District Scraps Plan for New Libraries in Ward 5
The plan to build new libraries in Ward 5 was quietly eliminated from the District’s 2010 budget. Previously, the District had planned to spend $20 million to build two new libraries in Ward 5 to replace the aging facilities in Woodridge and Lamond-Riggs.

Brookland Hill Is On the Move
The hill on Otis Street between 12th and 13th Street has been a problem for as long as anyone can remember. The unkempt hill, more than 300 feet long and unrestrained by any retaining wall, sidewalk or curb, is gradually making its way across the street.

Ward 5 Democrats Elect Officers Angel Alston, chairman of Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 5A, became the new chairman of the Ward 5 Democrats in an election characterized as chaotic and irregular by many observers.

Businesses Celebrate Completion of 12th St. Storefront Program
If you noticed 12th Street businesses looking better than ever, it could be because of improvements to five storefronts sponsored by the DC Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD).

Constance Gates Recognized for Accomplishments During Segregation
Before President Barack H. Obama made history as the first African-American President, a 78-year-old senior citizen, now a resident of Brookland, energized the civil rights movement in the sixties when employed by a school district in Pennsylvania as the first African-American teacher in a segregated town.

Hot and Smokin' Jazz at Bobby's Q
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen. My name is Yvonne Johnson…These are my boys and we are the Yvonne Johnson Trio,” is how you first meet the band...

A Tale of Two Tropicanas
In Northeast DC, residents have two Tropicana Jamaican Eateries to choose from: one on Rhode Island Avenue and one on 12th Street. Why? Because the chain is a popular destination for diners looking for a home-cooked meal served up fast.

Realtors Paint Town Beige
The Brookland office of Long and Foster real estate dedicated their annual “community service day” to painting the unsightly retaining wall outside Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy.

"Hair of the Dog" Grows on Brookland The stone path to Collette Deveaux’s pet grooming emporium, Hair of the Dog, is dotted by a tiny silver dog and a red fire hydrant, small visual clues that you and your pet are headed in the right direction at this house on Jackson Street.