The Studio Lab Express is alive and well at the Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library during the renovation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, although the new manager of the branch, Melinda MacCall, has called it the…

Murch Elementary School families and our community have a lot to be excited about. The school’s renovation is on track. And both Murch Odyssey of the Mind teams, coached by enrichment teacher Roxanne Bentley, went to the state-level competition,…

The plans for converting the West Heating Plant into a luxury condominium building with a public park to the south were finally presented to the Commission of Fine Arts on May 18. The reaction of the seven board members…

Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Meeting Notices and Agenda Highlights To find links to your ANC’s website, click here. Visit the District’s ANC office to see maps of commission boundaries by ward. ANC 1B Lower Columbia Heights, Lower Georgia Avenue, Shaw, U Street, Pleasant Plains The…

Concerns are growing among parents in our association’s area about Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed 2017-18 budget for the District’s public schools. As the number of students has grown, the mayor’s proposed rate of spending per pupil has not kept…

Shepherd Elementary School has been a busy place! Two weeks ago the PTA held its Spring Soiree at the school. It was a big success with good food and merriment, while also raising funds for school programs. Madame Koutouan Gadie…

Residents of Georgetown and adjacent communities have not experienced noticeable reductions in aircraft noise created by northern departures from Reagan National since the spring of 2015. The roundtable discussions at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority have not yet reached…

Advisory Neighborhood Commissions Meeting Notices and Agenda Highlights To find links to your ANC’s website, click here. Visit the District’s ANC office to see maps of commission boundaries by ward. ANC 1C Adams Morgan The commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 7,…

Every spring our association holds a meeting on public safety issues. This year, instead of featuring speakers, we will hold an open-air event providing an opportunity for kids and adults alike to get to know our local public safety…

Planning for the future of the city and the Shepherd Park community is a topic of discussion and information-gathering on several fronts right now. Last week members of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4A joined the ANC 4B Design Review Committee to…