Washington Informer
WASHINGTON -- The birth of Zuri Armani Green, who was born on 12/12/12 at Howard University Hospital, makes her one of the last "Millennium Babies" of this century. Millennium babies are those born with repeating dates, such as 05/05/05, 10/10/10,…
The Thurgood Marshall Center Trust Board of Directors along with the Center's executive director, Thomasina Yearwood, celebrated the holiday season with a party and "friendraiser" Friday, Dec. 14 at the Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage (TMCSH). The Center, located…
The National Center for Children and Families partnered with Majic 102.3 to host the Dec. 14 "Miracle on U Street Toy Drive" at Ben's Chili Bown in Northwest. Two Washington Redskins cheerleaders were on-hand to collect donations. Click here to view…
Residents of the Ivy City neighborhood who fought to prevent the District from building a tour bus parking lot on the former grounds of the Crummell School, have gained favor a judge who recently issued a preliminary injunction barring the…
More than 4,000 new and unwrapped toys were donated during the recent "Toys for Tots" drive that was spearheaded by The Yolanda Adams Morning Show, Praise 104.1. Listeners brought the toys to the Lowes Home Improvement store in Largo, Md., during the popular show's Dec.…
Mayor Vincent C. Gray's innovative One City • One Hire program has reached a key milestone in connecting more than 5,000 previously unemployed District residents with jobs. Gray and Lisa María Mallory, director of the Department of Employment Services…
Mayor Vincent C. Graywill convene the 13th meeting of the District of Columbia Electoral College on Monday, Dec. 17, at the John A. Wilson Building in downtown D.C. The meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in…
The allegations of campaign finance fraud by D.C. Council member Vincent Orange and former Board of Elections Chairman Togo West that led to former Council Chairman Kwame Brown's resignation, appear to have been put to rest following his sentencing last month…
The first visitors Derek Slocum welcomed to his new Whitfield Chapel Gardens home were a slew of government officials and newspaper and television reporters wielding cameras, tripods and notebooks. Slocum, the winner of Prince George's County's Department of Housing and…
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) has joined forces with the D.C. Council to stop the sale of a legal, yet lethal synthetic drug that's gaining popularity among District youth. K2 also known as "Spice" is a psychoactive designer drug. It's…
The need for fiscal stability at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) has become so serious that officials are digging deeper into taxpayer coffers to make ends meet. Despite UDC President Allen Sessoms' assertion this fall that the…
Catania on AG Position D.C. Council member David Catania said that he's seriously considering a run for the newly created, elected attorney general's position in the District in 2014. "There is plenty of time for considering that but I am…
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