Featured Property: 211 Sheridan St NW

Featured Property: 211 Sheridan St NW

With four bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, this really nice single family home, built in 1921, features two decks, a separate garage, a huge backyard and easy lower level access with a mini kitchen.

Open House Saturday, April 8th from 1pm-3pm

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Qualia closes in Petworth where it first started

Qualia closes in Petworth where it first started

On March 18th, Qualia Coffee officially closed its Petworth doors after nearly 14 years at the location.The coffee shop had originally temporarily closed the Georgia Ave business, operating out of the neighboring Commonwealth Cantina as a pop-up. However, the company announced that it would not be following through with the previously scheduled maintenance, instead electing to shut down the location.

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Petworth is doing a clean up day, and you're invited to help!

Petworth is doing a clean up day, and you're invited to help!

It takes everyone’s help to keep things clean, and as they say, many hands make light work.

That’s why Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C is spearheading a Petworth Community Clean-Up on Saturday, April 29th from 10am-12pm. Each ANC 4C Commissioner plans to lead a clean-up effort in their SMD.

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Petworth blooms again as Spring rains bring colors to our neighborhoods

Petworth blooms again as Spring rains bring colors to our neighborhoods

Spring has officially arrived for us in the northern hemisphere, and so have the spring flowers. As usually, daffodils are the first big display of flowers you’ll see in the neighborhood. These easy to grow bulbs come in various shades of white, yellow and orange.

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We're throwing a party, and you're invited!

We're throwing a party, and you're invited!

Join us on Friday, March 24th at 7pm on the third floor of Commonwealth Cantina (3911 Georgia Ave NW) for a party celebrating Carol Herwig and George Morgan, and wishing them all the best as they get ready to head up north to Maine.

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Featured Property: 68 Farragut Place NW

Featured Property: 68 Farragut Place NW

This 1,152 square foot home in Petworth, right near Fort Totten, offers three bedrooms and 3.5 baths in a contemporary row home that has been completely rehabbed to perfection.

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Petworth lost a playground. An ANC commissioner is organizing to bring it back

Petworth lost a playground. An ANC commissioner is organizing to bring it back

A playground north of Grant Circle has been falling apart for years. It’s a popular destination for families with young children who want a small, safe space to meet and have kids play. Instead of upgrading it, the National Park Service which owns and manages the land, removed the playground. Against what feels like an immovable force, ANC Commissioner Brittany Kademian is trying to bring the playground back.

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Stabbing at the Petworth library takes one man's life

Stabbing at the Petworth library takes one man's life

On Thursday evening, March 2nd around 7pm, a man using the computers at the Petworth library was stabbed by another man. The victim died at the scene.

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An Upshur Street original: This Old “Petworth” House (part 3)

An Upshur Street original: This Old “Petworth” House (part 3)

Carol Herwig bought her rowhouse on the 600 block of Upshur Street NW in 1985, back when mortgage companies were reluctant to work with women, she told me. She’s managed to retain so much original wood throughout the house.

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Fire at Petworth Metro ruled an arson

Fire at Petworth Metro ruled an arson

On Friday afternoon, February 10th, a fire was ignited on a tent belonging to an unhoused resident set up along New Hampshire Avenue next to the Petworth / Georgia Avenue Metro station.

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Petworth Porchfest is coming back, and you can play or volunteer a porch!

Petworth Porchfest is coming back, and you can play or volunteer a porch!

The wildly popular and successful community-wide music festival, Petworth Porchfest, returns for its third year on Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 2pm - 6pm.

Here’s all the ways you (or your business) can get involved!

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Help clean up Grant Circle on MLK Jr Day

Help clean up Grant Circle on MLK Jr Day

Come join your neighbors on Monday, January 16th at 10am to work in Grant Circle for an Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service event. The goals are to pick up the trash that’s blown into the park recently, and to remove some of the English ivy vines growing in the planting beds. 

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Unsilent Night returns to Sherman Circle for community music and fun

Unsilent Night returns to Sherman Circle for community music and fun

Unsilent Night is a family-friendly, free music parade coming to Sherman Circle on December 21st — and you’re invited to participate.

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Support your Petworth schools at a Holiday Mart on Saturday, December 17th

Support your Petworth schools at a Holiday Mart on Saturday, December 17th

For the second year in a row, local DCPS elementary schools have joined forces to fundraise together this holiday season. This year the Petworth PTO Holiday Mart is hosted by Powell Padres at the Powell Elementary School parking lot at the corner of 14th and Taylor Street NW on Saturday, December 17th from 10am-2pm.

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