Ward 5

So This is What a Sleepy Little Town Feels Like – Not Really

After two weeks of working remote, dreary weather,  and the lack of excuses, to go grocery shopping or the pharmacy, I decided to take to my front porch as my outside endeavor for the day. As I sat there counting the cars and watching bumblebees seeming to be magnetized by this lilac tree the city …

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Langdon Community Garden : A Partnership Between DPR and The Neighborhood

A perfect example of gardening in small spaces is the Langdon Community Garden at the corner of 24th and Franklin Streets NE. Located across the street from First St. Paul Baptist Church and catty-corner to the Bodega where a young man was gunned down a few weeks ago qualifies it as a true urban garden. …

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Comprehensive Plan Roadshow Comes to Ward 5

November 23, 2019 Nearly 100 residents and ANC Commissioners, past and present, showed up at Luke C Moore High School at 1001 Monroe Street in Northeast D.C. to participate in the Ward 5 Comprehensive Plan Meeting. The Ward 5 meeting is the sixth of eight meetings designed to bring updates and information on the Mayor\’s …

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The Monroe Street Bridge – Connecting Brookland and Edgegwood

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Councilman McDuffie briefly spoke on a chilly Saturday morning to mark the completion of the Monroe Street Bridge. The bridge underwent a major repair and now stands as a gateway between these two neighborhoods connecting Edgewood to Brookland where Monroe Street has become the home to a number of new shops …

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Focus on: Clarence Cherry; On Islam, Community, and Our Youth

The voicemail simply asked whether The DC Voice was interested in sharing the narrative of a Black man, who\’s also a black Muslim in America today. The hour-long conversation with Clarence Cherry, entrepreneur, former DC firefighter, activist, father of 5 and the CEO and Founder of Health & Wealth Nation, LLC shed new light on …

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Taking a Wholistic Approach at the Health Fair & Community Bazaar

Sunday, August 18, 2019 Health fair and community bazaar doesn\’t capture the knowledge that was imparted Sunday at the Edgewood Arts Center on 8th Street, N.E.  It was more of a Master\’s course in health and science as it relates to physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Each presenter, dynamic in their own right, covered aspects …

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