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DC Opens 1st-Ever Urgent Care Center in Ward 8

DC Opens 1st-Ever Urgent Care Center in Ward 8

By Shreya Dudeja October 28, 2022

The first urgent care center in Ward 8 opened on Oct. 10 as part of a multi-step plan to improve access to quality, timely health care for residents of Wards 7 and 8.  Cedar Hill Urgent Care provides...

Wards 7, 8 Open First Full-Service Grocery Store in Over a Decade

By Olivia Macaulay October 6, 2022

The fourth full-service grocery store to open east of the Anacostia River, the first in over a decade, recently welcomed its first customers last week. The stores will expand food access in Wards 7 and...

D.C. Council Launches Ward Redistricting Process, Following COVID-19 Delays

D.C. Council Launches Ward Redistricting Process, Following COVID-19 Delays

By Ella Davie October 8, 2021

The Council of the District of Columbia officially began its redistricting process Sept. 29 after a five-month delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In the redistricting process, government...

COVID-19 Study Finds Higher Levels of Exposure Correlated to Mobility of Essential Workers in Wards 7 and 8

COVID-19 Study Finds Higher Levels of Exposure Correlated to Mobility of Essential Workers in Wards 7 and 8

By Jemima Denham and Hansen Lian February 11, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Washington, D.C. wards with a high percentage of Black and Latinx residents and a greater number of people who are less likely to be able to work...

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UMC has made arrangements with Howard University Hospital and Unity Healthcare to provide prenatal care at community clinics in Wards 7 and 8.

Southeast DC Left in Need of Maternity Care After Birthing Wards Close

By Georgia Payne January 18, 2018

Washington, D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8 were left in need of maternity care centers after two D.C. birthing wards servicing the area closed late last year. Well-known in the D.C. area for serving individuals...

Walmart Abruptly Cancels D.C. Stores

By Matthew Larson January 26, 2016

Citing recent disappointment in the financial performances of its three Washington, D.C. stores, Walmart abruptly cancelled the planned construction of two stores in some of D.C.’s poorer areas Jan....

A Day to Give Back

By Allison Hillsbery August 29, 2014

Orientation and the beginning of a new school year mean that both new and returning students have the opportunity to decide how they want to devote their free time this year. Almost every year since...

Learning by Doing: Lessons From Another Classroom

By Diamond Graham May 19, 2011

I remember my first week at Georgetown, back when the welcome event was in front of Village C West on the lawn. Learning the Georgetown chants, traditions, and seeing everyone together in one space made...

College Awareness Month Draws Young D.C. Hopefuls

By Jonathan Gillis October 25, 2010

Ninth-graders from two D.C. public high schools paid a visit to the Hilltop on Friday as part of D.C.'s College Awareness Month. Students from Columbia Heights Educational Campus and Phelps High School...

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