DC: Red Line & Connecticut Ave Emergencies

Washington, DC: This was a busy afternoon for emergency workers. The Red Line Station at Woodley Park was the scene of an apparent elevator rescue by firefighters in shorts carrying pry bars.  Later on, 2...

DC: Another Connecticut & Albemarle Accident

Washington, DC - Two cars were involved in an accident at Connecticut Avenue and Albemarle Street on this rainy evening. One individual was loaded onto a stretcher and placed into an ambulance. MPD, FEMS, and MTPD...

DC: Connecticut Ave Car Crash

Washington, DC - Near the end of morning rush hour today, a van with Maryland plates and a car with DC plates collided on Connecticut Avenue south of Albemarle Street in front of the Burger King and the...

DC Downtown War Protest

Washington, DC  - As of 3pm today, hundreds of anti-war protesters had amassed in the rain at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue, 17th Street and K Street. Metropolitan Police Department Officers were...

DC Death: Connecticut Ave Hit and Run

Washington, DC - An elderly woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Nebraska Avenue before 7 am this morning. nbc4.com reports that a confused driver in his late 70's...

DC Connecticut Ave: New Safety Sentinels Deployed

Forest Hills, DC - Less than 24 hours after the posting of the NowPublic article, DC: Connecticut Ave danger to people and protectors exposing damaged pedestrian safety pylons, the DC government replaces the...

DC: Connecticut Ave danger to people and protectors

Forest Hills, DC - Late in 2007 a pedestrian was struck and killed while walking in a marked crosswalk at Connecticut Avenue and Ellicott Street. The DC Government promised changes. One of those changes was the...

DC: Connecticut Ave Accident

DC - Metropolitan Police Second District officers, U Street Fire Engine Company 9 and EMS Unit RA670 respond to a two car accident near the Van Ness Metro station.

Historic Yenching Palace Restaurant in Washington, DC Closing June 10th

One of the most notable and historic restaurants in Washington, DC, Yenching Palace, will be closing for good on June 10th. Yenching Palace opened in 1955.Yenching Palace, located on Connecticut Avenue, NW just...

Washington, DC's Hot Button Issue: Traffic Lights

We all want world peace, so world peace should be easy to achieve. Yet, despite what everyone wants, world peace is elusive.And so it is with the real hot button issue in Washington, DC: traffic lights. You'd...

Daylight Theft at Washington, DC CVS Drugstore

Tuesday, May 8, 2007, 2:20PM My wife just witnessed a brazen theft at the CVS at Connecticut Avenue and Newark Street, NW. Peggy Robin reports from her cell phone: "A guy filled his hand shopping basket with...

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