Ward 1 Councilmember Graham comments on this article: » CDC misled District residents about lead levels in water, House probe finds Dear Friends: Yesterday Ireleased a statement in response to an article in The Washington Post. The article reveals that the Centers for Disease Control misled the District about lead levels in our drinking water. … More DC WASA Water Safety Analysis

BLOOMINGDALE COMMUNITY YARD SALE Sponsored by the CADC –A not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing and maintaining CrispusAttucksPark for the entire community Saturday May 22nd, 8AM -2PM in CRISPUSATTUCKSPARK The private community park between the unit blocks of U and V Streets and the 2000 blocks of North Capitol & 1st streets. In the heart of … More Bloomingdale Yard Sale This Saturday!

Please sign up to participate in our Spring Treebox Planning Beautification Event on Saturday June 5. We are looking for people who want to fix up their treeboxes. Thanks to an ANC Grant we are able to buy plants and dirt for approximately 40 treeboxes. By signing up below you will get 4-6 plants and … More June 5 is 2010 Spring Treebox Planting

Last night was a pretty packed and interesting ANC5C meeting that discussed Big Bear’s Liquor License. Meaty stuff and democracy in action. See Michael Henderson’s notes at the link below. Friends, If you were unable to attend tonight’s ANC5C meeting at Catholic University, you can see my notes uploaded to the EdgewoodDC website. Just click … More ANC5C Minutes – Big Bear vote postponed

Neighbors, I attended the funeral services for Diane Alexander this morning. For those of you who may not be sure who she was, I have pasted her picture above. I met Diane and her family when I first moved onto Bates Street — some 20+ years ago. The thing that struck me about her almost … More Reflections on Diane Alexander

SEABURY WARD 5 AGING SERVICES in partnership with “Ward 5 Councilmember Harry S. Thomas, Jr.” & NORTH MICHIGAN PARK RECREATION CENTER WARD 5 SENIOR COMMUNITY DAY “Celebrating Older American Month” “Age Strong! Live Long!” FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010 North Michigan Park Recreation Center 1333 Emerson Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20017 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. … More Ward 5 Senior Day- May 28

The BBC covered this program and I posted the video a few weeks. ago. The DC Department of Public Works and Councilmember Jim Graham are launching the third year of the MuralsDC program, created to replace illegal graffiti with artistic works, to help revitalize communities and teach young people the art of aerosol painting. This … More Graffiti Prevention/Public Arts Program begins 3rd Year

Please distribute widely – listservs, blogs, forward to friends. We’d love to see you on the trail and at the movie. Thank you! Noma Summer Screen: easier to get to than ever before! Join us for a family-friendly movie and walk down the new Metropolitan Branch Trail. This Wednesday, May 19: Walk to WALL-E. Meet … More See WALL-E on the Met Branch Trail! Free on Wednesday