Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Police closed Chevy Chase Circle and surrounding streets early Sunday morning after a suspect crashed a reportedly stolen vehicle in the circle and fled on foot, news outlets reported.
Police closed Chevy Chase Circle and surrounding streets early Sunday morning—from about 5 to 7:30 a.m.—after a suspect crashed a reportedly stolen vehicle in the circle and fled on foot, NBC Washington reported. "The accident happened near the intersection of Connecticut and Western Avenues at around 4:45 a.m. [on Jan. 6] and resulted in one vehicle being overturned. Only minor injuries were reported at the scene," NBC Washington added. The vehicle—an Acura—had been carjacked at Kalorama Circle in Washington, DC, earlier that Sunday morning, DC police told NBC Washington. A brief pursuit began when DC police spotted the vehicle near the circle, and ended with the vehicle crashing into another vehicle in the circle. The suspect fled on …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
The National Park Service has the final say on whether or not traffic signals will be added to the Western Avenue approaches to Chevy Chase Circle.
Signalization of Chevy Chase Circle at the roundabout's Western Avenue approaches isn't likely to happen soon, Chevy Chase Village Manager Shana Davis-Cook reported at a village board meeting on Monday. Both the DC Department of Transportation and the advisory neighborhood commission for the Chevy Chase neighborhood in Washington, DC, have been in favor of adding traffic signals to the Western Avenue approaches to Chevy Chase Circle, according to a letter written by the Chevy Chase, DC, advisory neighborhood commission to the National Park Service. But the Chevy Chase Village Board of Managers has been less enthusiastic about adding traffic signals to Chevy Chase Circle—a historic landmark under the jurisdiction of the National Park …
Monday, July 16, 2012
High-voltage anti-Pepco madness, looking for a mystery man in Bethesda and even dogs in Montgomery County turn political. Oh, and a bunch of fifth graders call out The Washington Post. All this stuff really happened in Montgomery County last week.
Montgomery County might be known for its calm reserve but it turns out residents get outraged when they learn that under state law they have to help compensate for losses by one of the most hated companies in America—Pepco. Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner said residents had had enough and held a press conference to call for improvements. Maryland's county executives, including Montgomery's Ike Leggett, blasted Pepco for failing to to provide specific addresses with outages so elderly residents could be helped during the heat wave. State senators Brian Frosh (D-Montgomery) and James Rosapepe (D-Prince George's) suggested Pepco and BGE should have to pay their own fines reaching more than $100 million for their response to…
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Chevy Chase, DC, is pushing for traffic signals for Chevy Chase Circle, and Chevy Chase Village is feeling left out of the conversation.
Chevy Chase Village and the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, DC, share more than just a name. They also share access to a traffic circle. And, while the neighborhood commission of Chevy Chase, DC, is in favor of installing traffic signals at the circle, Chevy Chase Village is more skeptical. Chevy Chase Circle sits on the boundary of Chevy Chase, MD, and DC. Connecticut Avenue (Maryland state Route 185) and Western Avenue (the DC-Maryland border) both run around the circle, as does smaller Grafton Street. Magnolia Parkway also connects to the circle on the Maryland side. The circle—with its wide and graceful water fountain—is owned by the National Park Service. Both the DC Department of Transportation and the advisory neighborhood …
Patricia J. Kelly
11:23 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Another idiot!!! more ›