Tag: personalities

“Doc” Payne, 83, passed away Sunday, July 2.  He was a fixture outside of Peregrine Espresso near Eastern Market for years – soliciting change...

Historic Congressional Cemetery (HCC) has a new President. After a national search, the board of the Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery selected...

Eastern Market Main Street (EMMS) will shortly begin looking for new leadership. Current Executive Director (ED) Charles McCaffrey announced that he would step down...

There’s nothing quite like the Eastern Market and street fair on a sunny weekend day, where stalls sell anything from antique prints to RBG...

The Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church (CHPC, 201 Fourth St. SE) welcomes Rev. Rachel Landers Vaagenes (pronounced: VA-Guiness) as the new Pastor. She will preach...

Barbara (Scotti) Riehle, a long-time Capitol Hill resident, died on April 18 at George Washington University Hospital. She was 65.  With Barbara’s passing, Capitol...

Ray Steele, a 54-year Capitol Hill resident, died on February 4th.  He was 78 years old. Steele was born, raised and attended school in Phil...

After a 15-month search delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, in August the Rev. John Kellogg was called by the congregation to lead Christ Church...

You probably saw him around the Hill, peddling a bicycle with an enormous black box on the front, a box from which he would...