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Over 80 Faith Leaders have asked the DC City Council to do more for the most vulnerable of the city's poor in this year's budget deliberations. Faith leaders have written and visited with City Council members urging efforts to alleviate poverty in the city.more
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District Faith Leaders Seek Increased Aid for ‘Least of These’
Originally published May 22, 2013Over 80 Faith Leaders have asked the DC City Council to do more for the most vulnerable of the city's poor in this year's budget deliberations. Faith leaders have written and visited with City Council members urging efforts to alleviate poverty in the city.more
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May 22, 2013 -
At the next legislative meeting of the Council of the District of Columbia, Councilmember Anita Bonds (D-At-large) will introduce legislation titled, “Senior Citizen Real Property Tax Homeowner Relief,” which will allow residents who have maintained residency for 25 years or more to be exempt from real property taxes, if the homeowner is aged 80 years or older and earns less than $100,000.00 annually. more
May 22, 2013 -
A Southeast Washington pediatrician has been charged with possession of pornography depicting children, officials said.more
May 22, 2013 -
They came from points in the city where people aren’t enthralled with the boom that has led to an explosion in young, moneyed Whites who have changed the flavor of their neighborhoods and whose willingness, and ability, to pay sky-high prices for housing have left them wondering what they will do to live.more
May 15, 2013 -
Lavi$h, one of the hottest rising hip-hop artists in the Washington, D.C.-Metropolitan area, will be performing live in the district for the first time in 2013. more
May 15, 2013 -
WASHINGTON, DC – Dean Snyder, senior pastor of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC, has announced that he will retire next year. He told the Foundry congregation on April 28 that he was announcing his retirement effective July 2014 so that local church and denominational officials “will have adequate time to consult about Foundry’s next senior pastor and we will be able to have a well-planned and coordinated transition.”more
May 15, 2013 -
Over 100 family members and friends gathered May 10 at the Michigan Park Recreation Center in Northeast D.C., the day before the funeral of a 29-year-old Northeast Washington man who was found shot to death May 5.more
May 15, 2013 -
Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Marilyn J. Scott graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.more
May 15, 2013 -
INDIANAPOLIS – Shauna-Kay Creary and the 4x400M relay team of Kaydian Jones, Jerily Benjamin, Rochelle Nelson and Simone Grant, will represent the University of the District of Columbia at the 2013 NCAA Division II Women’s Track & Field Championships, May 23-25 in Pueblo, Colo. Creary and the Firebird 4x400M relay team qualified for the championships by reaching the automatic and provisional standards established for each event. more
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