Dancers at the 2011 St. Patrick’s Day Parade. (tedeytan in the Borderstan flickr pool)
There are street closings on Sunday, March 17, for the Shaw’s Tavern St. Patrick’s Day Neighborhood Festival and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Festival: According to DC Alerts, the 1800 block of 6th Street NW (6th Street between Florida Avenue and S Street) will be closed from 8 am to 4 pm for the Shaw’s Tavern Festival.
Parade: For the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the parade will form on the National Mall and proceed westbound on Constitution Avenue NW from 7th Street to 17th Street NW, where it will disband. 7th Street will be closed between Constitution Avenue NW and Independence Avenue SW from approximately 9 am to 3 pm. Streets leading to Constitution Avenue NW will be closed during this time period.
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Received this alert from the MPD. There was a robbery just after midnight last night (Tuesday morning, technically). The crime occured on the 1300-block of Corcoran Street NW and the suspects left the scene by car.
Police Alert-Robbery Hold Up. ROBBERY HOLD UP _0024HOURS_1323 CORCORAN ST NW_ LOF 4 BM’S ALL DARK COMPLX LS IN CHARCOAL SUV LS SB ON 13TH ST DO NOT TAKE ACTION CALL 911 W/EVENT# 002-341. Sent on: 01/06 00:52
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