<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Lincoln Park Newsletter from Lincoln’s Substack</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:maryfarran@substack.com">maryfarran@substack.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 12:33 PM<br>Subject: RIP: LIZ LAYTON. PLUS, NEW DETAILS ON GUNMEN'S ROBBERY SPREE<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:jamesvgrimaldi@gmail.com">jamesvgrimaldi@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="font-kerning:auto"><img src="https://eotrx.substackcdn.com/open?token=eyJtIjoiPDIwMjQxMjA4MTczMzM0LjMuNDQ4YTgwZTE3NmE2MGQxMUBtZzIuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tPiIsInUiOjE3MzYzMjMxLCJyIjoiamFtZXN2Z3JpbWFsZGlAZ21haWwuY29tIiwiZCI6Im1nMi5zdWJzdGFjay5jb20iLCJwIjoxNTI3NzM0NDMsInQiOiJuZXdzbGV0dGVyIiwiYSI6ImV2ZXJ5b25lIiwicyI6MTgwMTE4MywiYyI6InBvc3QiLCJmIjp0cnVlLCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6InRvcCIsImlhdCI6MTczMzY3OTIxOCwiZXhwIjoxNzM2MjcxMjE4LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMCIsInN1YiI6ImVvIn0.3_4o4vZy93_n1UYDOmrg0gqgezBPMjjV5wpNhAC2Gq8" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; border-width: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><div style="display:none;font-size:1px;line-height:1px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(51,51,51)">HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the Lincoln Park Newsletter. Retired federal worker, Lincoln Park denizen dies. Plus, exclusive new information on the series of holdups on Capitol Hill</div><div style="display:none;font-size:1px;line-height:1px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(51,51,51)">͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­</div><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td></td><td width="550"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td width="550" align="left"><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin:0px auto"><table role="presentation" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td align="right" style="height:20px"><table role="presentation" width="auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="list-style:none;text-decoration:unset;margin:0px;font-family:"SF Pro Text",-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,Inter,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:13px!important;color:rgb(119,119,119)"><div style="list-style:none;text-align:right;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;text-decoration:unset;margin:0px;font-family:"SF Pro Text",-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,Inter,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";color:unset"><span style="list-style:none;text-decoration:unset;margin:0px;font-family:"SF Pro Text",-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,Inter,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";color:unset">Forwarded this email? <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9tYXJ5ZmFycmFuLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9zdWJzY3JpYmU_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249ZW1haWwtc3Vic2NyaWJlJnI9YWM1anombmV4dD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRm1hcnlmYXJyYW4uc3Vic3RhY2suY29tJTJGcCUyRnJpcC1saXotbGF5dG9uLXBsdXMtbmV3LWRldGFpbHMtb24iLCJwIjoxNTI3NzM0NDMsInMiOjE4MDExODMsImYiOnRydWUsInUiOjE3MzYzMjMxLCJpYXQiOjE3MzM2NzkyMTgsImV4cCI6MTczNjI3MTIxOCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTAiLCJzdWIiOiJsaW5rLXJlZGlyZWN0In0.83vBP_aULwzOgDrlPAfmTDKfEi0mC5uvo_G8KWowN10?" style="list-style:none;margin:0px;text-decoration:underline;fon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and maintained relations with libraries and other institutions and with book dealers in these parts of the world. She also selected materials to be added to collections and for entry into the library’s catalogs.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><span>She volunteered at </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/70410a19-4856-4d0c-be8b-29d6763aa6c3?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank">the National Herbarium</a><span>, where she </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/af4731c4-a292-4609-8d7d-6495c31be8bd?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank">translated descriptions</a><span> of Siberian horticultural specimens, acquired on exchange from the Siberian Academy of Sciences, from Russian into English. She entered this information into the </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/18af3226-73b0-421e-a762-d70beb366d35?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank">USDA’s database.</a></p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="441" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/47ad40fd-06e6-40d3-8e37-8ab8fcc82324?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="441" height="472" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_441,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F18f8f998-05bd-49ec-95ae-5eb892c3852f_441x472.jpeg" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>At St. Mark’s, Liz was a member of the Altar Guild, a verger (supervisor of altar servers), a participant in the women's class and worshipper at Morning Prayer. Photo from St. Mark’s.</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Liz also worked as a gardener in Fern Valley at the US National Arboretum, where she also volunteered in the Native Plant Collection, planting, weeding, pruning, mulching, whatever was needed to maintain the collection in good order.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">At the Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington, she helped people write resumes. Liz was quite the Renaissance woman. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor’s degree in applied science from the University of Kentucky with a specialty in Russian area studies. At Indiana University, she studied for a master’s in Russian and Czech language in literature.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">She taught tai chi to passersby in the park and had detailed knowledge in esoteric librarian materials. She often joked – but it was true – that she was an intern at the Folger Shakespeare Library.</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="906" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/d63069ba-9f4e-4116-b455-70b5e9bbca3d?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="577.317880794702" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1812,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1273683c-6ab4-4899-a9c8-c41903cbfbf6_906x951.png" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>LIZ ON FACEBOOK.</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Since 2013, she had assisted in the Rare Books division at the Folger by collating 17th century works published in Flanders for inclusion in the STCV, according to Liz’s Linkedin. (What on earth is the STCV? Well, as it has been explained to me, the SCTV is the Short Title Catalogue Flanders, a database that records the use of “u” in title words, even when modern orthography would replace the “v”; with “u”;. This is useful for studying 17th-century Flemish book titles.) V’s and u’s. Who knew?