Cases of the 12-year-old girl that had been in the custody of a man who turned her into a prostitute and the murder of two girls killed by their adopted mother are prime examples of how the sealing of information from public scrutiny can be detrimental to children placed in foster care, according to two […]
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Workforce Development Report Offers Unemployment Solutions
At-large Councilmember Michael Brown, chairman of the Committee on Housing and Workforce Development, has provided a report to his Council peers that details system-wide problems related to the District’s high rate of unemployment. According to Brown, who presented the “Special Report on the State of the District’s Workforce Programs,” various problems related to the city’s […]
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Gray Announces New Appointees
Mayor-elect Vincent Gray has named five persons to positions in education and other areas of the new administration that takes over Jan. 2. During a Dec. 22 press conference, Gray announced his choices for two education posts—Hosanna Mahaley, as state superintendent of education, and De’Shawn Wright as deputy mayor for education. Mahaley has worked for […]
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District Sees a Year of Change
The District of Columbia is a town known for being front and center when it comes to a good front page story. And to outsiders not accustomed to what it’s really like to live and work in the nation’s capital, things in this cosmopolitan enclave can be downright confusing and even comical, as evidenced by […]
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Giant Food’s Ninth Annual Stuff-A-Truck a Hit in 2010
Giant Food of Landover, Md., with WTTG Fox 5 and CBS Radio Stations WPGC 95.5, 106.7 The Fan, 94.7 Fresh and 99.1 El Zol, hosted the ninth annual Stuff-A-Truck food drive at four Giant Food locations in December. More than 54,360 pounds of food and $126,890 in monetary donations were collected. This year marked the […]
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Journalists’ Roundtable Christmas Party
Isabel Wilkerson discusses her critically acclaimed book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration Dec. 18, at a holiday party of for the Journalists Roundtable at the Washington, D.C. home of Paul and Anita Delaney. Delaney, a former New York Times senior editor, is the winner of the 2010 Lifetime […]
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Students from Bowie State to Study Abroad in Ethiopia
The Bowie State University College of Business is instituting the first study abroad program to Ethiopia by a University System of Maryland Institution in January 2011, according to a press release issued by the Prince George’s County school. The trip will incorporate visits to private business firms, government agencies, the headquarters of the African Union […]
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Montgomery County Domestic Partner Benefits Law Effective Jan. 1
Beginning Jan. 1, the Equal Benefits Law, also known as the Domestic Partner Benefits Law, becomes effective in Montgomery County. Under the Equal Benefits Law, county contractors or subcontractors who are employers must provide the same benefits to an employee with a domestic partner as those provided to an employee with a spouse. Benefits may […]
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Benjamin Banneker Park Advocates Push for Landmark to Remain At Current Location
Benjamin Banneker Park, a memorial landmark in Washington, D.C. that honors the work of the notable mathematician, astronomer and surveyor Benjamin Banneker was just about to receive the revitalization that many advocates and members of the community were hoping for. But the city-run National Capital Planning Commission’s development of a new Southwest waterfront has slowed […]
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Pepco Deals with Demands for Improvement
Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh said recently that the best way to get Pepco to comply with demands for improved services is to bring the Public Service Commission into the picture. According to Cheh, who has taken the giant utility to task in the past, “Pepco has failed D.C. ratepayers this failure is part of […]
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District Bridge Projects Set to Begin
Washington, D.C. commuters should brace themselves for major traffic changes to two of the busiest streets in the city. Construction on the New York Avenue Bridge and the replacement of the 9th Street Bridge is scheduled to begin in the early portion of 2011. With the intent of improving safety and street quality, construction is […]
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Students’ Study Explores Divided City
A study by graduate students at American University’s School of Communications reveals that when Mayor-elect Vincent Gray assumes office Jan. 2, he will do so amid a city that appears to have come undone. The study titled, “A Divided City” was a recent feature of the university’s online publication, American Observer and included a three-part […]