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With the helping hand of a faith-based partnership called the Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington (SMGW), Charles Hopkins has been able to reenter society...

Willie Mae Young, a deep-rooted Ward 7 resident, celebrated her 100th birthday on June 24, 2023. The centenarian recently relaxed in her living room in...

Educating and empowering young adults at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) has been at the forefront of Yolandra Plummer’s decade-long mission...

In one form or the other, Keith Killgo has been immersed in music his whole life. First, as the son of a professional musician...

Robbin Ebb remembers vividly going to work out at a DC Department of Parks and Recreation center in 2004 with her friend, Joy Jones,...

Sit for your portrait as an artist at the Honfleur Gallery in Historic Anacostia (1241 Good Hope Rd. SE) immortalizes your image as part...

When one asks about the recovery of the Anacostia River, “Who in DC is in charge?”, the answer comes back, “Tommy Wells”.  That is...

Coming to Ward 7 Henry is a native of Jamaica. While she grew up in New York’s Westchester County, her relatives lived on the south...

As a Georgetown University graduate, Meredith Jacobs did not plan to become ensconced in Ward 7 and morph into an entrepreneur within the food...