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| D.C. Residential Street Sweeping Resumes March 24, Ticketing Begins | April 03, 2008 | | | Daytime Residential Street Sweeping Resumes March 24, Ticketing Begins March 31
(Washington, DC) The Department of Public Works (DPW) has announced that daytime mechanical street sweeping will resume in heavily trafficked residential neighborhoods on Monday, March 24, 2008. Alternate-side parking restrictions in these areas will go into effect as well. Parking tickets, which carry a $30 fine, will be issued, beginning March 31, to vehicles parked during street sweeping hours in areas posted with “No Parking/Street Cleaning” signs. Additionally, parked cars may be towed to allow the sweepers access to the curbside. Generally, parking is prohibited for two hours while sweeping is underway.
DPW Director William O. Howland, Jr., emphasized the importance of keeping the curb lane free and clear during designated street sweeping hours. “Street sweeping reduces debris and pollutants that otherwise would be carried by rain and runoff into the city’s storm drains,” Howland said. “These contaminants can be extremely harmful to fish and other wildlife if they reach our rivers and bays.” | | | Read More
|  | | Mayor Fenty Announces Policy Initiatives to End Chronic Homelessness | April 03, 2008 | | | News Release for Immediate Release
April 2, 2008
Mayor Fenty Announces Policy Initiatives to End Chronic Homelessness
(Washington, DC) Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and DC Department of Human Services (DHS) Director Clarence Carter today announced policy initiatives targeted at ending chronic homelessness in the District of Columbia. The administration's plan includes the creation of the Housing First Fund and a permanent supportive housing initiative administered by DHS to house more than 400 homeless people in six months and consolidate existing emergency shelter facilities to better address the social service needs of homeless individuals in the District of Columbia, enabling them to move beyond homelessness.
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| | | WASA New Billing Separate Impervious Surface Charge | March 25, 2008 | | | A separate water pollution control charge will appear on WASA bills this fall
Mar 19, 2008 -- WASA’s proposed rate adjustment, which takes effect this fall, includes a separate impervious surface charge to pay for the $2.2 billion combined sewer overflow (CSO) control plan. | | | Read More
| | | Poems and Songs Speak to Passersby Exhibit | March 19, 2008 | | | Time Shadows: German, Chinese and American Poems and Songs Speak to Passersby Exhibit
Starting Saturday March 1, 2008 until Wednesday July 30, 2008
All Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW
9th Street Windows
Washington, DC 20001
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| | | DC Women in the Arts | March 19, 2008 | | | Starting Saturday March 1, 2008 until Monday March 31, 2008
All Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
EXHIBIT
DC Women in the Arts
March 1 – 27, 2008, Library Hours
Second Floor, East and West Lobbies
Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Library
The Art Division proudly presents an exhibition of 18 local artists in celebration of Women’s History Month. See works of art from Sondra N. Arkin, Brenda Bates-Clark, Jody Bergstresser, Anne Bouie, Ozlem Colbert, Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter, Kristen Hayes, Karen Hubacher, Dana Ellyn, Serinity Knight, Regina Miele, Naomi Morgulis, Sonia Pak-Gallegos, Kelly Song, Desiree Sterbini, Ann Williams, Adjua Williams and Elnora Wilson.
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| | | D.C. Daytime Residential Street Sweeping Resumes | March 19, 2008 | | | Daytime Residential Street Sweeping Resumes March 24, Ticketing Begins March 31
(Washington, DC) The Department of Public Works (DPW) has announced that daytime mechanical street sweeping will resume in heavily trafficked residential neighborhoods on Monday, March 24, 2008. Alternate-side parking restrictions in these areas will go into effect as well. Parking tickets, which carry a $30 fine, will be issued, beginning March 31, to vehicles parked during street sweeping hours in areas posted with “No Parking/Street Cleaning” signs. Additionally, parked cars may be towed to allow the sweepers access to the curbside. Generally, parking is prohibited for two hours while sweeping is underway.
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| | | THEFTS OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS | March 10, 2008 | | | Residents should be aware that these thefts are ocurring in the Washington D.C. region...
In February 2007, the Emergency Management and Response—Information
Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) wrote that increasing thefts
of copper from electrical lines, substations, and distribution lines
were degrading the reliability of the regional electrical grid and
could potentially disrupt Emergency Services Sector (ESS)
communications and operations. Such thefts continue nationwide
because the stolen materials command high prices from scrap-metal
dealers.
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| | | Brookland Farmers Market | March 08, 2008 | | | Brookland Farmers Market Ends Season on Troubled Note
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Future of Market in Question
Six years after its creation, the Brookland Farmers Market is at a crossroads. A drop in vendor participation has put its future in jeopardy.
Problems with the Brookland Farmers Market came to a head in mid-October, just two weeks before the market was scheduled to end for the season.
On October 14th, Sue Gragan of D&S Farms ended her involvement with the market, citing ongoing frustrations with the management. She told Richard Layman, the Interim Manager of the Brookland Main Street Program and the Brookland Farmers Market Manager, that she would not be coming back.
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| | | Another DC Agency Scandal in the Making | March 08, 2008 | | | Another DC Agency Scandal in the Making
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Inspector General Conducts Criminal Investigation of DSLBD Programs
The DC Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR) is not the only District agency subject to fraud due to poor management, lack of internal controls and insufficient accountability. The DC Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) suffers the same problems.
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has launched a criminal investigation related to DSLBD programs.
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| | | WASA Wants More of Our Money | February 26, 2008 | | | WASA Proposes Rate Increase for Water and Sewer Services
New Rate Structure Proposed for Combined Sewer Overflow Control
Jan 14, 2008 -- The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) Board is considering a proposed 8.5 percent rate increase for water and sewer services, effective October 1, 2008. WASA provides water and wastewater collection and treatment services for retail customers in the District. Gradual rate increases are required to cover the costs of WASA’s 10-year, $3.1 billion capital improvement program to upgrade the District’s water and sewer infrastructure and to meet expanding federal requirements for controlling water pollution.
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