Petula Dvorak

Articles by Petula Dvorak

Petula Dvorak: Frustrations of married women trying to get IDs at DMV (November 6, 2009)

ID issues with DMV will leave Virginia voter sitting home (November 3, 2009)

Halloween gives button-down D.C. one-day permit to wig out (October 30, 2009)

Behind mall's Cinnabon aroma, retail desperation in the air (October 27, 2009)

Worried parents stalk the elusive swine flu vaccine (October 23, 2009)

Foster-child project recasts concept of 'family' (October 20, 2009)

Columnist Petula Dvorak: A Messy Life, With a House to Match (October 16, 2009)

Dress for Success Mends Social Fabric With Donated Garments (October 13, 2009)

Mother Bears Scars of Grief in a Limelight She Never Wanted (October 9, 2009)

D.C. Homeless Brace for Budget Cuts to Services (October 6, 2009)

One Little Face Could Put an End to Texting While Driving (October 2, 2009)

Some Folks Work the Plan -- and Plan the Adventures (September 29, 2009)

Columnist Petula Dvorak on Secrets Of Masonic Wives Revealed (September 25, 2009)

Crowd Counts Are a Game Nobody Wins (September 22, 2009)

For Couples and Neighbors, They're Your No. 1 Friend in the No. 2 Business (September 17, 2009)

Columnist Petula Dvorak: Issues of Race Deserve an Honest Airing (September 15, 2009)

D.C. Homeless Men Take Path to Serenity, One Yoga Lesson at a Time (September 11, 2009)

Should I Just Bubble-Wrap My Tiny Athletes? (September 8, 2009)

Columnist Petula Dvorak: Reality Makes D.C. Gay Marriage Debate Obsolete (September 4, 2009)

Columnist Petula Dvorak on Jaycee Lee Dugard's Kidnapping (September 1, 2009)

Petula Dvorak: Mom Was a Trendsetter on Recycling, if Not Shoes (August 28, 2009)

Petula Dvorak: For Abused Children, Summer Is No Vacation (August 25, 2009)

Metro Crash Victims a Cross Section of the Capital Area (June 24, 2009)

Eastern Market Prepares to Reopen in Original Location (June 21, 2009)

Homeless Woman Who Died Outside D.C. Shelter 'Got Failed by the System' (June 18, 2009)

Leaving the Job and All Its Baggage (June 9, 2009)

Trapeze School Comes to Washington, D.C. (June 4, 2009)

A Growing Buzz Surrounds the Increasing Number of Capital Beekeepers (June 3, 2009)

Lack of Oxygen in Water Suspected After Most of National Zoo's Stingrays Die (May 28, 2009)

Job Seeker Hawks His Rsum at Metro Stations (May 21, 2009)

NW Store Posts Surveillance Video Online After Group Robbery (May 20, 2009)

Boats Line Up for D.C. Waterfront's Annual Talisman for Smooth Sailing (May 18, 2009)

Treasured Loeb's Perfect N.Y. Deli in District Set to Celebrate 50th Anniversary (May 5, 2009)

D.C. Couple Come Forward to Claim $142 Million Powerball Jackpot (May 1, 2009)

$144 Million Powerball Winner Advised to Pursue Lawyers Before Luxury (April 26, 2009)

Runners Complete 200-Mile Relay to Washington (April 26, 2009)

Mystery Winner Spurs New Contest (April 15, 2009)

Obamas Host Their First Easter Egg Roll, With a Springy New Twist: Exercise (April 14, 2009)

Obamas Host Easter Egg Roll on White House Lawn (April 13, 2009)

$144 Million Ticket Sold at D.C. Supermarket (April 10, 2009)

Banita Jacks Case: Lots of Blame to Go Around in D.C. Girls' Deaths, Report Says (April 3, 2009)

Big Share of GSA Stimulus Funding to Stay in D.C. (April 2, 2009)

Cherry Blossom Festival Draws Large Crowds on Opening Weekend (March 30, 2009)

D.C. Homeless People Use Cellphones, Blogs and E-Mail to Stay on Top of Things (March 23, 2009)

Residents Still Displaced a Year After D.C. Apartment Fire (March 13, 2009)

NW Home of Activist Made Historic Site (February 27, 2009)

Wanted: Bad News. Will Pay Cash. (February 26, 2009)

