Posts tagged Social Media
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The Montgomery and Prince George’s Gazette will shut down
After nearly 60 years in production, the Gazette, a chain of weekly local newspapers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, will shut down in August. That means an area of over two million people won’t have a local newspaper. Post Community Media LLC, which owns the Gazette, announced the closure this morning at the Montgomery County edition’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blowing snow
Snow day; Slow to upgrade; Highway builder, transit killer?; Give it a chance; Competitive race; Tunnel roadblock?; History collapses; Washington Monument gets smaller; Nothing nice to tweet; And…. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: happy hours, hearings, and more
If you’re a bike enthusiast, history buff, or social media nerd, heads-up! There are terrific events coming up that you should check out. Do some family biking, speak up at a hearing, or have a drink and nerd out about social media. All that and more is coming up our events calendar in the coming days, so read on and mark your calendar. Kidical Mass: Enjoy the fall air and… Keep reading…
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In the planning process, social media talk is often cheap
People who testify at long public hearings or write letters aren’t the only ones with opinions about important planning issues. A lot of conversation happens online, on Twitter and blogs, but commissions that make decisions often don’t see or consider this kind of public opinion. How can the old, formal processes mesh with new ways of communicating? Last summer,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s clear now
Bike lanes get clear; Kidnapped for taxi fare?; Bikeshare comes to more Metro stations; DC Water passes on Anacostia facility; Public housing faces huge shortfall; BRT for Arlington; Bad road gets worse; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get out of the bike lane
Drivers ignore cycle tracks; DDOT hall of shame; A pop-up ban?; Nobody votes for the mayor anymore; Taxi drivers sue city to stop impounding cars; Metro accomplishes safety recommendations; Whole Foods comes to H Street NE; Big change in China?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation innovation
Social media changing transportation habits; Millennials want diverse transit options; A future with less driving; Purple Line NIMBY?; Smoking banned in public facilities; How should CaBi expand?; DC revenue estimates go up; Shutdown weather forecast; See something, text something; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Education is still a civil rights battleground
Civil rights leaders address students: On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, civil rights leaders urged students at School Without Walls to continue fighting injustice, while DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan identified education as a civil right that has not yet been achieved for all. (Post)… Keep reading…