</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">At St. Mark’s Episcopal, she was a member of the altar guild. In 1984, Liz gave St. Mark’s a photograph of an icon of Our Lady of Tikhvin. The photo can be seen above the stone credence shelf to the right of the high altar. Liz donated it when the St. Mark’s Peace Committee was attempting to establish a relationship with a Russian Orthodox church in Moscow; the effort was not successful. </p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1276" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/6e820a7a-8ef8-4116-9f88-c4a9fa2001a8?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="567.2413793103449" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2552,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25cc4ecf-d8be-4395-9e94-dc2463e56f76_1276x1316.png" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>Notice sent out to St. Mark’s parishioners.</div><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><h4 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.125em;color:rgb(54,55,55)"> HANDS* DC Craft of Cairo Sale 2024</h4><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1456" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/53755c69-3a2c-4e65-9af6-1cfd20405416?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="314.66346153846155" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2db2866-2b0e-4705-b9e9-2586923d2a2d_2554x1462.png" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Today 1-5pm at St Marks, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/301+A+St+SE,+Washington,+DC+20003?entry=gmail&source=g">301 A St SE, Washington, DC 20003</a></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Items made by artisans at the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE), a job skills training program for women living and working in the garbage recycler’s community in Cairo. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The handicrafts are made from clean, recycled materials. All profits will support vocational training programs that train young Egyptians from economically critical backgrounds, so they can find meaningful employment and build themselves and their families a better future.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">*Hands Along the Nile Development Services, Inc</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="2449" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/977e25b0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t-decoration:underline;color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank">Krepp told Channel 9 news.</a></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Now, the Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in locating suspects and a vehicle involved in robbery offenses that occurred on Monday, December 2, 2024. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Here is a summary of the robberies from police reports and a news release:</p><ul style="margin-top:0px;padding:0px"><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The victims, residents of Byron, Michigan, report that they were attempting to enter their  vehicle when three men exited a gray sedan and approached them near F and 10th Streets NE.. The robbers were armed with dark-colored handguns and demanded the victims wallets and a purse that contained $600 in cash.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p></li><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">At 6:30 a.m., three crooks approached a victim as he was walking westbound on K Street NW, when one robber barked, “Give me your wallet.” </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The victim ignored the robber’s demand and kept walking when a second robber grabbed him and forced his hands into his left pocket for his wallet. The victim said he quickly reacted by grabbing the robber and pushing him away before all three suspects walked away in the opposite direction.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The victim said he continued his journey to his place of work and contacted his father about the robber. His father advised him to report the robbery to the police. Because he resisted the crooks, the victim did not lose any property in the attempted robbery.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p></li><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Lincoln Park area residents reported that while walking north on 14th St. SE, they turned left onto the 1300 block of East Capitol St. SE at the southwest corner. </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">As they passed the church, three men approached them from behind. One man, armed with a black semi-automatic handgun, pointed it at a victim’s head, demanding, "Give us your stuff! Give us your phone code!" The suspects patted down the victims, stealing two iPhone 14s.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The robbers then ordered the victims to walk west on East Capitol toward 13th St. and to "cross the street.”</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p></li><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The victim, a worker who resides in Virginia, reported that three men approached him while he was seated in his work vehicle on December 2 at 7 a.m. and took his wallet and cell phone while brandishing a black handgun, pointed it at him and searching his personal bag.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The three suspects fled the scene on foot traveling southbound on the 1800 block of Burke Street SE and into the left alley.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">While leaving his apartment at 7:30 a.m., a resident of I Street NE was approached by three robbers and placed in a chokehold, and was then punched and kicked in his head and hands. The robbers then stole his wallet and his phone before running to a small red vehicle that was double parked in the street. The victim found his phone a block away from the scene shortly thereafter.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p></li><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The victim reports that he was walking on the sidewalk in front of the 600 block of D Street NE when the robber approached him armed with a black semi-automatic handgun and stated "Give me your wallet and cellphone or I'll kill you!"</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The robber fled the scene on foot and dropped the cellphone, which was recovered by the victim near the event location.</p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p></li><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">A Capitol Hill resident said that while walking west in the 600 block of Constitution Ave NE, a maroon red, four-door Lexus sedan with unknown Maryland tags stopped suddenly. S-1 got out from the front passenger seat and displayed a black semi-automatic pistol. </p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The gunman said, "Give me everything," and the victim handed over a MacBook and other items, and the gunman and got back into the vehicle, which was last seen east in the 600 block of Constitution Ave NE.