Taking an Audacious Step for Peace (February 19, 2009)

CFSA Is 'Not Ready,' Judge Says (February 7, 2009)

Masked Intruders Roaming The White House Grounds (February 6, 2009)

Increase Seen in Attacks on Homeless (February 5, 2009)

Contempt Charge Leveled in CFSA Suit (January 30, 2009)

Renovation Funds Cut From Stimulus Bill (January 29, 2009)

D.C. Faces Contempt Hearing in Stalemate With CFSA Monitor (January 28, 2009)

Workers Mourn Death of Former Agency Director (January 27, 2009)

Silver Spring, D.C. Fires Cause Injuries, Extreme Damage (January 27, 2009)

The Trash Was Historic, Too (January 22, 2009)

Where to Go, How to Get There and What to Expect (January 19, 2009)

'Label Your Kids' Among Tips Suggested by Swearing-In Vets (January 18, 2009)

Finding Havens for the Homeless (January 15, 2009)

Fatally Beaten Homeless Man Lives On in the Songs He Sang (January 10, 2009)

Child Deaths Led to Excessive Foster Care Placements, Critics Say (January 8, 2009)

Child Neglect Cases Multiply As Economic Woes Spread (December 29, 2008)

Big Backlog of Abuse, Neglect Cases Is Cut (December 19, 2008)

Holiday Cheer? Not Here. (December 18, 2008)

Lung Cancer Patients Begin to Get Support, Not Reproach (December 16, 2008)

Living Right, Taken Out by a Bullet (December 12, 2008)

Licensing Rule Change Eases Hiring (November 25, 2008)

For Teen's Adoption Dream, It's Never Too Late (November 15, 2008)

Newspapers Sell Like Hotcakes as People Seek Mementos (November 6, 2008)

D.C. Agency For Children Cuts Backlog Of Cases (November 6, 2008)

Disabled Man Died Before Needed D.C. Aid Arrived (October 22, 2008)

Adoption Subsidies Get Little Oversight (October 9, 2008)

Agency Agreement Eases Threat of Receivership (October 7, 2008)

Shopping On eBay As Girls Lay Dead (October 3, 2008)

Girls Might Have Been Dead More Than a Year, Police Say (October 1, 2008)

Woman Met Adoption Requirements, D.C. Officials Say (September 30, 2008)

Md. Mother Jailed After Bodies Of 2 Children Found in Freezer (September 30, 2008)

Powdery, Alarming Letter Spurs Quarantine (September 26, 2008)

Summertime, And Armed Robbers Made People Uneasy (September 25, 2008)

Report Faults District's HIV/AIDS Awareness (September 24, 2008)

The Well-Heeled Find a Surprisingly Good Fit at Goodwill (September 20, 2008)

Court Gives Troubled Child Agency 2 Weeks to Form Plan (September 18, 2008)

Polar Bears' Plight Doesn't Play With Bomb Squad (September 17, 2008)

Newly Minted Club Worries Neighbors (September 15, 2008)

Voters May Have Case Of Election Fatigue (September 11, 2008)

Reinstate 3 Social Workers, D.C. Told (September 6, 2008)

D.C. Records Increase in Registered Voters (September 4, 2008)

Baby Boy Is Fatally Shot, Father Injured in Suitland (September 4, 2008)

Money Shifted to Backlogged Child Agency (September 1, 2008)

For Most Local Politicians, There's One Place Called Home (August 23, 2008)

Fear Not, Fireworks Fans: The Shows Will Go On (June 22, 2008)

Power Failure Causes Havoc Downtown (June 14, 2008)

Homeless Make Themselves Visible (June 6, 2008)

D.C. Social Workers Remove More Kids (June 3, 2008)

Adoring Fans, Incognito Celebs Revel in Spelling's Super Bowl (May 31, 2008)

Teens Charged in Robbery Attempt (May 21, 2008)

Burst Pipes Cut Off Service in Southeast (May 7, 2008)

Palfrey Described 'Exit Strategy' (May 6, 2008)

Grooving and Moving With Hip-High Hipsters (May 5, 2008)

Agency Reopens Six Abuse Cases (May 3, 2008)

Brightness Outside, Darkened Moods Inside (May 1, 2008)

