Hundreds of thousands of vehicles from Maryland and Virginia have unpaid traffic tickets issued by the District, but with no regional agreement to enforce automated tickets, city officials say repeat offenders keep breaking the law without consequence.
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TAKEN: Free Vintage Wood Dresser
Anna
This dresser has been picked up.
Thanks, Anna |
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ISO Book to borrow?
elizabethgimbel@...
Does anyone have a copy of Malibu Rising they’d like to lend out? Looking for beach read for end of summer and I figured someone might have a copy lying around.
Thanks! Elizabeth elizabethgimbel @ gmail dot com |
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FS: 2 great tickets to Midsummer Night's Dream at the National Building Museum of this Sunday night
#ticketsforsale
Linda Ayres
We have two good seats (Row C) for the 7 pm production of the Folger Theater's Midsummer Night's Dream on Sunday, July 31st, which will be held at the National Building Museum.
The tickets sold for $75 each, but we are offering them for $50 each OBO.
Please let me know if you are interested - LINDAAYRES2710 @ gmail dot com
Linda on Cortland
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FS: Designer furniture
#forsale
#furniture
Barbara Silverstein
One sectional sofa
Two curved living room chairs One 36” round coffee table Barbara Rowland Pl blsilverstein @ gmail dot com 
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Free: 75 cosmetic samples and bags
susan schneider
Would you like to play with new unopened cosmetic samples and bags? Top of the line Chanel, YSL, Lancome and more. Never used. Call and pick up.
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Missing Fed Ex delivery
catherine chieco
Did anyone get my mis-delivered Fed Ex package— delivered supposedly today— from Soludos? |
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ISO social bridge game
Kristina Kern
Hello all,
My mother is in DC for a month and is interested in playing social bridge in the neighborhood. Please advise if there are any groups looking for a game or a sub. Thanks! Kristina 33rd Place |
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How to be an Ally in Hate-Bias Incidents - Zoom meeting July 28 at 6pm
#safety
Sarah Bever
Are you concerned about hate and bias crimes? Do you want to stand up to stop hate? Do you know how to intervene safely? Join the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia’s, Clergy Ambassador Program and Hate Bias Task Force to learn: How to be an Ally in Hate-Bias Incidents. Professor Eli McCarthy, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and founder of the D.C. Peace Team, will discuss skills for assessing, de-escalating, and diffusing harmful or inappropriate behavior, providing participants with the tools they need to quickly recognize when they are bystanders, evaluate the consequences for everyone involved, and take action without violence.
This event will be held virtually, via Zoom on July 28, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. Meeting ID:912 0459 1617
Dial: 1 301 715 8592 US
For more information and special accommodations contact Lenney Lowe, 7D Community Outreach Specialist (202) 730-6409 / Lenney.lowe@....
Posted by: Second District Chair, Citizens Advisory Council (CAC)
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Last Chance: Take July's StoryWalk at Tenley Library -- Wave by Suzy Lee
Borysiewicz, Shelley (DCPL)
Enjoy a day at the beach as you stroll along our windows reading Wave. After, pick up a More to the Story activity packet inside.
Read Wave by Suzy Lee throughout July. StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for families to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time. The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson. ________________
Shelley Borysiewicz Children's Librarian Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library 4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20016 202.727.1488 shelley.borysiewicz@... www.dclibrary.org/tenley |
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A Few Seats Left for Summer Glass Workshops
Merrilee Harrigan
Summer is such a good time for a creative art adventure! There are a few slots left for making Glass Jewelry or a Glass Plate at a Joy of Glass workshop. Spend 3 hours in my bright 3rd floor studio on Nevada Ave learning about and cutting glass, and then make some art!
Click on the links below for more information and to sign up, or email me with questions.
Two Jewelry Workshops
Two Plate Workshops
Merrilee Harrigan
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FOLio Used Book Shop Open Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Martha Walters
The Friends of the Chevy Chase DC Library welcome you this Saturday to our popular used book shop, FOLio, on the second floor of the library at 5625 Connecticut Ave. NW. As regular customers know, there's no better place to find a wide range of books, CDs and DVDs at low, low prices. Most books are $2 unless otherwise marked, and in Bargain Alley behind the shop hardbacks are $1 each and paperbacks just 50 cents. FOLio is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; masks are required, as they are elsewhere in the library.
