Photo by Salem (MA) Public Library on Flickr.

Metro closes @metroopensdoors

Metro will retire its Twitter account @metroopensdoors and begin using @WMATA, which it recently acquired. (TBD)  

Elections chief quits

Rokey Suleman resigned as director of the District Board of Elections and Ethics. Paul Stenbjorn will serve as interim director and the board still lacks a minority party member. (DCist)  

Wells calls for Thomas to resign

Tommy Wells joined David Catania and Mary Cheh in calling for Harry Thomas, Jr. to resign from the DC council. Kwame Brown also made a vague statement, but stopped short of calling for resignation. (Fox5, City Paper)  

Hope for the Anacostia?

A federal judge ruled that the EPA needs to develop better standards to clean up the Anacostia River. The judge ruled that current standards don’t actually make the river safe for use. (Post)  

Montgomery approves first charter school

Montgomery County approved the first charter school in the county, a Montessori-based elementary school. The school will select students through a lottery but will market to low-income families. (Post)  

No free parking on commercial street

A resident of Brookland complains that it’s harder to find free parking along 12th Street NE. DDOT’s John Lisle says the street is a commercial corridor for the neighborhood. (Post, Geoff H.)  (Tip: Geoff H.)  

We don’t spend a lot on gas

Washington residents spend the 3rd least on gas out of 50 cities Mint.com analyzed, behind only New York and Brooklyn. People in San Jose, CA spend the most, combining high gas prices and prolific driving. (Bossi)  

A look inside Metro

WMATA board member Mary Hynes from Arlington County tried Metro’s bus simulator to see what it’s like to operate a Metrobus (Sun Gazette, jnb) … Meet Alice Riley, the voice of Metro station announcements. (TBD)  (Tip: jnb)  

And…

Arlington County police want language help from residents to investigate crimes. (NBC Washington) … Prince George’s is preparing for a special election to fill Leslie Johnson’s seat. (NBC Washington) … A house in Columbia Heights sold for $1.4 million, the highest ever for the neighborhood. (Urban Turf) … Alexandria mayor created a citizen stakeholder group to discuss waterfront rezoning. (Alexandria Times)