Ward 5 Groups Left Behind in
$48 Million Grant Hand-Outs
The 2009 Budget Support Act (BSA) recently passed by the DC Council has little good news for Ward 5 organizations. The BSA provides $48 million in grants to more than 140 District organizations, but to only four groups in Ward 5. A significant factor in the failure of Ward 5 organizations to receive grant funds was the decision by Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. not to champion local groups during the budget process.

Brooklanders Struggle to
Make Voices Heard
More than 150 Brookland residents rallied on August 23rd to demand the burying of overhead power lines on 12th Street NE. One month later, the impact of the rally was unclear.

Brookland Writer Wins 2008 Maureen Egen Award
Brookland writer Willett Thomas won a prestigious award for her novel "Low Time in Arcadia." The novel “unfolds in the segregated, yet highly colorful waterway community of Arcadia, Florida, in the early 1950s.”

Brookland Rolls Out Welcome Mat to Incoming Catholic University Students
For a second year, incoming Catholic University students and their families were treated to free trolley tours of Brookland as part of first-year orientation activities.

Pilates at Excel Celebrates Tenth Year and Remembers Its Beginnings
This September marked the 10th anniversary of Pilates at Excel Movement Studios – one of Washington DC’s most established and reputable Pilates Studios.

Brookland Boasts “First Friend” of Potential First Lady
Her friends now refer to her as Michelle Obama’s BFF – “best first friend.” But Brookland resident Angela Acree remembers a time when her relationship to the Obamas was no big deal.

M&S Barber Comes Through Again for Brookland Kids
Duane Johnson takes some serious heat for the Dallas Cowboys clock that hangs on the wall of M&S Barber shop, but no one doubts his love for DC and for the kids of Brookland in particular.