Category: Washington D.C. News

A historic Anacostia building will house Walgreens latest pharmacy. (Courtesy Photo) Walgreens is coming to Ward 8’s historic “Anacostia” building at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE and Good Hope Road SE.  But residents are raising concerns over whether the development would bolster the area or force out existing businesses. With five […]

Markus Batchelor, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Ward 8, is running for the Ward 8 seat on the D.C. State Board of Education. (Courtesy Photo) Markus Batchelor, one of the District’s youngest political advisory neighborhood commissioners, is a candidate for the Ward 8 seat on the D.C. State Board of Education. Batchelor, 23, announced his […]

Sondra Phillips-Gilbert is a second term commissioner for the Rosedale Community, A new housing developments being built in Northeast, D.C. is raising concerns for members of the community, according an advisory neighborhood commissioner for Ward 6. Sondra Phillips-Gilbert is a second term commissioner for the Rosedale community that is located east of the H Street […]

The D.C. Victim Hotline officially launched on April 13 during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The District officially launched a D.C. Victims Hotline April 13 to help residents who have been victimized by crime receive support services. The line is open 24 hours a day seven days a week. “I am proud to announce the […]

The Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy led the 2016 Emancipation Day parade on April 16 down Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest D.C. (Photo by Melanie R. Duncan) The 2016 D.C. Emancipation Day parade April 16 was greeted by a diverse crowd as it proceeded down Pennsylvania Ave. NW. The holiday is a central part of the […]

By day Ralph Cooper is a television producer. By night he is politically incorrect comedian. (Photo by Mark F. Gray) On a night of intense Stanley Cup Playoffs hockey in D.C. there’s a packed house inside RFD – an Irish soccer pub and sports bar – around the corner from Verizon Center in Chinatown.  As […]

The Julia West Hamilton League will host an Annual Luncheon, Fashion show and Afternoon of Music event on April 23 in celebration of the group’s 78 years of community service. The event is scheduled to begin at noon at the J.W. Marriott Hotel Grand Ballroom, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Tickets cost $70. Proceeds will be […]

The MetroStage will feature the play “Black Pearl Sings” by Frank Higgins from April 21-May 29. MetroStage is located at 1201 N Royal St. The play features two women in Depression-era Texas in a journey of race andreconciliation, religion and tenacity in their search for the origins of folk music. The play is loosely based […]

The New Beginning Missionary Baptist Church, located at 6107 Franconia Road, is scheduled to host its “Use It or Lose It” Spring Revival April 26-28. The revival will feature guest ministers from local Virginia churches, including Rev. Isaac E. Howard of Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Fairfax, Rev. Connie Welch of Christian Institute in Reston […]

President Barack Obama speaks to the overflow room of students, Thursday, April 7, 2016, at the University of Chicago Law School in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Barack H. Obama will act as keynote speaker at this year’s Howard University commencement ceremony, the White House announced April 14. The event will be held May 7 […]

15-year-old Davonte Marquise Washington. (Courtesy Photo) Family, friends, classmates and other members of the community gathered April 8 at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Landover, Md., to celebrate the life of Davonte Marquise Washington. The 15-year-old was one of several murders in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that residents deemed as “senseless. Washington was […]