June 08, 2021

Flor Del Soul makes flowers grow at Femme Fatale DC

June 08, 2021/ Cassandra Hetherington

Working years as a Federal Contractor for the Children’s Bureau, Karissa Ruano worked tirelessly to better the lives of families and children. While she loved the job, working in the child welfare field can be exhausting. It was this fatigue that propelled Karissa to explore her creative side through a part time job at the Petworth flower shop She Loves Me. From there, she ended up accidentally starting her own, now successful business, Flor Del Soul.

June 03, 2021

Celebrate Pride month on 14th Street this weekend with a ton of local specials

June 03, 2021/ Drew

Uptown Main Street, Solar Solution, and a dozen uptown small businesses will celebrate Pride Month with the Wear Your Pride Block Party on Saturday, June 5 from 11am - 4:30pm starting at at 4700 14th Street NW.

June 02, 2021

New condos finally coming to 8th & Upshur after years of false starts

June 02, 2021/ Drew

The corner house at 4127 8th Street NW has been the topic of debate and discussion for years. Sitting on a large corner lot along Upshur and 8th Streets, it was a beautiful detached single family home built in 1915.

It’s now set to be six condos offering 2 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom units.

May 30, 2021

A shooting, a collision and a teenager killed

May 30, 2021/ Drew

I was sitting up in my home office around 11:50am on Friday when I heard a loud crash, and thought, “Wow, that sounds more severe than a fender bender.” So I ran downstairs and out the front door, looked down the block and saw a small white Honda Civic crashed head-on into my neighbor’s SUV. “Oh man.”

May 26, 2021

Win free tickets to Bourbon & Bluegrass with Lincoln's Cottage!

May 26, 2021/ Drew

Bourbon and Bluegrass is an annual preservation fundraiser and celebration of great American music and cocktails to help safeguard Abraham Lincoln’s beloved summer home right here in Petworth. The performance is virtual and will be livestreamed from President Lincoln’s Cottage where it will be performed live for the veterans at the Armed Forces Retirement Home who have been sequestered the past year.

Enter for a chance to win free tickets!

May 22, 2021

After years with no HVAC, in the midst of a pandemic, Powell parents have reached their boiling point

May 22, 2021/ Yuliya Panfil

As District schools finish their second pandemic year, and parents cautiously anticipate a return to normalcy next fall, families at Powell Elementary School are girding for a fight. The school’s HVAC system, which has been broken for the entirety of the COVID pandemic — even as some kids returned to in-person learning — is still inoperable. Parents and the school Principal are afraid it may not be fixed by the fall, forcing unvaccinated children to resume school in boiling hot classrooms without proper air circulation.

May 20, 2021

Found at the library: One woman’s remembrance of growing up in 1920s Petworth

May 20, 2021/ Cesse Ip

Out of curiosity, I recently started digging around the DC Library Archives for stuff about the Petworth neighborhood and came across a small book published in 1995, “Growing Up in Petworth in Washington DC 1919-1950.” Written by Margaret MacGill at the age of 76, she recalls the story of her family and childhood in her family house at 528 Taylor St NW. She writes in the book that the home’s location “must have seemed like the end of the world to be moving that far out from downtown.”

May 17, 2021

Golden Flour Bakery brings delicious gluten-free and traditional treats to Kennedy Street

May 17, 2021/ Cassandra Hetherington

While the bakery isn’t open yet, it’s slated to open doors later this Spring/early Summer. Owner Nieshia Williams plans to open each morning at 5:00am selling hot coffee, fresh scones and muffins. She chose Kennedy Street because she believes “every neighborhood should have the opportunity to have fresh food using superior ingredients.”