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Coming and Going in Glover Park
Change is inevitable. Businesses come and go, as does the population. Here are some current events in Glover Park: Coming MARIO’S...
Chris Jones
Dec 7, 2021
Free Pre-K in Glover Park!
If you have a small child, this headline probably got your attention. CommuniKids, a language immersion pre-school, will open next...
Chris Jones
Nov 22, 2021
Whole Foods Causes Traffic Chaos
Yesterday evening, Thursday October 21st, an unpublished event at the Glover Park Whole Foods caused traffic chaos on Wisconsin Avenue...
Chris Jones
Oct 22, 2021
Glover Park Business Update
The Glover Park commercial scene remain active and fluid – businesses open, they close, they change. Here is a quick update on current...
Chris Jones
Oct 1, 2021
Glover Park Camera Fines Approach $1 Million
Most Glover Park drivers are aware of the stop sign camera at 37th Street and Whitehaven Parkway for cars going south on 37th Street. The...
Chris Jones
Sep 20, 2021
Best of Glover Park
The Washington City Paper is having an off-season "Best of DC" vote due to Covid interruptions last year. A number of Glover Park...
Chris Jones
Sep 17, 2021
Once Upon a Time in Glover Park
Glover Park’s history spans about a hundred years now. Browsing current events from decades past evokes the phrase, “the more things...
Chris Jones
Aug 31, 2021
Pizza Pie Paucity in Glover Park
Alas, Arcuri heard the fat lady sing and has acquiesced. Owners Bryce and Adam announced to the neighborhood that they will close their...
Chris Jones
Aug 25, 2021
The Great Quercus Alba of Glover Park Cracks
Glover Park’s largest tree - the great white oak towering next to Stoddert Elementary School - cracked last week, dropping a major limb...
Chris Jones
Aug 2, 2021
Mario’s Restaurant Takes Former Surfside Space
A restaurant to be named Mario’s will open in Glover Park at 2444 Wisconsin Avenue, formerly occupied by Surfside, which moved up to...
Chris Jones
Jul 27, 2021
Glover Park Whole Foods Excitement
Whole Foods has exciting things coming for shoppers when they open at 2323 Wisconsin Avenue NW in Glover Park in the near future....
Chris Jones
Jul 26, 2021
Glover Park Liquor License Moratorium Set to Expire
Five years ago, officials extended a liquor license moratorium originally put in place in the Glover Park neighborhood in 1996. Though...
Chris Jones
Jul 5, 2021
Fourth of July in Glover Park
Did you decide it's not worth the ten mile backup at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, or getting on a plane to a crowded vacation spot? Are you...
Chris Jones
Jul 2, 2021
Alley of Russian Poets in Glover Park
You might have walked by it at the Guy Mason Recreation Center playground and not even noticed. Glover Park is home to a memorial for...
Chris Jones
May 10, 2021
Judgment of Solomon to Cleave Stoddert Elementary
In the Bible, two women claimed to be the mother of an infant boy and each asked King Solomon to grant the child to her. Solomon ruled...
Chris Jones
Apr 17, 2021
Developer Sued Over New Glover Park Building
Petra, the company building the Observatory Park Apartments in the former Pearson’s Wine and Spirits parking lot, has been sued by their...
Chris Jones
Apr 1, 2021
Glover Park Bus on Chopping Block (Again)
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has circulated its preliminary fiscal year 2022 budget (fiscal year begins...
Chris Jones
Mar 29, 2021
Progress and Setbacks in Glover Park
Kimpton Exits Glover Park Hotel The Glover Park Hotel, known as Savoy Suites for eons, was re-branded under the Kimpton name in 2016 with...
Chris Jones
Mar 13, 2021
A Life Saved in Glover Park
Imagine this nightmare: You are deep in the woods after dark. It is raining, frigid and the terrain is steep and muddy. There is an old...
Chris Jones
Feb 22, 2021
Glover Park Home Values Surge Again
Glover Park row house values rose again in 2020 to a new record of $1,080,000 on average, gaining another 5% over 2019. Astonishingly,...
Chris Jones
Jan 30, 2021
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