We have a mix of new (to us) fiction and non-fiction titles to offer on our New This Week cart. The fiction choices include "Where the Crawdads Sing," by Delia Owen and "The Taste of Sugar" by Marisel Vera. The non-fiction offerings start with "Catch and Kill," by Ronan Farrow, and continue with "His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope," by Jon Meacham; "Team of Rivals," by Doris Goodwin; "Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports," by John Feinstein; "Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone," by Rajiv Chandrasekaran; "Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building," by Ahmed Rashid; "The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia," by Alex Perry and "Whole 30 Day by Day," by Melissa Hartwig.We are once again accepting donations of new or gently used fiction and nonfiction, hardcover or paperback, children's books, music CDs, audiobooks on CDs and DVDs. Donations can be left whenever the library is open, but we can't accept books in poor condition, travel guides more than three years old, VHS tapes, magazines or encyclopedias. If you wouldn't want to buy it yourself, please don't give it to us! Donations should be stacked on the cart outside the FOLio entrance on the second floor of the library. Please do NOT put donations in the silver bins outside the library; those are for library book returns only. Thanks for your cooperation. Martha Walters
Friends of the Chevy Chase DC Library Cleveland Park Listserv Sponsor |
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“Sneak Peek” Cleveland Park $1,295,000
Marjorie Dick Stuart
Call Marjorie 240-731-8079
#1 Agent Coldwell Banker DC Metro |
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Person of Interest Sought in a Kidnapping While Armed (Gun) Offense: 2900 Block of Van Ness Street, NW
Cleveland Park List
July 27, 2022
Person of Interest Sought in a Kidnapping While Armed (Gun) Offense: 2900 Block of Van Ness Street, Northwest
The victim, who has been identified as 30 year-old Selita Tashaun Lee, can be seen in the photos below: Anyone who has knowledge of these individuals’ whereabouts should take no action but call police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411. The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a violent crime committed in the District of Columbia. Press, MPD (MPD) |
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Science Club For Kids
Ms. Shiakh
Is there a curious scientist in your home? This is a club for them! Each week, we’ll discuss different topics such as the solar system, planets, animal species, evolution, fossils, energy, space, the human body, gardening, chemical reactions, and many more topics! Kids will also perform science experiments using everyday items from around the house.
* Ages 13 and under * Conducted via Zoom * Every Saturday @ 5pm * Discount Available for Siblings Please email me with any questions or if you’d like to sign up your kid! LearnwithAiman@... [learnwithaiman @ gmail dot com] Cleveland Park Listserv Sponsor |
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Re: New speed limit on Connecticut Avenue of 25 mph
James Linde
I remember when I lived in CT, the Massachusetts state troopers were at the border to target Connecticut drivers, and vice versa. Jim
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White Ford Fiesta Mississippi plates, back window open, collecting tix, anyone recognize?
shapiro@...
Judy |
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Re: New speed limit on Connecticut Avenue of 25 mph
JeffPBWoodleyPark
Hi, I believe there have been several articles in local media about this. My understanding is that reciprocity agreements do not necessarily extend to tickets issued by automatic enforcement, such as traffic cameras. Here's a good Washington Post article on the issue: https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/12/28/dc-virginia-maryland-ticket-reciprocity/
And here's the article if you're interested but not a subscriber (I think DCist has also written on the issue).
Jeff Benson Maryland, Virginia drivers speeding through D.C. are ignoring the city’s ticketsA regional transportation planning body is trying to nudge the District, Maryland and Virginia toward dealing with the disconnect By Michael Laris
December 27, 2021 at 2:39 p.m. EST
The bulk of offenders are from Maryland and Virginia, since there’s typically no downside to ignoring violation letters from the District. City officials said there is broad resistance to paying tickets from speed- and red-light cameras. “If you don’t even have to pay it, everybody can just do what they want without consequence,” said D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3), chair of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment. “If there’s no likelihood — or very little likelihood — you’ll be caught, what’s to make you change your ways?” When an officer pulls someone over for speeding or another moving violation in the Washington region, local jurisdictions are bound by reciprocity agreements to share information and hold drivers to account, which can lead to fines or driver’s licenses being revoked. The agreement doesn’t apply to automated tickets. A regional transportation planning body made up of local governments recently began trying to nudge the District, Maryland and Virginia toward dealing with the disconnect. The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board, which includes representatives from more than 20 cities and counties, this month called on D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) to work toward an agreement to enforce automated tickets issued in neighboring jurisdictions.
