The Greater Brookland Intergenerational Village kicked off its fall season with a neighborhood fundraiser to support the group’s goal of better social and educational opportunities accessible for the...
12th Street Thift is set to open on a commercial strip that has seen many vacancies recently.
Right Proper Brewing Co. is expanding again with a new location opening in Eckington next spring. At current capacity, Right Proper brews and distributes about 5,000 barrels of beer per year. The new 5,500 square foot...
In the weeks following his landslide victory as D.C. councilmember representing Ward 5, Zachary Parker discusses his landmark victory.
D.C. residents at the Woodridge Library polling station stress that affordable housing is a necessity.
A vehicle plowed through a family home at Clermont Apartments Sunday night, and the suspect is still at large. According to Metropolitan Police Department Public Information Officer Alaina Gertz, the driver of the...
As cold temperatures set in, the District prepares for the annual cooling to heating switchover across public schools. But, hundreds of HVAC repairs are still pending.
The Franciscan Monastery and other religious institutions in D.C.’s Ward 5 donate thousands of pounds of produce per year to help feed the hungry.
Community members gathered at the corner of 14th and Irving St. Northeast in remembrance of 5-year-old Allie Hart, who died after being hit by a car while on her bicycle earlier this year.
After getting a bad rap for years, Brookland Middle School saw the highest enrollment increase of all Washington middle schools after administrators and parents turned its reputation around.
Brookland parents and community organizers are joining together to support the neighborhood's public schools.
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