WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of the District of Columbia will have about 1,500 extra students at its northwest Washington campus this year. Mayor Adrian Fenty and D.C. school officials announced Friday that Wilson High School students will study this school year at UDC’s Building 52. The high school building in Tenleytown will undergo a […]
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Councilwoman Asks Secret Service to Improve Inconvenient Procedures
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) recently sent a letter to U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan after hearing complaints at “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community meetings about inconveniences when the Secret Service secures a facility or neighborhood. “As a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, I fully understand that security concerns necessitate that […]
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Zeta Phi Beta, March of Dimes Collect Thousands of Diapers at Mystics Game
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, the March of Dimes and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield joined forces at the Verizon Center during a recent Washington Mystics game. The groups participated in a massive diaper drive and collected over 21,000 diapers for Stork’s Nest, a prenatal education and incentive program for low-income women maintained by Zeta Phi Beta, one […]
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Federal Dollars to Speed up District’s Aggressive Paving Program
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is speeding up its efforts to improve the streets in Washington, D.C. DDOT announced last week that the department will use federal funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) to resurface several streets within the District, ahead of its normal construction schedule, over the next few weeks. […]
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National Faith Leaders Raise $1.4 Million for D.C. King Memorial
On June 17, seventeen of the nation’s most influential ministers launched the Faith Based Countdown to Completion campaign to raise the remaining $13 million for the Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. The ministers jointly responsible for having raised $1.4 million for the memorial are challenging other ministers nationwide to join their cause. […]
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D.C. Museum Faces Detour on the Road to New Facility
The African American Civil War Memorial and Museum, located on 12th Street, N.W., has begun a transition to the Grimke School Building – which is adjacent to the Civil War Monument – after receiving a $5 million capital improvement grant from the city. Although museum officials hoped to enter the new 10,000-square-feet facility by September, […]
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Local Educator Shoots for the Stars with ‘Project Promise’
One of the winning programs in the 2010 ING Unsung Heroes awards competition was submitted by Dr. Alesia Slocumb-Bradford, a teacher at Jefferson Middle School in Washington, D.C. She is one of only 100 winners across the country that are going back to school with a $2,000 ING Unsung Heroes grant, which identifies her as […]
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National Teacher’s Federation to Oversee D.C. Union Elections
In a measure to ensure fair practices are followed in the Washington Teachers Union elections, the American Federation of Teachers has placed the organization under its control. According to the AFT, the action is also part of an ongoing effort to make sure the elections are consistent with WTU’s constitution and don’t involve its day-to-day […]
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DCPS Provides Online Tools for Smooth Back -to-School Transition
With classes slated to begin on Aug. 23, officials for the District of Columbia Public Schools system have announced new tools for providing a smooth transition into the new school year. In ensuring that all students and parents have access to information and support necessary for enrolling and attending classes, officials have established a comprehensive […]
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District Purchases New Vehicles to Transport Elderly
Getting to and from doctor’s appointments and geriatric care facilities has just been made easier for District senior citizens, who lack their own transportation. According to an announcement this week by Mayor Adrian Fenty and Clarence Brown, director for the Office on Aging, the city shelled out about $649,000 for 11 new wheelchair accessible vehicles […]
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Interstate 295 Pedestrian Bridge Reopens
Eight months after it was closed for demolition of a pier and widening of the roadway, the pedestrian bridge over Interstate 295 re-opened this week, restoring important links to the Anacostia community. Completion of the project – DDOT’s largest bridge re-design to date at a cost of $300 million – marks another milestone in the […]
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KIMA Charter Challenges Revocation in Court
Despite community outcry, the Public Charter School Board last week voted unanimously to close the doors of the Kamit Institute for Magnificent Achievers Public Charter School, an Afrocentric charter school in Washington, D.C. However, even as KIMA follows the footsteps of a handful of sister facilities that had their charters revoked, its officials vowed to […]
