Peanuts for the Central Library. I'm still digesting the $6 billion, no-new-taxes budget that Mayor Vince Gray dropped on Friday. The first headline grabbers were attempts to raise revenue: Extended hours for alcohol sales, new automatic speeding camer... »
Over the next two weeks, WMATA will be holding hearings about the proposed fare increases for FY2013.-- Docket B12-01: Proposed FY2013 Fare Adjustments and Docket B12-02: Proposed FY2013 Capital Improvement Program and Federal FY2012 Grant Applications... »
Committee on Health oversight hearings: The Committee on Health has posted the responses from the Department of Health related to the February 16, 10:00 am performance oversight hearing. The responses from the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human S... »
"Fit to Run"Official Campaign Rally and Speech Click Here to View Video "Let My People Go!" Official Announcement Speech (Full Text) Delivered by: Natalie Williams, Ward 8 City Council Candidate "Thank you so very much for the kind words spoken here ... »
Good Morning Community Leaders and Organizations, I wanted to send a quick reminder about a very exciting series of events coming up in our community. The District of Columbia was recently selected as one of five capital cities to receive the U.S. Env... »
Go HERE to read the full article. Excerpt: Originally settled by emancipated former slaves, Barry Farm is a hilly 25 acres that holds 432 public housing units, more than two dozen of which were boarded up on the recent walk through. The neighborhood wa... »
Dear Parents, Students and Friends of the Community, Thank you for supporting The Village Connection, Inc. We have partnered with Matthews Memorial Baptist Church (MMBC) Youth Ministry and Transcend Academy (TA) to provide the youth in our community w... »
Metro’s proposal to raise fares is not going over well. Tuesday night, a crowd of frustrated metro riders told the transit agency they don't want to pay higher fares. Metro is proposing a price hike to help pay for safety improvements. The agency w... »
