Forest Hills Connection
@foresthillsconnect.bsky.social
At foresthillsconnection.com, covering news and life in the Forest Hills, Van Ness, North Cleveland Park and Wakefield neighborhoods of the District of Columbia. Plus, the occasional foray into Cleveland Park, Tenleytown and Chevy Chase.
Forest Hills DC history: More physicists next door
buff.ly/ugpEwvj
buff.ly/ugpEwvj
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Forest Hills DC history: More physicists next door
buff.ly/ugpEwvj
buff.ly/ugpEwvj
Do something good for Rock Creek Park (and for yourself) at upcoming invasive plant removal events
buff.ly/Dmyg59a
buff.ly/Dmyg59a
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Do something good for Rock Creek Park (and for yourself) at upcoming invasive plant removal events
buff.ly/Dmyg59a
buff.ly/Dmyg59a
Leaf collection has begun, but you don't have to rake. Put the leaves to work in your yard and garden instead.
buff.ly/M0Typft
buff.ly/M0Typft
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Leaf collection has begun, but you don't have to rake. Put the leaves to work in your yard and garden instead.
buff.ly/M0Typft
buff.ly/M0Typft
Neighborhood in the News: More charges in child’s Connecticut House death; The ‘Gray Resistance;’ Broad Branch flooding don’ts
buff.ly/LEjKxn4
buff.ly/LEjKxn4
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Neighborhood in the News: More charges in child’s Connecticut House death; The ‘Gray Resistance;’ Broad Branch flooding don’ts
buff.ly/LEjKxn4
buff.ly/LEjKxn4
Backyard Nature: A 'toothy' frog
buff.ly/MCHVEo8
buff.ly/MCHVEo8
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Backyard Nature: A 'toothy' frog
buff.ly/MCHVEo8
buff.ly/MCHVEo8
Backyard Nature: A hiker's pain is the squirrels' gain as slippery acorns drop in large numbers
buff.ly/JHepwkH
buff.ly/JHepwkH
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Backyard Nature: A hiker's pain is the squirrels' gain as slippery acorns drop in large numbers
buff.ly/JHepwkH
buff.ly/JHepwkH
Meet Your Neighbors: 'People-Centered Architecture' and pedestrian-centered railroad infrastructure
buff.ly/uYIkW8S
buff.ly/uYIkW8S
October 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Meet Your Neighbors: 'People-Centered Architecture' and pedestrian-centered railroad infrastructure
buff.ly/uYIkW8S
buff.ly/uYIkW8S
A 'significant milestone' in DC Water's Soapstone sewer project, but completion is still weeks away.
buff.ly/WyDGuyo
buff.ly/WyDGuyo
October 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A 'significant milestone' in DC Water's Soapstone sewer project, but completion is still weeks away.
buff.ly/WyDGuyo
buff.ly/WyDGuyo
Food, face painting, line dancing and more: The complete events and vendors lineup for Saturday’s ‘Celebrate Van Ness Main Street’ event
buff.ly/Lf1YaBD
buff.ly/Lf1YaBD
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Food, face painting, line dancing and more: The complete events and vendors lineup for Saturday’s ‘Celebrate Van Ness Main Street’ event
buff.ly/Lf1YaBD
buff.ly/Lf1YaBD
New, but also not: On Tuesday, October 14th, ANC 3F will hold its first in-person/virtual hybrid meeting since February 2020.
buff.ly/4c2XJ0W
buff.ly/4c2XJ0W
October 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New, but also not: On Tuesday, October 14th, ANC 3F will hold its first in-person/virtual hybrid meeting since February 2020.
buff.ly/4c2XJ0W
buff.ly/4c2XJ0W
Neighbors are organizing an Oct. 18 No Kings II demonstration along Connecticut Avenue.
📸 A June demonstration outside of the UDC Student Center.
buff.ly/UlJ66oN
📸 A June demonstration outside of the UDC Student Center.
buff.ly/UlJ66oN
October 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Neighbors are organizing an Oct. 18 No Kings II demonstration along Connecticut Avenue.
