The RPD lit up the 1200 block of 24th Street tonight for several hours with a truly honkin’ spotlight in an attempt to disrupt crime. In addition, officers were out in force tonight meeting and greeting residents in the area of the Fairmount neighborhood bounded by Q, 22nd, and 24th Streets and Fairmount Avenue.
Style Weekly has a nice article about 25th Street’s newest business, Pets at Play.
Calvin Morgan yesterday pled guilty to the murder of Billy Graham back in May. Also yesterday, Brian O. Smith, a resident of the 2200 block of Fairmount Avenue and one of two defendants in the Jan. 23 shooting death of a man in Creighton Court, was convicted of second-degree murder.
A fatal stabbing this morning became the area’s first killing since early August, breaking a 2-month quiet spell.
Style Weekly has an article about Jumpin’ J’s Java. “Now, after 14 months, Jumpin J’s Java & General Store is the social nexus of this north Church Hill neighborhood, a landmark at the once-blighted intersection of Jefferson and Leigh streets.”
Style Weekly has a nice little blurb about this Saturday’s High on the Hog.
520 North 31st Street, located at the corner of North 31st & Leigh streets, is in jeopardy of being torn down. The owner has applied for a demolition permit for the building but will not demolish the building if someone is interested in renovating it.
The prominent eyesore on the 600 block of 24th street has been opened up and cleaned up. Is something good in the works?
Local food blog Brandon Eats has a nice piece about the weekend’s Italian Festival.
We’ve made some (hopefully useful) updates to the East End/Church Hill Crime Map.
