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Capitol Heights Left Hundreds of Old Garbage Bins in a Residential Neighborhood for a Year Remaining Cans Removed After Informer Inquiries; Residents Still Have Storage Lot for a Neighbor By Kayla Benjamin Every single-family home in Capitol Heights, Maryland received a new garbage bin last May. The incorporated town, having switched to a new trash pickup provider, had to swap out everyone’s trash cans. But the old plastic bins—about
1,500 in total—didn’t go very far. Bright green and unwashed, the used trash cans ended up piled in an open-air storage facility owned by Capitol Heights. They joined a haphazard collection of vehicle parts, wood scraps and old mattresses.
5An Opus Avenue resident looks out at the garbage cans, construction equipment and other items kept in storage on the property that abuts her yard April 16. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
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After Release of Independent Report, Nadeau and Bonds Set Sights on Legislation
5Amid health concerns and rumors surrounding his recent endorsement of Ward 7 Council candidate Wendell Felder, D.C. Councilmember Vincent Gray accepted an honorary Ph.D from his alma mater, George Washington University, during its commencement on the National Mall on May 19. (WI File Photo)
Amid Concerns about His Health and Election Endorsement, Councilmember Gray Accepts Honorary Degree from GWU
By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer
On Sunday, thousands watched as D.C. Councilmember Vincent C. Gray (D-Ward 7) accepted an honorary Ph.D. from his alma mater, George Washington University (GWU), during its commence-
ment on the National Mall on Sunday, May 19. In 1964, Gray received a bachelors of science in psychology from GWU. As a student, he joined the Jewish fraternity Tau Epsilon Phi, where he served two consecutive terms as president. Gray’s decades of public service not only include stints as Ward 7 council member, but council chairman and D.C. mayor. He’s the only elected official in D.C. history to serve in those three roles. Gray has set
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Despite Debate about Tactics, Some Possibility of Collaboration By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau (D) recently released an independent review of the District’s investigation into sexual
harassment complaints against ex-Bowser administration official John Falcicchio. The findings of that review, Nadeau said, will inform her legislation that mandates third-party investigations into sexual harass-
ment complaints made against mayoral executives. One recommendation from the now redacted report that she cited involves the creation of a centralized sexual harassment oversight
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D.C. Residents Reflect on Impact of Bolling v. Sharpe Decision Effects of De Jure Segregation Persist By Sam P.K. Collins WI Staff Writer 5While students at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, the first Black high school in the United States, enjoy a curriculum redesign and programs like JROTC (pictured), safety concerns loom large in the aftermath of a May 3 shooting outside of school grounds that shattered a window and injured a student. (WI File Photo)
The Bolling v. Sharpe Supreme Court decision of 1954, decided on the same day as Brown v. Board of Education, deemed the racial segregation of District public
schools unconstitutional. In the years that followed, local and federal officials attempted to facilitate racial integration at several all-white District schools, including John Philip Sousa Junior High School, where the Black plaintiffs in the
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