Just got this email about some issues at the Mt. Rona Baptist Church polling place at 13th and Monroe. Anyone else had similar issues? My partner and I live within walking distance of St. Mona [Ed: Mt. Rona] Baptist Church in Columbia Heights (Ward 1). We both went to vote this morning. We both had…

In case you forgot, the general election is tomorrow! While the mayoral race is pretty much decided, especially since the write-in Fenty campaign never really got off the ground, there’s still a lot of competitive and important races on the ballot: at-large council, school board, advisory neighborhood commissioner, and an amendment on whether to have…

The People’s District, a blog which consists of interviews with local residents, is featuring the Twin Oaks Community Garden, a city-owned communal garden at 14th and Taylor. Their site says it’s in Columbia Heights, but to me that’s more southern Petworth or 16th Street Heights. In any case, it’s a pretty neat system: you sign…

I haven’t been into Pho 14 in awhile (I usually order delivery) but on the day before Halloween I walked past and noticed their expansion under way into the next door space (plus a Chilean miner). PoP first reported about the expansion last month, but it looks like there hasn’t been too much progress since…