Dear Ward 5 Community: Our children are the future and need your help being safe on their way to school this fall. Please join volunteers and the Executive Office of the Mayor on the first day of school for our visibility events to educate drivers to slow down to keep our children safe! […]
Apparently the movie Straight out of Compton was supposed to cause very hostile controversy when it premiered. The fear of an incident was based not only on the crowd it would bring in, but the message it was displaying to the crowd. The message was pretty much negligence towards the police or authority in general.
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Photo By Eduardo Montes-Bradley
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August 2, 2015 Some things never grow old – or do they? The Bonsai collection at the National Arboretum is always on display where the trees age ever so slowly. See more images at Ward 5 On Display.
[pro_ad_display_adzone id=\”2348\” corner_curl=\”1\” corner_small=\”20\” corner_animate=\”1\”] Three technologies that I use regularly and feel I can’t live without are my cell phone, television, and computer. I use my cell phone regularly because it helps me call and contact my peers, family, and provide an outlet to the world. I use my television regularly because it lets
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The news says Sandra Bland was driving down the street when all of a sudden she was pulled over by Officer Brian Encina for failing to use her turn signal. The officer told her what happened, and then things got heated when the officer told her to put her cigarette out. She refused and said \”I\’m
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July 25, 2015 A taste 0f the Holy Land was on display today at the Franciscan Monastery during the 2nd Annual Holy Land Festival. See more images at Ward 5 On Display.
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July 22, 2015 Yesterday I visited President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Old Soldier\’s Home, and had a wonderful experience. Lincoln’s Cottage is where President Abraham Lincoln went during his time as president to really relax and kind of unwind. The cottage was an old soldier’s home where they stayed. Three other presidents stayed at this cottage
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July 20, 2015 Donald Trump has had many outrageous outbursts before in his life. But the most recent one that has people upset is the remark he made about a race. Donald stereotyped the Latino race by saying that \”All Mexicans are immigrants\”. Not to mention the fact that with these statements Trump is trying
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Someone once told me to understand the moment when you are in it. Thursday, June 24, 2015 was one of those moments. As if being born the Negro child of Colored parents, raised in a time of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, and surviving long enough to witness the election of the first
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