Category: Washington D.C. News

Former Montgomery County, Md. council member Valerie Ervin. (Twitter Photo) Former Montgomery County, Md. council member Valerie Ervin has halted her campaign for the House of Representatives seat in the state’s 8th District. Ervin, the first Black woman elected to Montgomery County’s council, cited a lack of funds as the reason for ending her campaign. […]

In a small red wooden house in northeast Washington neighborhood, virtually unnoticed by their neighbors, are people who save and transform lives. There are no doctors.  No nurses. No special emergency technicians.  But, Rochele Norfleet recalls what the people at the house meant to her. “I was a teen mother a couple years ago and […]

Three-year-old Cammy Mason enjoyed a day of books-free literacy at the DCPL’s Sing, Talk and Read Family Festival. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) Three-year-old Cammy Mason is like most toddlers – full of energy and curiosity about the world around her.  Though eager to learn to read, Mason’s family recognize that her literacy skills were […]

Retired WUSA anchor J.C. Hayward will be presented with a lifetime achievement award during a tribute and vigil on Sept. 21, weeks after her dismissal from a high-profile lawsuit. Then-D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan prompted an investigation of Hayward and four other people for their alleged attempt to divert millions of federal tax dollars, […]

(Photo credit Rob Roberts) To raise funds for support for D.C.’s Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC) and its nonprofit partners, including Building Bridges Across the River; Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington; Children’s National Medical Center and others, held its annual gala – AfterDark@THEARC – on Sept. 12. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser […]

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sylvia Cyrus, executive director, ASALH. (Photo by Rob Roberts) Noted historian John Hope Franklin once wrote, in documenting the accomplishments of Blacks in America, that White historians had “blandly asserted that the Negro had never developed a civilization of his own, vigorously argued that the Negro possessed childlike traits, […]

The legislative bodies of the District of Columbia and Prince George’s County, Maryland, recently met to discuss common issues between the two jurisdictions. The D.C. Council and the Prince George’ County Council convened a joint meeting on Sept. 15 at the County Administration Building in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to go over matters such as public safety and […]

Ronald Mason Jr. Dr. Ronald Mason Jr. said he is hoping he can make an impact on the District’s only public university as he settles into his role as president. With over 30 years of experience in higher education, community development, and the legal field, Mason comes to the University of the District of Columbia […]

The University of the District of Columbia College of Arts and Sciences will host Washington-based author and community organizer, Tony Lewis Jr. on Sept. 30. Lewis will present his latest literary work that details  his life and struggles as the son of one of the biggest kingpins in the history of the city. Join Lewis at […]

J.C. Hayward On  Sept. 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Ashbury United Methodist Church, 926 11th St NW will hold a showcase dedicated to J.C. Hayward, one of the longest-standing news anchors from the Washington metropolitan region. The Mass Choir of Mount Calvary Baptist Church from Rockville, Maryland; Howard Nicholson, teenage concert pianist ; and  Electa […]

MetroStage will open their 2015-2016 season with the Gabrielle Fulton play “UPRISING” from Sept. 17 to Oct. 25 at the MetroStage, 1201 N. Royal Street.  Performances will occur on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. The play tells the […]

Police and emergency responders stand outside a McDonald’s located inside Union Station in Washington, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, after a security guard shot a suspect who attacked a worker with a knife at the restaurant. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say a man who stabbed a woman and then was shot by a […]