</p></li></ul><h1 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:2em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? WERE THEY LINKED TO THE ROBBERY SPREE ON MONDAY?</h1><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1200" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/47ed5438-b8eb-47a5-9699-68db8d2e3d95?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="966.6666666666666" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7513eda-ca18-4040-a451-9dc54ad102f7_396x696.png" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>Persons of interest who used stolen credit cards from a robbery on Monday, Dec. 2, to purchase items. Photo provided by MPD Press office.</div><h3 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.375em;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></h3><blockquote style="border-left-width:4px;border-left-style:solid;margin:20px 0px;padding:0px;border-left-color:rgb(0,194,255)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Three suspects are wanted in connection with seven armed robberies committed in Hill East over a two-hour span Monday morning.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><span>Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) are </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/fd49d754-3fb2-49c0-924e-a3ab2ea9af78?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank">asking for the community’s assistance</a><span> in locating suspects and a vehicle that are linked to the series of robberies that took place between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Dec. 2.</span></p></blockquote><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><h1 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:2em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Hill staffer among 12 people whom police say armed men targeted in seven attacks at the outset of the morning commute Monday.</h1><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1200" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/7834de07-c5b2-4d0a-bcfa-14bc194d01b1?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="185.85164835164835" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fccb86297-f389-45a5-b349-ec32ce28f7a7_1958x662.png" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>D.C. police are looking for this vehicle they believe was used in some of a series of robberies that occurred Monday in and around the Capitol Hill area. (D.C. police)</div><h6 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Excerpted from The Washington Post</h6><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><span>Among the victims of the crime spree was a congressional staffer from Texas robbed near Stanton Park as he walked to work,</span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/7834de07-c5b2-4d0a-bcfa-14bc194d01b1?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank"> The Washington Post reported.</a></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><span>Brayden Woods, 26, the legislative director for Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), is one of several staffers and members of Congress targeted in robberies or attacks in the District since early last year, when </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/24ad5962-975a-4afe-af7b-97555e0eeb35?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank">violent crime was spiking</a><span>.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Woods told the Post in a statement he thought he lived in a safe neighborhood “due to the proximity of the Capitol” and “never imagined I could become a victim of violent crime.”</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Woods thanked the police who responded to the attack but said “it’s clear that their hands are tied,” adding that he believes criminals are treated “too leniently” in D.C., ultimately leaving “victims to fend for themselves.”</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">He faulted city leaders for their handling of criminal justice issues and said he understood why many of his friends “have chosen to leave the District and move to Virginia.”</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="660" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/0f84bcde-c882-4712-b6a9-0523f9346f48?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="525" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1320,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc6c68117-4517-48be-9f75-bcbcf57fd21d_660x630.png" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>Suspects in the series of armed robberies as captured by surveillance cameras. Photo from MPD.</div><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">In a statement, Rep. Van Duyne said she is “outraged by Democrats’ soft-on-crime policies that continue to embolden criminals and endanger our communities.” The Texas Repulican called the attack a “painful reminder” of the harm inflicted by leftists who believe violent criminals are the real victims.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The robberies, some minutes apart, continued for the next hour and 45 minutes near Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill, on streets near Union Station, and in Hill East. In one robbery on East Capitol Street in Southeast, police said a man and woman were held up from behind at gunpoint in front of a church. One man pointed the gun at the man’s head and demanded, “Give us your stuff!” according to the police report, and patted down the victims while taking two Apple iPhones.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">In another robbery near Union Station, police said a man leaving his apartment was attacked and put in a chokehold, then punched and kicked in the head. Police said his wallet and phone were taken by men who ran to a red vehicle double parked a block away.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><span>Police said Woods, the congressional staffer, is believed to be the last victim in the series of robberies. A police report says he was walking west along the 600 block of Constitution Avenue NE, when a man armed with a black semiautomatic handgun got out of a red four-door sedan with Maryland license plates</span><strong> </strong><span>and confronted him.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">“Give me everything,” he said, according to the police report, taking a wallet, tablet and MacBook computer. Woods said most of the items were found by police using tracking devices and that his iPad was found by a random bystander. His MacBook remains missing.</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><h1 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:2em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">TOMMY RESPONDS TO LETTER TO THE EDITOR: SCHERZER, DON’T BE A HATER.