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Chris Jones
Jan 31
The Resurrection of Grog and Tankard Has Begun
The iconic Grog & Tankard building at 2408 Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park has stirred to life once again. The Grog, a famous DC dive bar...
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Chris Jones
Jan 3
Villainy Ebbs in Glover Park
Crime in Glover Park had risen for three years in a row as the wider city descended into fear and chaos, but then the bat signal went out...
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Chris Jones
Dec 2, 2024
Joia and Divino in Glover Park
The names alone might make you happy, and many neighbors are happy to have two new restaurants in Glover Park. Divino opened a couple of...
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Chris Jones
Oct 19, 2024
Glover Park Elections Decided!
I am taking all bets for anyone who wants to bet against me in the six Glover Park Advisory Neighborhood Commission election races in...
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Chris Jones
Oct 11, 2024
Food for Thought in Glover Park
Food can float a neighborhood, and anchor it in a storm. Restaurant, grocery and convenience establishments have influenced the living,...
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Chris Jones
Aug 18, 2024
Sangerbund and Washingtonia in Glover Park
Most Glover Park residents are familiar with Old Europe restaurant, a German culinary and cultural institution in the neighborhood since...
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Chris Jones
Aug 11, 2024
Bus to Move, in Glover Park
You're on a mission and you're wishin' Someone could cure your walkin’ condition Got no scooter and you got no car Then you got no ride...
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Chris Jones
Jun 9, 2024
Maharaja Restaurant Opens in Glover Park
Maharaja House of Biryani has opened at 2414 Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park, next to Rocklands. Maharaja replaced All About Burger,...
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Chris Jones
May 23, 2024
Stoddert Expansion Underway
The DC Public Schools system (DCPS) has begun the active construction phase of the Stoddert Elementary School expansion, which has been...
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Chris Jones
Apr 14, 2024
Pizza Pie Paucity Returns
Mario’s Trattoria at 2444 Wisconsin Avenue has closed, a little over two years after replacing Surfside in Glover Park. The landlord has...
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Chris Jones
Apr 7, 2024
Sushi Come Sushi Go
Spring has sprung, DC is alive with activity and many Glover Park restaurants and their properties are in play, while some remain...
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Chris Jones
Jan 30, 2024
Glover Park Serial Armed Robber Caught!
Glover Park has experienced eight violent crimes in the past couple of months. This is a disturbing and unusual number considering there...
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Chris Jones
Jan 19, 2024
Glover Park Home Prices Peak?
If you climb mountains or simply hike mountainous areas you know the feeling of cresting a ridge only to see another peak in the...
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Chris Jones
Jan 5, 2024
Winds of Change for Glover Park Business
Charles Darwin wrote, “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to...
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Chris Jones
Jan 1, 2024
Crime Time in Glover Park
Crime in Glover Park surged 24% in 2023 compared to 2022, and this time the increase was not due to car break-ins, though that crime does...
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Chris Jones
Dec 13, 2023
Wildlife and Death in Glover Park
This article is all about cute little bunny rabbits – and rainbows and unicorns and pink cotton candy. OK not those last three; and the...
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Chris Jones
Nov 5, 2023
Glover Park Traffic Cams II - Rise of the Machines
That fateful day on March 3rd, 2021, when the machines became self-aware and began targeting their car-driving adversaries, seemed like...
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Chris Jones
Sep 30, 2023
Upcoming Events in Glover Park
Champagne, music, carnival, Tai Chi and a date with your neighborhood cops are on the calendar in the weeks to come in Glover Park. Sign...
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Chris Jones
Sep 15, 2023
Paint Store Replaces Laliguras
Demolition has begun at the Calvert Center at 2332 Wisconsin Avenue to make way for Sherwin Williams, a paint store opening soon in...
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Chris Jones
Sep 3, 2023
The British Got Our Tunlaw Tree!
Many people quickly recognize that Tunlaw Road in Glover Park is “walnut” spelled backwards. Such a word is not technically a palindrome...
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