Tenleytown Businesses, Residences Priority for DC Security Camera Program
The Private Security Camera Incentive Program offers rebates for exterior security cameras as part of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Safer, Stronger DC initiative.
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ANC 3E Meets Tonight, Major Development Projects on Agenda
ANC 3E will hear plans for former Superfresh site and an update on Georgetown Day School’s campus expansion and mixed-use commercial project.
Read moreAugust Crime Report: Crime Rates Fall Across Second District
Despite rising crime rates across Washington, D.C., overall crime in the Second Police District decreased in August, with declines in nearly all police service areas. Property crime in the greater Tenleytown area fell by 45% this month.
Read moreMay Crime Report: Tips for Securing Your Home
Overall property crime is up in AU Park, Friendship Heights, and Tenleytown this month, increasing 71 percent compared to April. The rise is driven mostly by car break-ins in residential areas and retail thefts in the Wisconsin Avenue commercial corridor, according to MPD Second District Commander Melvin Gresham.
Read moreANC Meets Tonight, Key Issues on Agenda
The Tenleytown Advisory Neighborhood Commission is known for packing its agendas and monthly meetings that stretch into the witching hour. The April session, taking place tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in Friendship Heights, is no exception. So brew up some coffee, grab that can of Mountain Dew, and pack your pockets with Easter candy – it’s going
Read moreTenley View Project, PEPCO Merger on Tonight’s ANC Agenda
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 3E rings in the new year with its first meeting of 2015 tonight at 7:30 p.m. The meeting also marks the start of a new two-year term, with incumbents Jonathan Bender and Tom Quinn returning to the commission and newly elected representatives Anne Wallace, Amy Hall, and Jonathan McHugh taking their seats for the first time. Commission officers
Read moreCrime Down in Tenleytown; Car Thefts Spike in 2nd Police District
Crime in the AU Park, Tenleytown, and Friendship Heights area declined over the last month, even as rates increased across the 2nd Police District as a whole.
Read moreBurglaries Up 39% in Tenleytown Area
A recent spate of burglaries in the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District, which encompasses most of Washington, D.C.’s northwest quadrant, has residents understandably concerned. This past Tuesday, September 7, 11 burglaries were reported in a single 24-hour period in the Second District, including two in our own neighborhood on Butterworth Place. At a September 24 meeting, Commander Michael Reese reported
Read moreAugust Crime Report
Through the quick action of a school resource officer the perpetrator of a sexual assault against a juvenile in Tenleytown was apprehended late last week. While burglaries, thefts, and thefts from autos remained the most prevalent crimes across the Second District (MPD 2D) and the Tenleytown area.
Read moreNeighborhood Watch Update: Overall Crime Down, But Burglaries Up
by Jon Bender Neighborhood Watch Director, PSA 202; Vice Chair, Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 3E After a long hiatus, the Neighborhood Watch Update for Police Service Area 202 (AU Park, Friendship Heights, Tenleytown) is back with a good news/bad news edition. Compared to the same period in 2013, violent crime has declined for the period March to August, as has
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