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Tag: Congress Heights

Posted inCommunity

Show Me Love DMV – Wanda Lockridge, A Forever Love

by Austin R. Cooper Jr. February 14, 2022February 15, 2022

“To have and to hold, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.”  A solemn commitment maintained by Wanda and William Lockridge from the wedding day in 1989, […]

Posted inCommunity

Show Me Love DMV – Kenyan and Princess McDuffie

by Aja Beckham February 14, 2022February 15, 2022
Congress Park Apartments in southeast D.C. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

Darrell Green Seeks to Buy Congress Park Housing Units

by James Wright Jr. March 17, 2021December 21, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser cuts the ribbon for the Residences at St. Elizabeths East in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Ward 8 on Nov. 23. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Upscale Housing Comes to St. Elizabeths East Campus

by James Wright Jr. December 4, 2019December 21, 2021
Ward 7 resident Renee Powell participates in a health screening during Community Day in Congress Heights on Sept. 14. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Congress Heights Residents at Cultural Crossroads

by Sam P.K. Collins September 18, 2019December 21, 2021
Muriel Bowser
Posted inCommunity

Bowser Tour Exemplifies Changes in Congress Heights Community

by James Wright Jr. July 24, 2019December 21, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser prepares to break ground on 202 affordable housing units at St. Elizabeths East Campus in Ward 8 on Nov. 27. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity, Local Business

Residents Wary of St. Elizabeths Development

by Sam P.K. Collins November 28, 2018October 31, 2020
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Council members Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), Anita Bonds (D-At Large), Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) and Trayon White (D-Ward 8), Ed Fisher, executive director of St. Elizabeths East Campus, and Greg O’Dell, president and CEO of EventsDC, along with other officials and Ward 8 residents, cut the ribbon for the new Sports and Entertainment Arena in Southeast on Sept 22. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inLetters to the Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: New Arena Should Just be the Start

by WI Guest Author October 3, 2018October 31, 2020
A rendering of the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Congress Heights
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports

Congress Heights to Host PFL Championship

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer August 22, 2018October 31, 2020
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is surrounded by children from Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in the city's Congress Heights neighborhood as she acts as an escort in the Safe Passage program on June 8. Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity, Shevry Lassiter

D.C. Mayor Aims to Provide Safe Travels for Students

by Shevry Lassiter June 13, 2018October 31, 2020

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