We know of Ready, Willing, and Working—the program that provides job training and other support to recently homeless men trying to get their lives back on track. This program gives Capitol Hill the wonderful Men in Blue who help keep our neighborhood clean and direct visitors around the business areas. A new program was recently […]
I have scoured the seven seas–or a seven block area awash in the cold, dark days of December, keeping its eyes peeled for swanky, cheerful or just plain unexpected gifts to please the Hill home-body. Here’s what we have — feel free to add more. This list is just meant to open the door to […]
I know I’m not the only one cursing the cold weather these days. I’m fairly certain if my puppy could talk he’d be asking why it’s freezing and pitch black when he goes for his daily walk at 5:00pm. Needless to say, the cool temperature is just one of the reasons why my recent visit […]
Everyone has one—that person on your holiday list who already has the latest gadgets, read the most recent books, or shops the fashion trends before anyone else; that person who always needs the receipt to return a gift because he already has it. She not only bought the perfect gift for herself, but she bought […]
Options Public Charter School, the city’s oldest charter school, serves at-risk students from its campus at 14th & E Streets, NE. Currently 70% of Options students have some sort of special need, according to the school’s Executive Director, Dr. Donna Montgomery. At the start of this school year, 30 students with the diagnosis of conduct […]