Category: Washington D.C. News

Ward 8 D.C. Council candidate Trayon White (D) posted April 26 a photo of brown water at Martin Luther King Elementary. He posted a follow up April 27 announcing the water was clear and DCDGS was conducting tests for harmful contaminants. (Courtesy photo) Amid a potential crisis in water safety in the District, its leaders […]

Members of District community service organizations are distraught after DC Trust, a nonprofit over 15-years-old, announced April 28 their organization will close due to mismanagement of funds that the organization blamed on prior management. “It is devastating,” Shenita Vanish, vice president of Community Services Foundation, told the AFRO May 3. “DC Trust has been a big […]

In an effort to reinforce its mission statement, a national organization dedicated to providing mentorship to Army service members and ROTC cadets along with its Washington D.C. chapter held its biannual conference from April 21-23 in Washington D.C. The National Board of the ROCKS, named after one of the group’s early mentors, Brigadier General Roscoe […]

DCHA Executive Director Adrieanne Todman spoke to roughly 100 attendees April 26 during the opening of a new center in Southwest D.C. that offers workforce development and training. (lower right photo) A UDC counselor assists a a local resident. The Ward 6 Greenleaf community cut the ribbon on a state-of-the-art learning and career center – […]

Two of the District’s leading public officials are asking the city’s public service commission to reconsider its decision in the Exelon-Pepco merger as the new utility announced plans to raise rates in the District and Maryland. The People’s Counsel, Sandra Mattavous-Frye, and District Attorney General Karl Racine requested April 22 that the District of Columbia Public […]

A Washington, D.C., Metrobus drops off passengers in Arlington, Virginia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) On May 2, a Metrobus driver was allegedly stabbed with a pair of pliers by a male as the vehicle was coming to the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nannie Helen Burroughs., N.E. The driver managed to get out of the bus […]

Brianne Nadeau represents Ward 1 on the D.C. Council. (AFRO File Photo) D.C.’s Ward 1 Democrats club is being revived, from a rather influential contender, to capitalize on the ward’s changing demographics and new leadership. On April 30, the Ward 1 Democrats held a convention and elected new officers for two-year terms at the Frank Reeves Center […]

The Blessing of the Bicycles is scheduled to occur on May 7 at 11 a.m. at the Church of Ascension & St. Agnes, 1217 Massachusetts Ave NW. The church is holding the blessing to show its support for cycling in D.C. For more information, call the church at 202-347-8161.

The 12th annual Green Festival at the D.C. Convention Center, 801 Mt Vernon Pl NW, is scheduled from May 6-8. The 3-day event is dedicated to the promotion of local green economies and sustainability practices. The Green Festival strives to bring together the world’s most trusted companies, innovative speakers, national and localinnovative businesses, conscious consumers […]

The Congress Heights Day Parade on May 7 is an event is to bring the entire community together to celebrate pride, joy, love, family, and community togetherness. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. at 3720 Martin L. King Jr. Ave SE and end at Gateway DC, 2700 Martin L. King Jr. Ave SE. Following […]

The Washington Ballet intends to increase the number of free dance classes it offers to D.C. public schools east of the Anacostia River. The announcement of the expanded offerings came at a April 29 fundraiser for the ballet.  The classes are part of DanceDC, an education and outreach program that provides a seven week in-school […]

(Updated 4/29/2016) The Washington, D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles announced April 21 that it was suspending implementation of a controversial rule that was scheduled to go into effect on May 1 which would have required first-time drivers to complete a driver education course before earning their driver’s license. “The District of Columbia Department of Motor […]