The letter calls on the mayor and two governors to create a safety task force to work toward an agreement that would cover automated citations. It also noted that enforcement tools are “evolving differently in each jurisdiction” and that an agreement “should prioritize enforcement for citations that are most directly tied to road safety.” While the District has relied heavily on automated enforcement — and fines for the worst offenders have reached $400 or $500 — Virginia’s legislature limits its use. Last year, lawmakers in Richmond allowed state and local law enforcement to use speed cameras in school-crossing zones and highway work zones, with a maximum fine of $100.
The District has hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of outstanding fines at stake, which could prove challenging for neighboring politicians who don’t want to appear to be doing the District’s bidding, city officials said. Cheh said safety should be the emphasis, adding that the city could consider reducing fines or making other changes to draw support from neighboring states to ensure consequences for reckless motorists. “We don’t need those high fines to enforce those rules. What we need is the enforcement of those rules,” Cheh said. “It shouldn’t be a revenue-raising mechanism.” Lax enforcement within the District is another complication. Inside the city’s borders, District officials can lock a bulky orange boot on the wheel of out-of-state cars with outstanding speed-camera and other tickets until payments are made. But city officials said such work is limited, both because of staffing and because such actions have not been a high priority. The District’s Department of Public Works has four workers who apply the boots, one person who makes repairs, a boot release worker, a supervisor and two administrative personnel, according to the agency. More than 13,000 motorists were ticketed this year for driving at least 21 mph over the speed limit, according to District speed-camera data on vehicles with multiple unpaid violations. Another 49,000 repeat offenders were cited for speeding 16 to 20 mph over the limit. Neighboring states pointed to the complexities of making changes to enforcement. In a statement, Northam’s office cited a collaborative relationship among the three neighbors, but underscored that Virginia law allows local jurisdictions to require payment for tickets issued in Maryland and the District only if issued by officers, not cameras. “While the Governor supports a thorough review of this issue, the General Assembly and incoming Administration will need to enact authorizing legislation before any agreement,” according to the statement. A representative for Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) did not respond to a request for comment. Maryland supports establishing the safety task force, according to a statement from the Maryland Department of Transportation that said the group should consider which violations would be covered by a future agreement on enforcement across state lines. Maryland officials said a task force should also consider equity issues and how effective a reciprocity agreement would be at reducing crash deaths and injuries. MDOT also pointed to a challenge: Speed-camera and other automated tickets are applied to the vehicle, while the vehicle’s owner is responsible for the violation. “Because the camera doesn’t have the ability to determine who was driving, the adjudication process is different” from those for “moving violations given by an officer to a specific driver,” which MDOT said raises legal issues that need to be resolved. Lucinda M. Babers, the District’s deputy mayor for operations and infrastructure, said the letter is a start toward meeting “our objective of ticket payment reciprocity for all ticket types.” The regional transportation board’s chairman, Charles Allen, who also serves as a D.C. Council member, said the objective is not to push the city’s two neighbors into increasing their use of automated enforcement. “We’ve already agreed that speeding is a violation, that speeding is dangerous,” Allen (D-Ward 6) said, citing an existing driver’s license compact that includes the three jurisdictions and can lead to points for unsafe driving in one jurisdiction carrying over to another. “If we’ve already agreed it’s a violation, don’t we want to have people pay for that ticket that’s been issued?” Allen said his D.C. constituents should face similar consequences if driving dangerously in Maryland or Virginia. Representatives from the two states declined to say how often such issues arise with District drivers. On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 11:31 AM Mark Hoelter <mhoelter528@...> wrote:
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Re: New speed limit on Connecticut Avenue of 25 mph
Mark Hoelter
I've never seen any reasons given for the lack of an enforcement agreement between DC and Maryland nor between DC and Virginia. Perhaps reasons have been given and I've just missed them. Is it politics? Is the obstruction by the state of Maryland and by the state of Virginia? Is it a matter of inaction by DC? What options do DC citizens have about this? Mark E. Hoelter |
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Re: ISO travel agent to design Scotland trip
Sally Pessin
A friend recently recommended a company he has used many, many times called "Inntravel." He has a lot of $ and has been all over the world so I trust his opinion on this. https://www.inntravel.co.uk/ It might be a great fit for your needs! Regards and happy travels! Sally Pessin |
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ISO: Baby Gates
Hi!
Does anyone have baby gates they are looking to give away or sell? Please let me know. I need a 3-4'' and 4-5' gate. Thank you. Best, Bhavna Ellicott St. bhavna.lee gmail dot com |
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