Category: Washington D.C. News

Eight years and three mayoral administrations after the Columbia Heights neighborhood began its redevelopment, merchants along the 14th Street corridor wonder if the price of progress will be their demise. The minority business owners aren’t giving up, however. Led by Sheila Reid, owner of Avanti Realty, the owners are still demanding to know what happened […]

A week ago, District-based Chartered Health Plan was within days of ending a complicated lawsuit against the District. The suit sought $14.9 million in reimbursements for dental insurance Chartered provided to disadvantaged and disabled children under the D.C. Medicaid program. According to the D.C. Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF), which contracts with Chartered and […]

D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said the department will meet with the lesbian, gay and transgender residents to mediate issues after a recent three-hour hearing, where local LGBT activists complained that the D.C. Council and the police department are slow responders to hate crimes. The group also alleged the police are failing to document […]

The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department got a much-needed boost this week with the passage of Mayor Vincent Gray’s FY 2011 supplemental budget, which was voted on by lawmakers July 12. The department, which has long complained of insufficient manpower, was awarded $10.8 million in extra funds after D.C.’s Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi announced a […]

Secondary and elementary school test scores are improving in Washington, D.C., according to the results of the DC Comprehensive Assessment System (DC CAS) tests released July 8 by officials. The DC CAS is an annual series of standardized tests given to third- to eighth-grade and 10th-grade students in D.C. public and charter schools that measure […]

Marion “Christopher” Barry, 31, son of Councilman Marion S. Barry, former mayor of the District, was arrested on May 28 allegedly for the possession and intent to distribute PCP. Barry’s next court date is July 27. According to court documents, around 10:44pm on May 28, a citizen who claimed she heard fighting and screaming inside […]

This year’s D.C. tax sale inventory is a substantial and varied one, with properties owned by developers, banks and large non-profits totaling millions owed. High-priced condos also lead the list of delinquent taxes. The annual tax sale, scheduled for July 18, has property liens ranging from less than $200 to more than $300,000. The Office […]

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Police in the District of Columbia plan to start a website seeking tips and leads about a suspect whose DNA is linked to the 1998 killing of a young scientist in Georgetown and to a series of violent rapes in Montgomery County in the 1990s, investigators say. They hope a website […]

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s economic plan for Ward 8, which he announced on June 27, struck a sour note with some of his campaigns supporters. Activists claim Gray quickly abandoned campaign promises to include leaders from the area in key positions to oversee all projects and programs and to be part of the decision-making. […]

One hundred years ago this year, 10 men matriculating at Indiana University came together to found Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Beginning July 2, members of Kappa Alpha Psi converged on Indianapolis, Ind., for the 80th Grand Chapter Meeting and celebration of the organization’s 100th birthday. With events scheduled from July 2 to 10, it appears […]

Four attacks against Metro bus drivers in June prompted a D.C. union to propose the installation of optional bus safety shields on July 1 before a panel of transit officials. In a letter issued by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, which has 11,000 Metro workers, President Jackie Jeter told bus operators that they “deserved […]

(Washington, D.C.) –Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced that he will hold a Ward 8 Community Summit on Saturday, July 9 at the Thurgood Marshall Academy and Savoy Elementary School Gymnasium to discuss the unprecedented changes taking place in the areas near the Anacostia and Congress Heights Metro Stations. The purpose of the summit is to […]