Western Market expands composting efforts to customers
A year after Western Market launched an eco-friendly partnership with a waste management company to reduce vendor food waste, the market installed composting bins at food disposal stations to include...
View ArticleDC Council passes emergency legislation for Circulator employees amid first...
The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation to support D.C. Circulator employees Tuesday as more than 90 drivers faced layoffs. The DC Circulator Transition Temporary Amendment Act of 2024, which...
View ArticleCrime log: Man arrested for assault on police officer
Lewd, Indecent or Obscene Acts University Student Center 10/1/24 – 5:37 p.m. Closed Case GW Police Department officers responded to the University Student Center for a report of a male student and...
View ArticleThe Aston is ‘precedent’ in combating DC’s unhoused crisis: local advocates
This article is part of The Hatchet’s 2024 contribution to the D.C. Homeless Crisis Reporting Project in collaboration with other local newsrooms. The collective works will be published throughout the...
View ArticleCommunity group voices concern over Aston’s pending opening date as...
District officials said on Monday they have not yet solidified a new opening date for The Aston unhoused shelter, which they most recently set for Oct. 1 but delayed for the fifth time after the...
View ArticleWest End community group appeals permit grant for Aston unhoused shelter
An unincorporated group of West End locals on Friday appealed the D.C. Department of Building’s decision to grant The Aston unhoused shelter a building permit, the group’s third attempt to thwart the...
View ArticleInside a formerly unhoused advocate’s work to uplift DC’s homeless
Wesley Thomas said every morning he serves as an ambassador for people experiencing homelessness who are seeking connection to housing and disability support services. Thomas is an advocate and...
View ArticleCrime log: Female staff member reports receiving harassing letters
Drug Law Violation Shenkman Hall 10/20/24 – 3:30 p.m. Closed case Administrators on call at Shenkman Hall alerted GW Police Department officers to a grinder and rolling paper left on a coffee table....
View ArticleDC prepares for potential election protests, violence in first national...
D.C. and University officials are bracing for a potentially tumultuous 11 weeks between Election Day and the inauguration on Jan. 20 by heightening police presence at polling stations and limiting tap...
View ArticleCrime log: Laptops stolen from engineering hall office
Liquor Law Violation, Public Drunkenness Amsterdam Hall 10/27/24 – 1:52 a.m. Closed case GW Police Department officers responded to a report of drunk students. When officers arrived at the scene, they...
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