Washington Informer
Restoration Effort Will Take Several Days Friday night's violent windstorm that ripped through the Washington area has devastated the Pepco electric system, leaving more than 443,000 of Pepco's 788,000 customers without power. Winds in excess of 70 miles per…
At-large Council member Michael Brown issued a statement Thursday indicating that he'd stumbled upon a spate of unauthorized spending from one of his re-election campaign's bank accounts. Brown said in the statement that he discovered the expenditures last week during…
A string of severe thunderstorms that recently swept through parts of the Washington metropolitan area, left behind a trail of devastation. What one meteorologist called a "straight line" storm and other weather watchers and Prince George's County Executive Rushern…
The Sunday after the Ark of Safety Christian Church in Upper Marlboro filed for bankruptcy on June 15 it was worship as usual. Two services were held at its mall-turned-church facility with hymns, scripture readings and a reflective sermon. C.…
District Supporters Will Travel to Various States to Campaign for the President District Democrats expressed strong support for President Obama and pledged to work this fall to keep him in the White House for another four years during…
Measure Authorizes Millions in Federal Agriculture Grants University of the District of Columbia (UDC) President Allen L. Sessoms celebrated a victory this week with passage of The Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 by the U.S. Senate.…
The nation's largest retailer recently gifted thousands of dollars to a Southeast arts facility for its programs that emphasize healthy eating and a health-conscious lifestyle. Representatives of Walmart and the Walmart Foundation presented a $50,000 check to Edmund Fleet,…
Batchelor Defends Brown Markus Batchelor, the first vice president of the Ward 8 Democratic Committee, didn't agree with a Sat., June 16 resolution passed by his organization criticizing the D.C. Council regarding his boss, D.C. Council member and Chairman…
Gaming Expansion Not a Dead Issue Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker isn't quite as hot as he was last week when a work group failed to agree on gaming expansion in Maryland. A work group that was studying…
Infections Still Rampant Among Low-Income Black Women Two years ago, the District of Columbia struggled to get a grip on its burgeoning HIV/AIDS cases which had reached pandemic proportions among the heterosexual population, and giving the city notoriety…
The Office of Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker recently announced seven imdividuals who will comprise the Financial Advisory Committee (FAC) for the $50 million Economic Development Incentive (EDI) Fund. Under the law that created the EDI Fund, the Committee…
Over the years, Seat Pleasant Mayor Eugene W. Grant has worked diligently to bring partners such as the University of Maryland's Prevention Research Center and School of Public Health into the community and better the lives of residents with free…
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