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Under a Monday afternoon drizzle in Congress Heights, community advocates and politicians teamed up with a local nonprofit and a developer to break ground last week on Iona East, a new adult day center to serve District residents east of…
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At an unusual public forum Thursday night to discuss whether former DC drug lord Rayful Edmond III deserves a reduced prison sentence, those who came forward to testify included one of Edmond’s cousins and an activist who said his family…
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On the evening of May 27, 2015, Charnice Milton was on the bus, heading to her home in Ward 7’s Benning Heights neighborhood. A journalist working for Capital Community News — which publishes the local news outlets Hill Rag, East of the…
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Two years into her education at Georgetown University and four months into her term as a member of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, Anna Landre expects that she will have to leave it all behind. Landre — who has spinal muscular…
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At the age of 57, Calvin Watson is recovering from a long addiction to crack cocaine — the drug of choice that led him down a path that included time in jail and conversations with disappointed family members. He is a veteran living with…
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Mr. Rogers would feel right at home in Brookland. At 1801 Upshur St. NE, plantings on the back deck offer pops of color. (Photo by Susan Bodiker) Just four miles north of the Capitol, the close-knit confines of Ward 5’s Greater…
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From the ashes of one neighborhood newspaper arises another. The Northwest Courier, which launched online on April 29, aims to fill the void left by The Current Newspapers, which officially stopped publication last month after a long…
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A proposal to issue nearly $70 million in DC revenue bonds for the renovation of historic Howard University dormitories won approval from the DC Council this week. The measure will also provide a boost to long-awaited restorations of two…
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Washington Nationals closer Sean Doolittle, a fan favorite, pitched the merits of robust summer reading to dozens of first-graders at a DC Public Library kickoff event Tuesday at Murch Elementary School, where students gathered in the…
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For the second year in a row, parents and teachers at J.O. Wilson Elementary School are selecting a new principal — but many remain unhappy that this year’s principal wasn’t asked to return. Principal Guye Turner, who was hired last…
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A sinkhole has opened outside the District’s $215 million crime lab and nearly two weeks after its appearance city officials still don’t know what’s causing it, The DC Line has learned. The hole opened sometime around May 21 near the…
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Input from residents is set to play a key role in a report on the state of fair housing in the District being compiled in order to comply with federal mandates that local governments combat historical patterns of segregation and crack down…
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A Congress Heights landlord sparred with attorneys for the District of Columbia in Superior Court this month over whether a judge should drop a requirement that the landlord pay for renovation of a dilapidated apartment complex in…
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A little over three months into his tenure as the DC Public Schools chancellor, Lewis Ferebee used Teacher Appreciation Week as a chance to shadow 2018 DCPS Teacher of the Year Lakeisha Brown and tour Ward 4’s Lafayette Elementary School,…
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Following the #DontMuteDC protests that helped bring DC’s homegrown go-go music back to the speakers outside Metro PCS at 7th Street and Florida Avenue NW — and this month’s #Moechella music rally at 14th and U streets NW that reinforced…
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Update: DC Public Charter School Board members voted unanimously tonight to reject the proposed Arabic Language Public Charter School, but in brief discussion they encouraged the leadership team to return next year after working with the…
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Pharmacist Adaoma Chinweuba recalls a patient in Ward 8 whose thirst led to drinking a large amount of soda — and then a trip to the ER. She asked the patient: “Did you know that, as a borderline diabetic, what you eat and drink can…
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