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Size of hypothermia shelter at rec center spurs ANC call for changes over COVID-19 concerns

Leah Potter Dec 2, 2020
Community leaders are calling on city officials to scale back the maximum number of people sheltered at a Ward 6 recreation center during hypothermia season amid an uptick of COVID-19 cases in DC. Advisory neighborhood commissioners and…
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DC Health Justice Coalition pushes for a ‘full-service’ hospital for wards 7 and 8

Leah Potter Jul 17, 2019
A forum last week on health equity in DC brought a unified call for a full-service hospital east of the Anacostia River able to offer specialty services such as neurology, kidney care, and HIV screening and treatment. More than 30…
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‘Under Patty’s guiding light, hundreds of people found healing’: Adams Morgan nonprofit says…

Leah Potter Jul 8, 2019
When Patty Wudel first arrived at Joseph’s House nearly 30 years ago, she relished the warmth and love she felt from the people who immediately welcomed her into their community. As she prepares to leave her longtime post as…

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District Links: Bowser taps into local reserve funds to ensure full SNAP benefits in November; Park Police aims to…

Oct 31, 2025 1
The DC government will use $30.5 million in local contingency funds to ensure that DC residents enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Women, Infants, and Children Program…

District Links: Pentagon reportedly extends Guard deployment in DC through February; council hearing airs objections to…

Oct 30, 2025 6
The Pentagon is extending the National Guard's deployment in DC through at least February, per new reports from CNN and Politico.

District Links: Bowser hails senior units built as Ward 3’s first Housing Production Trust Fund project; streetcar…

Oct 29, 2025 21
Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 3 Councilmember Matt Frumin today celebrated the opening of an affordable housing building for seniors that marks the first Housing Production Trust Fund project west of…

District Links: AG Schwalb joins lawsuit to block suspension of SNAP benefits; report hails academic growth at 16…

Oct 28, 2025 15
Barnard, Friendship Chamberlain and Whittier elementary schools are among 16 schools newly recognized for achieving strong academic growth among students from historically underserved backgrounds.
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