The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association is celebrating its history and presenting “In the Beginning: 1978 Evolution of POSITIVE IMAGE,” an in-depth discussion with the founding members of Positive Images, later renamed The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association. The event, which is dedicated to late founding member Harlee Hoover Little Jr., will focus […]
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Giant Food Kicks Off Year-Long 75th Anniversary Celebration
Local officials, long-time community partners, members of the founders’ families, and Giant team members and customers gathered to commemorate the supermarket chain’s diamond anniversary at the Tivoli Giant in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10. D.C. City Councilmember Jim Graham (Ward 1) addressed the crowd and congratulated Giant on their milestone. On behalf of the D.C. […]
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Local AKA Member Celebrates 75 Years in Sorority
Dressed in a lovely shade of light pink with a crown placed like royalty upon her perfectly coiffed hair, Ophelia Pinkard was recently honored at a celebration that recognized her 75 years of active service in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. With her adoring husband, John H. Pinkard, Jr., by her side, Pinkard and more than […]
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Reading is Fundamental and NASA to Make Reading an ‘Out of this World’ Experience
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and NASA teamed up for an African-American History Month celebration to get students over the moon about reading on Feb. 8 at Ferebee-Hope Elementary School in Southeast Washington, D.C. Leland Melvin, a former astronaut and NASA’s associate administrator for education, shared his experiences traveling in space and read-aloud, {The Moon Over […]
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Montgomery County Seeks Volunteers for Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
Montgomery County’s Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is seeking area residents interested in enhancing the quality of life for nursing home residents as long-term care advocates with the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. Volunteers will be assigned to make regular visits to residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities at convenient […]
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Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. a District Attorney
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) today introduced the District of Columbia District Attorney Establishment Act of 2011, the sixth bill in her “Free and Equal D.C.” series, to establish an Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia. The office would be headed by a district attorney elected by D.C. residents, to prosecute […]
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Coalition Tells Wal-Mart: ‘Respect D.C.’
Wal-Mart was put on notice by more than 100 Washington, D.C. residents, business owners and clergy at a spirited rally on the steps of City Hall on Feb. 7. “Respect D.C.,” they demanded of the retail giant who has announced plans to build four new stores in the District by the end of 2012. Wal-Mart, […]
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Pepco Issues Apology in Full-page Ad
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pepco is apologizing to customers in the Washington region for widespread power outages and pledges to make improvements in a full-page newspaper advertisement. Pepco Chairman and CEO Joseph Rigby issued a letter Feb. 7 in The Washington Post. The apology comes as D.C. Council member Tommy Wells holds a hearing on winter […]
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Panel to Advise Mayor on Next D.C. Schools Chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Mayor Vincent Gray is forming a panel of teachers, students and community members to help select the city’s next schools chancellor. At a news conference Feb. 8, Gray said he expects the panel to be named by the end of the week. He says it will include representatives of the Washington […]
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Arbitrator Reinstates 75 D.C. Teachers Fired by Rhee
WASHINGTON (AP) — An arbitrator has ruled that former Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee improperly fired 75 new District of Columbia teachers in 2008 and is ordering them reinstated with two years of back pay. Arbitrator Charles Feigenbaum found that the school system never told the teachers why they were being fired and gave them no […]
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Gray Joins D.C. Employees in Furlough
Mayor Vincent Gray signed a waiver on Feb. 4, allowing him to be furloughed on various holidays throughout the year. Under the terms, Gray will join 32,000 other District government employees in forgoing pay during scheduled time off in an attempt to cut down on city costs. Gray’s move comes after the Feb. 1 approval […]
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Comcast Launches On Demand Service for America’s Missing Kids
Comcast, one of the nation’s leading cable service providers, wants to help in the effort to bring America’s missing children back to their families. Through a partnership with the National Center of Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), the company has launched “Missing Kids On Demand,” a service that will provide profiles and information about missing […]
