Polls closed at 8:30 PM Thursday night at Joseph Cole Recreation in Northeast. At 8:48 PM, Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas swore in the newest member of ANC 5B: Thalia Wiggins. A small business owner and the youngest of four candidates on the ballot, Wiggins was endorsed by retiring Commissioner Wilhelmina Lawson and Frozen Tropics. […]
Last week, THIH wrote about the candidate forum for the ANC5B-06 special election that is taking place this Thursday, January 21st, from 7-8:30 PM in the gym at Joseph H. Cole Recreation, 1200 Morse Street, NE. At that forum, I asked the candidates, George Jackson, Tontalya Terceiro-Wright, Thalia Wiggins and Bernice Hall-Gates, to share their […]
Thursday night, the four candidates vying for the ANC5B06 seat gathered to share their ideas and motivations for why voters should elect them to the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission. The candidates, George Jackson, Tontalya Terceiro-Wright, Thalia Wiggins and Bernice Hall-Gates were given five minutes for their political elevator pitch, followed by an opportunity for Q&A. […]
Ward 6 D.C. Council member Tommy Wells shared the first draft report developed by the Eastern Branch Task Force charged with envisioning the future of the former Eastern Branch Boys & Girls Club building. You can find the draft report on Wells’ website. In the meantime, Neighbors United, the community group that had long tried […]
Ryan Velasco is a child of the Virginia suburbs, but moving to the Hill in 2004 was more of a spiritual homecoming than trips out traffic-choked Route 66. His cul-de-sac youth, coupled with a degree in historic preservation and community planning, make him an Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) member with particular sensitivities to preserving the […]