New High School Principals Focus on the Positive as Year Begins
New Ward 8 high school principals Willie Jackson and William Haith are focused on the positive as they look to not only strengthen Ballou...
Tech Lounges Open in Hillcrest and Deanwood
In December, the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) announced the unveiling of three new tech lounges that serve as the model for the...
Medical Marijuana Programs: How does D.C. rank?
As medical marijuana programs begin to pop up in more and more states, it is time to take a look at what makes a...
Residential Street Sweeping Suspended
DPW has suspended residential street sweeping indefinitely to provide continuous residential parking for those residents working from home. For more information about street sweeping,...
Keeping Each Other Safe Through COVID Crisis
Fariha Huriya interrupts our conversation to answer the door. Someone is dropping off supplies for the Ward 7 and 8 Mutual Aid Network (Mutual...
DC Prep’s Anacostia Campus and DCPS’s Ketcham Elementary Uplift Together
Generations ago, three school buildings, Van Buren on W Street, Ketcham on 15th Street and St. Teresa on V Street SE, served the Anacostia...
Gray Takes Safeway to Task
The long hot days of August are not traditionally cluttered with business for politicians in the District. But Councilmember Vincent Gray has been busy...
Claudia Herrera, Small Business Analyst
There has never been a time in Claudia Herrera’s life that where she could not imagine being successful, prosperous or making a name for...
DC Outdoor Pools Open for Summer
On Friday, May 24, at 4 p.m., Mayor Bowser and the DC Department of Parks and Recreation invite DC residents and city officials to...
Grubb’s Pharmacies to Offer COVID-19 Testing
Starting Tuesday, May 12, you will be able to get testing at three local pharmacies. Working with medical technology company eTrueNorth, Grubb’s Southeast Pharmacy...