</h1><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="2654" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/3f75ab74-40c8-4ca5-9245-5722ada91991?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="479.74755086661645" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_5308,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdc1b0c6a-4f97-4e77-84fa-3e1f013c04a5_2654x2315.jpeg" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Dear Scherzer, </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">I read your letter to the editor and it’s not cool, man. You need to chill out. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">I can’t believe you’re working for the man, now, and ratting me out to the fuzz. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">There is plenty of chow for everyone from the lady on the bench. Don’t flip your wig. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">You need to make love, not war. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">You even made fun of my threads. My auntie gave me that Mexican hoodie. She put out a lot of dough for those threads. Everyone I know digs my hoodie and they think it’s far out. </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Life is a journey, not a destination. There is freedom waiting for you in the breezes of the sky and you ask, what if I fall? Oh but my darling, what if you fly?</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Don’t be a hater. Love is all you need. Keep on truckin’ and let your freak flag fly!</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Peace out, </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Tommy Woodward </p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="720" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/7b6ebcbe-c86e-45cd-8472-57bd25ac0598?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="1324.5833333333333" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4dd66b41-a13a-4526-aba9-cd910cc30565_720x1734.jpeg" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><h1 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:2em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">TREES, TREES, TREES</h1><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1542" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/086ecc40-5caf-4957-b6e9-362e1a8eb694?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="531.4526588845655" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_3084,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d4492ab-2627-49cb-917d-1374f35a03b7_1542x1490.jpeg" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h1 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:2em;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><strong style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/b2964844-1e52-4889-aacf-7ed56e58480d?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank">Capitol Hill Scouts Christmas Trees, Wreaths & Tabletop Trees</a><span style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""> </span></strong></h1><h4 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.125em;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><strong style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><span style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/212+East+Capitol+St?entry=gmail&source=g" style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">212 East Capitol St</a>., </span><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/dfbfec7d-f1f1-4d8e-9f59-b8e3c745b635?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank">Lutheran Church of the Reformation</a></strong><span style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">, </span><strong style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">through today, Sunday, Dec. 8</strong></h4><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Today is the last day for the annual Pack 230 and Scout Troop 500 Christmas Tree and Wreath Fundraiser and Coat Drive, a Capitol Hill tradition.</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1456" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/050a6f34-5d8c-4c48-abb1-3bb0781b5c93?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="463.4958791208791" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2f24a6a-fe5f-4e54-9cfe-187806b29e34_1682x1418.png" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.375em;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><strong style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">Brent tree sale today</strong></h3><h3 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.375em;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><strong style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">This year's sale features:</strong></h3><ul style="margin-top:0px;padding:0px"><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Beautiful Fraser Fir trees from 3' - 10'</p></li><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Wreaths, roping, poinsettias, winterberry, Hanukkah items and more!</p></li><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Delivery service including Capitol Hill and Navy Yard 12/7 and 12/8 9am-5pm</p></li><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Optional In Home Setup</p></li><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">And a special visit from Santa himself!</p></li></ul><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><span>For more information about tree delivery, please click </span><strong><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/cf10779f-4ece-472b-84f4-0de8bdebf34b?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank">here</a></strong><span>.</span></p><h5 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><strong style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">Brent Elementary </strong><span style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol""><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/301+North+Carolina+Ave.+SE?entry=gmail&source=g" style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">301 North Carolina Ave. SE</a></span></h5><ul style="margin-top:0px;padding:0px"><li style="margin:8px 0px 0px 32px"><p style="line-height:26px;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Today, Sunday, Dec. 8th, 9am - 5pm</p></li></ul><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><h1 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:2em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Robert O’Harrow Jr., investigative veteran at The Washington Post, dies at 64</h1><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1456" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/5b174dff-83a1-40cf-8b3f-1a29dd3948d5?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="374.72527472527474" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7e3daba1-e803-4893-84ee-29ed0fbef073_1858x1266.png" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.375em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Mr. O’Harrow’s wide-ranging work included groundbreaking investigations into digital privacy and surveillance.