Shooting at Vocational School Hurts 2 (April 30, 2008)

Cab Switch To Meters Is Tied Up (April 19, 2008)

D.C.'s Puny Peak Enough to Pump Up 'Highpointers' (April 18, 2008)

First Reactions Run From 'Awesome' To 'Expensive' (April 12, 2008)

Audit Faults City Agency On Monitoring Contracts (April 10, 2008)

On the Other Tightrope (April 3, 2008)

Surge in Caseload Has Put Agency in 'Crisis,' Court Told (April 2, 2008)

D.C. Residents Wait In Stadium's Shadow (March 31, 2008)

City Tries to Cut Down on Unnecessary Ambulance Calls (March 29, 2008)

New Ideas for Blossoms' Bottleneck (March 24, 2008)

Now All the City Needs Is a Pied Piper (March 20, 2008)

Demonstrators Mark 5 Years of War With Protests Across District (March 19, 2008)

Damage to Apartments, Church Put at $20 Million (March 18, 2008)

Fire Clues Still Inaccessible (March 15, 2008)

D.C. Blaze Displaces Nearly 200 (March 14, 2008)

Gunfire Incidents in Shaw Rattle Residents, Prompt More Patrols (March 2, 2008)

D.C. Could Have Done More To Help 4 Sisters, Families Say (February 28, 2008)

Savoring the Oscar Limelight (February 24, 2008)

Shooting Tests Neighborhood's Fragile Calm (February 20, 2008)

Charge Filed In Ballou Drive-By (February 9, 2008)

D.C. Taxi Drivers Strike (February 5, 2008)

New Cases Strain Child Welfare Agency After Deaths of Four D.C. Girls, Firings (February 2, 2008)

D.C. Court Also at Fault in Girls' Deaths, Judge Says (January 16, 2008)

Fenty Fires 6 In Girls' Deaths (January 15, 2008)

Neighbors Remember and Mourn After Fire Kills Mother, Daughter (January 12, 2008)

Youth Had Just Turned 17 When He Was Fatally Shot (January 10, 2008)

Ex-Officer Gets 2 Months For Theft on Break-In Call (January 9, 2008)

Fort Hunt's Quiet Men Break Silence on WWII (October 6, 2007)

Bottle and Threatening Note Found (November 28, 2006)

For Starters, Mall Visitors Just Want More Bathrooms (November 16, 2006)

2nd Victim Dies; Driver Is Charged In 2-Vehicle Crash (November 14, 2006)

In King's Honor, A Dream Achieved (November 14, 2006)

Memorial Planners Have a Dream, Too (November 12, 2006)

A Classic Finish for an Old Fire Station (November 9, 2006)

Need to Reach Mark Plotkin? Make Sure the Right One's on Speed Dial (November 6, 2006)

Park Service Seeks Ideas for a Mall Makeover (November 1, 2006)

From Gallaudet to Capitol, a March in Step With History (October 22, 2006)

Maximum Bliss at the Pound (October 21, 2006)

Antiwar Message Travels From Texas to Washington (September 6, 2006)

A Covert Chapter Opens For Fort Hunt Veterans (August 20, 2006)

A Chapter Closes (August 17, 2006)

Lebanon Supporters Converge at White House (August 13, 2006)

5 D.C. Youths Arrested in Robberies On the Mall (August 12, 2006)

Protest to Encircle White House (August 11, 2006)

Stepped-Up Police Efforts Don't Avert Club Fracas (August 9, 2006)

Late Learner (August 6, 2006)

Vietnam Wall Visitor Center Approved (August 4, 2006)

Degrees of Suffering (August 3, 2006)

1st Early-Curfew Violators Picked Up (August 1, 2006)

1st Early-Curfew Violators Picked Up (August 1, 2006)

Crime Measures Derided as Too Little, Too Late (July 31, 2006)

Capitol Police Join Park Officers In Efforts to Better Patrol Mall (July 27, 2006)

Park Police Shift Duties To Increase Mall Patrols (July 14, 2006)

Robberies On Mall A Trend, Chief Says (July 13, 2006)

Gun Stolen From D.C. Officer Used In Crimes (July 7, 2006)

3 Officers Disciplined In Rosenbaum Case (July 7, 2006)

Tense Standoff Follows I-395 Shootout With ATF (July 6, 2006)