part of police week includes visiting the National Law Enforcement Officer’s memorial, where family members go to see their officer’s names newly engraved.
In addition, please note that an extremely large percentage of the folks on those buses are families of NYPD officers whose line of duty death was cancer (receiving the diagnosis as a result of working in lower manhattan during the clean up from the mass terror attack on September 11th, 2001).
I was on one of those buses last year.”
From an email:
“The DMV’s oldest (since 1987!) and biggest (130+ people/families selling stuff at 80+ Adams Morgan addresses!) community yard sale is happening on Saturday (5/17, 9AM-1PM+). See the map below.
This year, we have more sellers at more addresses than we have EVER had in our 38-year history! Like 2x-3x what we had last year! (more…)
From the office of the DC Attorney General:
“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today issued a consumer alert warning District residents of a new scam in which threatening text messages, claiming to be from a government toll collection agency, are sent to residents as part of an illegal, widespread effort to steal individual’s financial information. (more…)