📸 A June demonstration outside of the UDC Student Center.
buff.ly/UlJ66oN
📸 A June demonstration outside of the UDC Student Center.
buff.ly/UlJ66oN
Because we need joy. We need community. And most of these events are all-ages and free: Spooky Movie Nights, 'Celebrate VNMS,' pollinator plantings, Halloween events.
buff.ly/pCNvMCu
buff.ly/pCNvMCu
October 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Because we need joy. We need community. And most of these events are all-ages and free: Spooky Movie Nights, 'Celebrate VNMS,' pollinator plantings, Halloween events.
buff.ly/pCNvMCu
buff.ly/pCNvMCu
Still need your covid and flu shots? CVS is welcoming walk-ins without prescriptions.
buff.ly/96SpQuu
📸Van Ness CVS in 2021
buff.ly/96SpQuu
📸Van Ness CVS in 2021
September 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Still need your covid and flu shots? CVS is welcoming walk-ins without prescriptions.
buff.ly/96SpQuu
📸Van Ness CVS in 2021
buff.ly/96SpQuu
📸Van Ness CVS in 2021
Community service and cool jazz: A day at Forest Hills Park
buff.ly/IS3dBTf
buff.ly/IS3dBTf
September 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Community service and cool jazz: A day at Forest Hills Park
buff.ly/IS3dBTf
buff.ly/IS3dBTf
This Sunday is Sun Day, a chance to learn about harnessing solar power at home. Even if your home is an apartment.
buff.ly/gmerVIv
buff.ly/gmerVIv
September 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This Sunday is Sun Day, a chance to learn about harnessing solar power at home. Even if your home is an apartment.
buff.ly/gmerVIv
buff.ly/gmerVIv
ANC 3F September 16 agenda: No Soapstone sewer update (!); Reno Road crossings, DC Home Rule
buff.ly/ZaeEab0
buff.ly/ZaeEab0
September 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
ANC 3F September 16 agenda: No Soapstone sewer update (!); Reno Road crossings, DC Home Rule
buff.ly/ZaeEab0
buff.ly/ZaeEab0
Opinion: Angry and discouraged about... everything? A walk might help.
buff.ly/xp4L0JR
buff.ly/xp4L0JR
September 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Opinion: Angry and discouraged about... everything? A walk might help.
buff.ly/xp4L0JR
buff.ly/xp4L0JR
September in the Neighborhood: A big day out on our Main Street; Levine's Community Sing; Picnic at Peirce Mill
buff.ly/UOtcBSs
buff.ly/UOtcBSs
August 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
September in the Neighborhood: A big day out on our Main Street; Levine's Community Sing; Picnic at Peirce Mill
buff.ly/UOtcBSs
buff.ly/UOtcBSs
Backyard Nature: This pollinator-friendly plant has been blooming all summer long
buff.ly/ecz8B5z
buff.ly/ecz8B5z
August 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Backyard Nature: This pollinator-friendly plant has been blooming all summer long
buff.ly/ecz8B5z
buff.ly/ecz8B5z
Learn to square dance at Peirce Mill on Aug. 23, and other historic mill updates
📸 Friends of Peirce Mill
www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/learn-t...
📸 Friends of Peirce Mill
www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/learn-t...
August 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Learn to square dance at Peirce Mill on Aug. 23, and other historic mill updates
📸 Friends of Peirce Mill
www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/learn-t...
📸 Friends of Peirce Mill
www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/learn-t...
Closing the gaps: New sidewalks for Davenport and nearby streets
buff.ly/IYORQFO
buff.ly/IYORQFO
August 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Closing the gaps: New sidewalks for Davenport and nearby streets
buff.ly/IYORQFO
buff.ly/IYORQFO
In Forest Hills Connection's August newsletter: Small businesses need us. Kiss and Ride is history. Sidewalk gaps are being filled in. And a semi-famous local turtle leaves his wild and carefree 20s behind (to begin his wild and carefree 30s). mailchi.mp/b80981630c74...
August 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In Forest Hills Connection's August newsletter: Small businesses need us. Kiss and Ride is history. Sidewalk gaps are being filled in. And a semi-famous local turtle leaves his wild and carefree 20s behind (to begin his wild and carefree 30s). mailchi.mp/b80981630c74...
Business in Brief: Small businesses need us right now; Calvert Woodley block party Aug. 24; P&P’s ‘Opus’
www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/busines...
www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/busines...
August 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Business in Brief: Small businesses need us right now; Calvert Woodley block party Aug. 24; P&P’s ‘Opus’
www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/busines...
www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/busines...
Goodbye Van Ness Kiss and Ride, and a few other WMATA Better Bus updates
buff.ly/SKoWIJP
buff.ly/SKoWIJP
August 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Goodbye Van Ness Kiss and Ride, and a few other WMATA Better Bus updates
buff.ly/SKoWIJP
buff.ly/SKoWIJP
Backyard Nature: A hot nightspot for the amphibian set is missing some voices
buff.ly/NTAlXUE
buff.ly/NTAlXUE
August 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Backyard Nature: A hot nightspot for the amphibian set is missing some voices
buff.ly/NTAlXUE
buff.ly/NTAlXUE