Category: D.C. Community

WASHINGTON – Like many working families in the Washington metropolitan area, Manuel and Sonia Calderon of Rockville, Md., don’t have health insurance. Manuel works rehabbing houses and Sonia stays home to take care of their four boys, including a 20 month old. This makes it difficult for the Calderons to tend to the dental needs […]

Prince George’s Community College introduces a new fully integrated mobile application for prospective students, employees, alumni and community. Powered by MOX, the application puts the higher education experience and technology in the palm of the user’s hand. It provides easy access to important information about the college including a directory of contact information for key […]

When high school senior Jazmin Legrande graduated from Fort Washington’s Friendly High School, she walked away with more than just a diploma. As one of the winners of a Verizon Wireless/United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Black History Month essay contest, Legrande will receive more than $4,000 worth of scholarship funds and technology gifts. The contest, […]

On May 28, Hattie Inez Ford celebrated her 100th birthday in her Northeast Washington, D.C., home. The mother of 12 was born May 25, 1911, in Goldsboro, N.C., to the late Fred and Florence Isler. She came to Washington, D.C., in her 20s to establish a new life with her late husband Hardy Ford.    […]

WASHINGTON – With smoke curling skyward from 5701 Georgia Avenue and a bright red fire truck parked outside, neighbors might have assumed a fire rescue was underway at the Emery Recreation Center. But the smoke was from healthy food – squash, carrots and other veggies – being grilled during Safeway’s cooking demonstrations, and the fire […]

The “3rd Annual D.C. Housing Expo and Foreclosure Clinic” returns for the third year on June 4. The event, which is open to all homeowners who may be at risk of foreclosure, allows city residents to meet face-to-face with their mortgage company and a HUD-approved counseling agency to avoid losing their homes. Program highlights include […]

The free summer shuttle to transport visitors between the National Mall and the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum returns for a third year in time for the Memorial Day holiday. It will offer weekend service through Sept. 6 (Labor Day Monday). Shuttle Anacostia picks up riders on Saturdays and Sundays and holiday Mondays (May 30, July […]

On May 18, Mary’s Center hosted a grand opening ceremony for its newest location in Ward 4. The facility is the first full-service community health facility in that ward. As part of the festivities, District Mayor Vincent Gray declared May 18 Mary’s Center Day at the grand opening. “The Mayor of the District of Columbia, […]

Elon University senior Brittany Carroll has been awarded a Fulbright grant that will fund a year of teaching in Taiwan in 2011-12. Carroll was one of three Elon seniors awarded a Fulbright this spring, the largest number of students in university history to receive the honor in the same academic year. The 2011 Fulbright English […]