Despite pandemic challenges, WETA finds a way to highlight local singers in a holiday premiere
The pandemic halted live performances in March, but there’s still music and holiday cheer on tap this week.
This Tuesday at 9 p.m., WETA Arts will premiere Washington Voices: Songs of the Season, a medley of pre-recorded holiday choral…
Press Release: Silverman Introduces Revised DCPS Reopening Bill
News Release — At-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Reana Kovalcik
Incorporating feedback from parents,…
Press Release: National Association of Attorneys General Names D.C. Solicitor General Loren L.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 14, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT:
Office of Communications
Senior Assistant Attorney General Robert A. DeBerardinis, Jr. Receives Meritorious Service Award for 21 Years of Excellent Service to the District…
DCist: First D.C. Coronavirus Vaccine Recipients To Receive Doses In Monday ‘Kickoff’ Event
As the U.S. begins its rollout of the coronavirus vaccine Monday, health officials are preparing to distribute vaccines to five hospital workers at a “kickoff” event in the District.
DCist: Prince William County Sees Promise — And Missed Opportunity — In D.C. Police Chief Peter…
Standing between a Starbucks and a shoe store, two Prince William County Police officers staffed a booth last week recruiting for “Northern Virginia’s Finest.” Most mall shoppers walked past them, but 24-year-old Tamani Truelove stopped to…
UrbanTurf: Historic Preservation Staff Recommends Conditional Approval of 14th Street Car Barn…
This week, the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) may vote to bring redevelopment of the landmarked Decatur Street Car Barn one step closer to reality.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Opens Application Period for District’s $15 Million Retail Bridge Fund
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 14, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DMPED)
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Washington Post: Growing threat of hunger in a wealthy region is blunt example of economic…
A steady stream of cars turned into the Gaithersburg Middle School parking lot Thursday afternoon, each to pick up two cardboard boxes of free groceries to keep a household from going hungry.
WTOP: DC Black Lives Matter organizer blames Mayor Bowser, police for allowing Saturday’s protest to…
After a night of conflict in D.C. that followed a day of rallies supporting outgoing President Donald Trump’s attempts to challenge the results of November’s election, leaders of Black Lives Matter DC challenged how Mayor Muriel Bowser and…
Washington Post: Pro-Trump rally descends into chaos as Proud Boys roam D.C. looking to fight
Nearly three dozen people were arrested during a night of unrest in downtown Washington that began Saturday with rallies supporting President Trump and descended into chaos and violence as a group with ties to white nationalism roamed the…
WTOP: Five members of DC Fire and EMS, including department’s chief, to receive city’s first doses…
The first five first responders to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the District have been identified — all five are members of D.C. Fire and EMS, and the department’s chief will be among them.
WTOP: Department of Employment Services partners with community organization to help DC area youth
A new initiative with the Department of Employment Services (DOES) seeks to use music and mental health services to help D.C. youth retain employment.
Washington Post: Fire chief, three firefighters will be among first in D.C. to get coronavirus…
Five first responders — the acting D.C. fire chief, the department’s medical director and three firefighters — will be among the first people in the District to get the coronavirus vaccine, as part of a targeted campaign to build…
HuffPost: Police Investigate Burning Of D.C. Churches’ Black Lives Matter Signs As Hate Crimes
“For me, it was reminiscent of cross burnings,” Asbury United Methodist Church’s senior pastor said in a statement.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Recognizes the First Five Responders to Take Coronavirus Vaccine
Press Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 13, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
Frontline Emergency Responders and Health Care Workers Will Be First to Receive the Vaccine in Washington, DC…
Washington Post: Historic D.C. Black churches attacked during pro-Trump rallies Saturday
A Black Lives Matter banner and sign were torn from two historic Black churches in downtown D.C. and destroyed during pro-Trump protests Saturday night.
Press Release: Statement from Mayor Bowser: United to Love
Press Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 13, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement on standing United to Love:
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Associated Press: Vandals hit Black churches during weekend pro-Trump rallies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vandals tore down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from two historic Black churches in downtown Washington and set the banner ablaze as nighttime clashes Saturday between pro-Donald Trump supporters and…
DCist: Church Leaders, Mayor Condemn Destruction Of Black Lives Matter Banners After Pro-Trump…
Demonstrators at pro-Trump rallies tore down and destroyed Black Lives Matter banners outside historic Black churches last night in a scene one pastor says reminded her of a cross burning.
Washingtonian: What Is the Deal With Harry’s Bar?
Four people were stabbed near the Proud Boys hangout on Saturday