Paul Wiedefeld, Metro GM, fires 20 managers ahead of massive overhaul
Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld fired 20 managers Friday afternoon, just weeks before the system will start a nearly-yearlong overhaul that will include shutting down portions of certain lines for up to three weeks.
“I began management restructuring by reducing my direct reports from 21 to 9, and departments are …
New D.C. Metro SafeTrack dates and details
Metro authorities released an updated SafeTrack plan on Thursday as it tries to tackle myriad problems with the rail system.
There is no track work scheduled for July 4th, when thousands are expected to flock to the National Mall for Independence Day celebrations.
Also, no track work has been scheduled …
NyQuil soda mix sickens local children, shows growing trend of opioid abuse
The popularity of a concoction containing NyQuil and soda — which sickened six middle school students in Montgomery County last week — provides evidence for a growing trend of recreational opioid use in Maryland, officials say.
Christopher Garrett, director of communications for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, …
D.C. leads the country with highest living wage: report
The average cost of raising a family in Washington, D.C. is more expensive than literally anywhere else in the United States, but District residents wishing to relocate somewhere with a lower living wage don’t have to look all too far: despite boasting the highest living wage in the country, D.C. …
DEBORAH SIMMONS: The D.C. safety net
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Out of sight, out of mind.
This is about the D.C. safety net.
As best we know, little Relisha Rudd was last seen alive on March 1, 2014. She was seen in a surveillance videotape recorded in a hallway of the Holiday Inn Express off New York Ave. at …
Native Americans say ‘Redskins’ team name doesn’t bother them: poll
Despite a concerted “national movement to change the football team’s moniker,” a new poll finds that 90 percent of Native American respondents said it “does not bother” them that the NFL’s Washington football franchise is nicknamed the Redskins.
Activists have sometimes compared “redskin” to racial slurs for other ethnic …
Flying Dog microbrewery in Maryland establishes anti-censorship watchdog group
Inspired by its fight with a Michigan state alcohol regulator, Maryland’s Flying Dog microbrewery is getting ready to launch The 1st Amendment Society on May 31 with the $40,000 in damages it received in federal court, the Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday afternoon.
Flying Dog Brewery owners in Frederick, Maryland, …
Metro releases new version of ‘SafeTrack’ maintenance plan
Metro released its final version of the “SafeTrack” maintenance plan that is set to begin in just two weeks.
The updated plan will close all rail service for repairs every night — instead of just weekends — at midnight. Selected track work will begin weekdays at 8 p.m., pushing some …
D.C. officials eye eminent domain in homeless shelter plan
D.C. lawmakers say they can use “quick take” eminent domain, if necessary, to acquire privately-held property and expedite construction of two homeless shelters under the city council’s new plan to close the rundown facility at the former D.C. General Hospital by 2018.
Under quick take, a government can petition a …
PilatesProWorks Alexandria set to open in D.C.
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
I showed up at Pilates ProWorks Alexandria expecting a “yoga class.” When the staff saw my yoga mat and clear naivete about what I’d signed up for, they smiled as if to say “you poor, dear, delusional person, you.”
I’d never tried Pilates, but I had always thought I …
Gary Sinise, actor, and Lt. Dan Band to play Howard Theatre in D.C. Saturday
Gary Sinise’s greatest role is working on behalf of America’s veterans. Through his self-named foundation and with his Lt. Dan Band — named for his “Forrest Gump” character, a soldier who loses both legs in Vietnam — Mr. Sinise has largely turned his back on Hollywood to focus on lobbying …
DEBORAH SIMMONS: Privatize D.C. Metro?
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Many of you do not know and do not remember that public transit used to be privately owned and operated.
And it’s time to query whether Metro, the D.C. region’s public and heavily subsidized transit system, should be privatized.
Our tri-jurisdictional Metrorail and Metrobus system, which was conjured by …
DEBORAH SIMMONS: Charter school kids draw short funding straw
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
The D.C. parents of an estimated 39,000 children exercised their right to choose which schools their children would attend this school year, and they chose public charter schools. In fact, there is only a 9,000-student difference. Unfortunately, D.C. officials don’t fully support those parents, their kids and the schools …
Washington, D.C., named fittest city in the U.S. for third year in a row: report
The Washington, D.C., region was named the fittest of the country’s 50 largest metropolitan areas Wednesday for the third consecutive year — a feat the authors of the ninth annual American Fitness Index (AFI) attribute largely to a drop in smoking among residents of the nation’s capital.
By taking into …
D.C. Council moves to revise Mayor Muriel Bowser’s homeless proposal
The D.C. Council on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to an overhaul of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plan to close the dilapidated homeless shelter at the former D.C. General Hospital and build seven smaller facilities across the city to house its residents.
Under the revised plan, which was largely reworked by council …
DEBORAH SIMMONS: D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser the handmaiden of the week
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Her own words have come back to haunt her.
Muriel Bowser is no Donald Trump, whose opinion pass his lips sometimes with nary a filtered thought. Neither is she Hillary Clinton, although like a loyal Democrat, she announced her endorsement of her party sister, as did the majority of …
D.C. special police officers charged in death of MedStar patient James McBride
Two special police officers were charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 death of a MedStar Washington Hospital Center patient.
James McBride, 74, died from blunt-force trauma to the neck last September after he left the Northwest Washington facility without having been discharged.
After about 15 minutes on …
John Parmele Jr., Navy veteran, ordered to pay back Virginia Beach neighbor for stolen flags
A District Court judge on Monday found a retired Navy veteran from Virginia Beach guilty of three misdemeanor counts after he admitted to stealing his neighbor’s American flags.
John Parmele Jr., 73, told District Court Judge Teresa Hammons that he took his neighbor’s flags because they weren’t wasn’t being illuminated …
GI Film Festival X to host ‘Top Gun’ screening, bring military, civilian, Hollywood together
GI Film Festival co-found Laura Law-Millett wanted to program films that not only showed the heroism of American service members, but also ones that did not have the “stereotypical” tragic finale.
“Our films don’t end with a gunshot to the head [and] fade to black,” Ms. Law-Millett, herself an Army …
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