In recent years the second month of college football season has been about the DMV’s Black College programs getting a head start on next year. However, Bowie State, Howard, and Morgan State are now in a position to think about more than playing for respectability in the CIAA and MEAC respectively. After getting thrashed at […]

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Montgomery County Health & Human Services)–Montgomery County Health and Human Services will offer its first H1N1 vaccination clinic on Friday, October 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Dennis Avenue Health Center, 2000 Dennis Avenue in Silver Spring. The County has received 2,500 doses of the intranasal H1N1 vaccine (nasal […]

VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON, D.C – Metro says full service has been restored and repairs have been completed on the Red Line at the site of June’s fatal train crash near the Fort Totten station. Still, there are still some safety concerns. Metro trains are still running in manual mode until problems with the signals are […]

VIA WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL: Ben Ali, founder of the iconic U Street restaurant Ben’s Chili Bowl, died Wednesday evening. He was 82. Ali, a native of Trinidad, opened Ben’s Chili Bowl with his wife, Virginia, in 1958. The spot has been known for, among other things, being a date night place for comedian Bill Cosby […]

Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) evolved from the “Day of Unity” in October 1981 conceived by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The intent was to connect advocates across the nation who were working to end violence against women and their children. The Day of Unity soon became an entire week devoted to a range […]