Waste Management Press Releases

According to a worker at the scene the spill is related to an overflow originating from Montgomery County that exceeded the system capacity for this part of D.C..

Notice that “unknown” has been hand written over the quantity of sewage that was estimated from the last spill – 5 million gallons.   The Fletcher Boathouse is closed.

 

The pictures were taken 5/17/2014

D.C. Water website

 

 

Middle school student is beaten up by two other girls while others just stand and watch – a few even record it on their cell phones. The two girls hold the victim by her hair, punching and kicking her repeatedly.

 

FOX 5 has made a disturbing discovery following the past few storms. Cameras caught what appears to be raw sewage washing up on shore.

About 2.4 inches had already fallen in the D.C. area, and parts of the region could see a month’s worth of rain on Friday.

Regional prices for goods and services in D.C. were 18% higher than the national average in 2012,

The “District” in “District of Columbia” can now be capitalized on second reference, AP said in a Stylebook update in March. (I didn’t notice it until AP reporter Ben Nuckols tweeted about it this morning; this change was overshadowed somewhat by AP’s shift on “over” and “more than,” one of the most important events in Stylebook history.)

Foodies are flocking to Washington for the city’s diverse – and rapidly expanding – culinary scene.

In a ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said the city seeks to combat gun violence and promote public safety and that the current law does so in a constitutionally permissible manner.

Officials say they were stolen, and the postal service logos painted over before being taken to recycling centers in the area by two Anne Arundel County men: 52-year-old Aaron Howard and 57-year-old Roland Muir.

Police say the two sold 380,000 pounds of the scrap aluminum and made almost a quarter million dollars in cash before they were caught.

 

D.C. police found two gunshot victims at separate crime scenes Wednesday afternoon.

Crews responded to the 5800 block of Field Place NE around 3:30 p.m. for a shooting, a couple blocks from H.D. Woodson High School. There, they found a man not conscious or breathing. Homicide detectives have been dispatched to the scene.