On Friday afternoon, a house fire broke out on First Street NW, prompting a quick response from the DC Fire and EMS Department.
Community members have united to make Lincoln Road NE and North Capitol Street a safer place for drivers, pedestrians and residents.
Bloomingdales’ Crispus Attucks Park hosted its annual film festival last month after being canceled in 2020 due to COVID. The event has brought the community together for years.
The DC Court of Appeals cleared the way for demolition to begin on the McMillan Sand Filtration Site despite ongoing court challenges.
D.C. Public Schools abandoned a plan to return some students in person learning earlier in November. Now, one student at Langley Elementary School in Eckington considers what finishing out the school year on a virtual...
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in late September that some D.C. elementary school students would be returning to school come November. But Langley Elementary School parents are still waiting to see which students will...
George Washington University and Howard University will both open new hospitals in the next six years, which the city government says will improve health-care access for D.C.’s most vulnerable residents.
The Bloomingdale Civic Association has been working for a year and a half to bring a local leadership and history curriculum to Bloomingdale students. Now, in the final weeks of its grant, the association must make its...
Soft money donations build goodwill, according to experts.
Bloomingdale, a historic District neighborhood, has a racially-charged story. Community leaders Bertha Holliday and Paul Cerruti of the Bloomingdale Civic Association created an architectural and social timeline to show...
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