</h3><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><span>The award-winning former Washington Post reporter Robert O’Harrow Jr. died on Friday. The cause was cancer. He was 64.</span><br><br><span>Robert was a force of nature, a two-time Pulitzer finalist and contributor to a 2017 Post Pulitzer. While he left full-time work for the Post about three years ago, he remained a contract writer for the Post. </span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><span>Robert was an indefatigable, obsessive reporter, a compulsive fact-checker, a relentless digger and masterful investigative journalist. </span><br><br><span>Obit here <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/12/07/robert-oharrow-post-investigative-dies/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/12/07/robert-oharrow-post-investigative-dies/</a> </span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">- - - - -</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><h4 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.125em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Here’s the urn map</h4><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)">As winter approaches, you will be hearing from the National Park Service as they ask you to fill out your annual paperwork.</p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1456" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/abc946cc-3514-468f-ba63-efbdf71052f7?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="550" height="412.12225274725273" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_2912,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92eaca24-5a38-47e7-898f-098a3db68ad2_2176x1630.png" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/69944c22-4616-4fb2-afb0-da418f9f46ce?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" rel="" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(54,55,55)" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1VAZgfCet1HjsOZBS8_WRa9vYzJILYqlRLcaXCnOL7Lw/edit?usp=sharing</a></p><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="536" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/77444435-2cfc-46da-b247-024e770cfdd7?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="536" height="808" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_536,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2347b84f-912f-41e0-b99c-6b82928c473e_536x808.png" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table>Peter Rothschild, pictured here, is  encouraging everyone to get into the spirit of the season. </div><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px"><hr style="margin:32px 0px;padding:0px;height:1px;background:repeat rgb(230,230,230);border:medium"></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"></p><h4 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.125em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">The Fine Print </h4><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center"></td><td align="left" width="1080" style="text-align:center"><a rel="" href="https://substack.com/redirect/e9ee49a0-8a80-4756-b686-a846ee5cf724?j=eyJ1IjoiYWM1anoifQ.A72WKS7m9CBG6g6f0Dw5OflmI__R_nJrRolqBnT9ACM" style="padding:0px;width:auto;height:auto;border:medium;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px" target="_blank"><img alt="Classified page 5 newspaper selective focus photography" title="Classified page 5 newspaper selective focus photography" width="550" height="366.6666666666667" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1504711331083-9c895941bf81?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxjbGFzc2lmaWVkc3xlbnwwfHx8fDE2ODkyOTcxNzJ8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; border-width: medium !important; border-style: none !important; border-image: none !important; width: auto !important; max-width: 100% !important; border-color: currentcolor;"></a></td><td style="text-align:center"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><em>Copyright © *2022* *Friends of Capitol Hill Parks, All rights reserved.</em><br><span>PLANTS People Living Actively Near Their Site *</span><br><span>We are dog-friendly, plant-friendly, tree-friendly, eco-friendly, NPS-friendly and just generally friendly (most of the time.) </span><br><span>THE BEST NEWSLETTER SERVING LINCOLN PARK</span><br><span>*People Living Actively Near Their Site *</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><span>All subscribers to the Lincoln Park Newsletter become automatic members of </span><br><span>FRIENDS OF CAPITOL HILL PARKS, the largest volunteer charitable organization serving Lincoln Park, Washington, DC, Mary Farran, president, chairwoman, CEO and Lincoln Park mayor-for-life. </span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><span>If you do not want to be a free member of FRIENDS OF CAPITOL HILL PARKS, you can resign and subscribe to the newsletter and be a non-member subscriber by signing up for a very expensive, exclusive, premium over-priced pay subscription. Dogecoin is no longer accepted since it is part of an illegal global scheme linked to the richest man in the world. </span><br><br><em>Through consultation with NPS, PLANTS volunteers will purchase and install plants, which will also include aromatics. </em></p><h4 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.125em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Tommy Woodward is executive editor. </h4><h4 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.125em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Gracie Mills is managing editor.</h4><h4 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.125em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Helen Betts edited this report with one arm. </h4><h4 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.125em;color:rgb(54,55,55)">Queenie is back from the disabled list.</h4><h4 style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0px 0.625em;line-height:1.16em;font-size:1.125em;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><em style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">Send your comments to <a href="mailto:friendsofcapitolhillparks@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:"SF Pro Display",-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol"">friendsofcapitolhillparks@gmail.com</a></em></h4><div style="font-size:16px;line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0px"><div style="font-size:16px;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";line-height:1.5;max-width:560px;margin:24px auto;display:block;text-align:center;padding:0px 32px;direction:ltr!important;color:rgb(54,55,55)"><div style="margin-top:16px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:18px;max-width:384px;width:fit-content;line-height:22px;display:flex;text-align:center;font-weight:400;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;line-height:26px;font-size:16px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";color:rgb(54,55,55)">Thanks for reading L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