FRESHFARM ACM knows that food insecurity is on the rise, especially in D.C. It wants historic Anacostia residents to know what resources are available to them, even outside of FRESHFARM’s services.
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Ashayla Byrd
Montgomery County’s childcare expansion leaves Bethesda out
Montgomery County broke ground on the first of six new childcare facilities to add to the county’s childcare capacity, but Bethesda families face a different struggle: affordability. With no new facilities planned for...
Alyssa Summers
Food access-focused LeDroit Park farm kicks off fall events
The Common Good City Farm on V Street NW is preparing for its annual Halloween, Thanksgiving and winter holiday fests amidst its ongoing work to improve food access for locals.
Jacob Saucier
Can a milk tree bring foot traffic to Friendship Heights?
The Friendship Heights Alliance is working with the local artist behind the studio Milk Tree to attract more people to Wisconsin Avenue NW.
Hiba Alkhersam
Brookland Village fundraiser surpasses goal to support senior resident aid
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 neighborhood’s...
Isabella Barias
Pot pies are solving business problems in Georgetown.
1310 Kitchen & Bar is cooking up comfort food to help Georgetown businesses amid a corporate retail boom.
Nia Ames
One more piece: a D.C. library adds a puzzle program
Cleveland Park Library is seeing big demand for a puzzle program that helps people socialize. And it’s changing how residents see libraries.
Albina Yeromina
One D.C. tunnel, 9 days of disruptions for East Coast rail passengers
Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express passengers traveling through a major connection hub at Union Station in D.C. face cancellations and delays due to a track upgrade in the First Street tunnel. Travelers say Amtrak...
Deona Easterson
Del Ray East sewer work starts soon. Residents say they weren’t warned.
Crews will start relining hundreds of sewer pipelines across Del Ray East this fall, a yearlong project that will bring water shutoffs, lane closures, and parking restrictions to neighborhoods east of Commonwealth...
Celeste Hoytt
Bipartisan lawmakers call for regulation of license-reading cameras
Cybersecurity experts, policy advocates and community members testify on the potential dangers of AI-driven license plate readers and the lack of effective guardrails.
Makyla McLeod