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Urban farm opens in DC’s Ward 8 giving families access to fresh produce
On Tuesday, community leaders cut the ribbon on a new urban farm at the Washington View apartments building in the Southeast ...
Public officials walk DC's Ward 5 with residents to share concerns and create solutions.
While crime is trending down in Washington, D.C.’s Ward 5, residents have concerns due to a recent homicide, a stabbing, ...
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Meet the 3 candidates vying for DC's Ward 8 Councilmember seat
The ward now includes the Navy Yard after a redistricting ... “We have to make sure that people have quality housing, dealing with issues in the DC Housing Authority, we have a lot of ...
What DC's Ward 8 candidates say about developing the RFK Stadium project
News spoke to each Ward 8 candidate and learned whether they were for or against possibly developing RFK Stadium in ...
Previously planned public safety meeting in DC's Ward 8 comes at the end of a violent week
A pre-planned Ward 8 public safety meeting comes after a violent week that saw at least three deadly shootings in the ...
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DC's Ward 8 community calls for action during police crime walk amid rise in violent crime
The call comes amid a rise in murders in Ward 8 where violent crime rates are rising faster than in other parts of the city. When Pamela Smith took over as acting Metropolitan Police Department ...
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Derrick Ward, beloved News4 reporter and DC native, dead at 62
Derrick Ward, a member of the News4 family, died Tuesday following complications from recent cardiac arrest. He was 62. A native of the District of Columbia, Ward grew up in Marshall Heights and ...
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Beloved NBC Washington reporter Derrick Ward dead at 62: ‘Always made me smile’
A veteran reporter at a Washington, DC, TV station has died due to complications from a recent cardiac arrest, the news outlet said Wednesday. Derrick Ward, who had worked for NBC4 Washington ...