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Washington Post: Former Obama appointee Kim Ford will lead D.C. nonprofit Martha’s Table

Editor Mar 18, 2019
Beginning next month, District nonprofit Martha’s Table will have a new chief executive: Kim R. Ford, a former Obama administration official who unsuccessfully challenged D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton for the Democratic nomination last…

Washington Business Journal: Final plans unveiled for the overhaul of downtown D.C.’s Franklin…

Editor Mar 18, 2019
Better days are ahead for Franklin Park.

Washington Post: D.C. Central Kitchen loses part of contract to feed homeless

Editor Mar 18, 2019
A nonprofit that has provided meals for homeless people in the District for three decades has lost part of its government contract to another vendor and is questioning the award process.

UrbanTurf: Grocery Store, Fitness Center or More: The Plans for a 14th Street Bus Garage

Editor Mar 18, 2019
As Metro takes inventory and decides the future of its various properties, the 14th Street bus garage is the next redevelopment opportunity in the pipeline.

WTOP: Jack Evans faces reprimand Tuesday by colleagues on DC Council

Editor Mar 18, 2019
The D.C. Council is preparing to reprimand one of its own this week.

UrbanTurf: DC’s Audi Field May Get More Parking, But Bigger Plans Are in the Works

Editor Mar 18, 2019
Mixed-use plans on the horizon for a parcel adjacent to DC's new soccer stadium are at least a year out, and during that time, the stadium development team has a plan for the vacant plot.

WAMU: ‘It Was A Social Revolution’: The Turkish Embassy’s Surprising Role In Desegregating D.C. Jazz

Editor Mar 18, 2019
In 1930s Washington, two teens changed jazz forever. Their names were Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun.

City Paper: In Closed Door Meeting, Mendelson Challenged Harsher Punishment for Jack Evans

Editor Mar 18, 2019
Other councilmembers demand more than a slap on the wrist for Evans.

Associated Press: Where eagles flirt: A DC tale of love, loss and raccoons

Editor Mar 17, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a tale with everything you’d need for a soap opera: star-crossed lovers, a stable relationship threatened by younger suitors, pregnancy and loss, and a hungry raccoon.

WTOP: Park Service doesn’t have money to fix potholes in DC area

Editor Mar 17, 2019
As commuters complain about potholes, the National Park Service believes it has less than half the money it would need to fix key routes like the George Washington Parkway, Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Rock Creek Parkway.

Washington Post: Police arrest man projecting ‘discrimination is wrong’ onto outside of Rayburn…

Editor Mar 16, 2019
In a city where protests are akin to a competitive — and sometimes combative — sport, Robin Bell has found a way to separate himself from the pack.

Theresa Vargas in The Post: Red dresses flutter, empty, on the National Mall and this is why they…

Editor Mar 16, 2019
One resembles a prom dress, embellished with lace and flowers.

WTOP: Why DC Circulator won’t run to DC United’s Audi Field this season

Editor Mar 16, 2019
Some fans headed to Audi Field for D.C. United games may have to walk farther this season.

Washington Informer: D.C. Celebrates ‘Vernon Davis Day’

Editor Mar 16, 2019
One of D.C. most successful professional athletes and philanthropists recently got a unique honor — his own day.

Washington Informer: Busboys’ Anacostia Launch Evokes Memory of Marion Barry

Editor Mar 16, 2019
Hundreds of revelers, including many of D.C.’s political and cultural elite, celebrated the grand opening of the region’s seventh Busboys and Poets on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE during a red-carpet extravaganza.

Washington Informer: Gray, Newsham Urge Ward 7 to Proactively Fight Crime

Editor Mar 16, 2019
D.C. Council member Vincent Gray recently held a crime summit in his ward and encouraged the residents not to complain about criminal lawbreaking but to do something about it.

Washington Informer: Job Placement Heralded as Homelessness Prevention Tool

Editor Mar 16, 2019
In the weeks leading up to their spring symposium, the staff at Friendship Place, a Northwest-based housing provider, wants to expand the conversation about housing instability so that elected officials, and other involved parties,…

Afro-American: Students Bring Historic Performances from Southeast to the Kennedy Center

Editor Mar 16, 2019
Children from the Department of Recreation’s Southeast Tennis and Learning Center (SETLC) are entertaining and educating audiences from ‘East of the River’ to the Kennedy Center with their 13th annual “Blacks in Wax” performance, with this…

NPR: Building Teens Into Strong Readers — By Letting Them Teach

Editor Mar 15, 2019
Two afternoons a week, Mikala Tardy walks six blocks from Eastern High School to Payne Elementary School, not far from Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Washington Post: Jack Evans owes it to the city to answer questions about his conduct

Editor Mar 15, 2019
IT IS likely that the D.C. Council next week will formally reprimand member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) for alleged violations of the city’s code of conduct. Also likely is that the expected move will fail to satisfy many people. Supporters of…
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