Category: Washington D.C. News

The Exelon Corporation and Pepco Holdings merger received approval from the District of Columbia Public Service Commission recently. On March 23, public service commissioners Joanne Doddy Fort and Willie L. Phillips voted to support the merger, while the chairman, Betty Ann Kane, opposed it. The merger is valued at $6.8 billion and is now official […]

Leon T. Andrews Jr., wants to unseat Ward 4 council member Brandon Todd. (AFRO File Photo) On March 16, candidates for the D.C. delegate and Wards 2, 4, 7, 8 and the at-large race for the D.C. Council submitted their petitions to the District’s Board of Elections to get on the June 14 ballot for the Democratic, […]

Princess Alleyen and her daughter August were at the site of the family’s new apartment March 21 that came with furniture from Aarons. (Photo by Diandra Bolton, Howard University News Service) Some families in Ward 8 are celebrated new beginnings during the week of March 20.  Princess Alleyen, whose family has been struggling with homelessness […]

D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine cautioned residents to be vigilant against fraudulent schemes. (Courtesy Photo) The Internal Revenue Service has increased its efforts to ward off scam artists who prey upon the unsuspecting. Calling the scams “a major threat to taxpayers,” D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine cautioned residents to be vigilant against fraudulent […]

Family and friends paid tribute to Frances Cress Welsing at a memorial service at Metropolitan AME Church in Northwest D.C. March 19. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) Thousands recently filled the sanctuary of the Metropolitan AME Church in Northwest D.C. to pay tribute to the life of renowned scholar, psychologist Frances Cress Welsing. The race […]

Fusion, a private school boasting a one-to-one (teacher to student) classroom ratio, will open in D.C. on June 15. The first of its kind in the area, Fusion is set to offer a holistic and customized approach to learning for each student. The school’s intake would include students in grades 6th to 12th. “In D.C.’s […]

An annual Easter egg hunt and extravaganza will be hosted by Psi Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Nannie J. Lee at the Nannie J. Lee recreation center, 1108 Jefferson St. The event is scheduled to occur on March 26 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. with egg hunts occurring at 2 p.m., 3 […]

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women Prince William County Chapter will present its 3rd annual awards program on March 26 at The Clubs at Quantico, 3017 Russell Rd. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lt. Col. Myrtle Bowen, reserve chaplain for the U.S. Air Force will be the guest speaker. The program is geared […]

Jackie Jeter (Photo/whitehouse.gov) By AFRO Staff WASHINGTON D.C.— Jackie Jeter has a history of pioneering firsts. She adds to the tally selection as the president of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, becoming the first woman to head this organization. Jeter is currently serving her fourth term as president of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local […]

The 29-hour shuttering of the Metrorail system on March 16 and March 17 created no shortage anxiety among some of its passengers who were forced to make other travel plans. A sign at the Rosslyn, Va., Metro station notifies riders that the system is closed for emergency inspection Wednesday, March 16, 2016. An unprecedented safety […]

The only thing harder than making a fortune is giving it away wisely, said the world’s first Black Rolls-Royce dealer. Thomas A. Moorehead is CEO and President of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Sterling, and also owns the BMW-Mini dealership in Sterling as well as Harley Davidson Washington DC.…by André Chung #_AC19274 Thomas Moorehead’s modest childhood in […]

Metro employee shuts down escalators to the McPherson Square Station in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The Metro subway system that serves the nation’s capital and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs shut down for a full-day fo an emergency safety inspection of its third-rail power cables. Making for unusual commute, as the lack of service […]