One Homeowner Helped; Many More in Need- April 30, 2008 Henry Coleman Washington has worked hard for most of his life. As a boy growing up in Charles County, he tended a vegetable garden that provided food for the family table. During his teenage years, he earned money as a neighborhood handyman. He later went to work for the National Park Service and retired after 32 years as a truck driver.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902621.html?nav=r... National Harbor Isn't Ignoring Its Neighbors- April 23, 2008 Irma Bogan was looking at some dead azaleas in her back yard the other day. "Too much dust, too much dirt," she said, as if delivering a eulogy. During the construction of National Harbor, which abuts her Riverbend neighborhood in Fort Washington, a thick layer of red dust had covered homes, gardens and cars.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/22/AR2008042202740.html?nav=r... One Living Memorial and Too Many Dead- April 9, 2008 A tree was dedicated yesterday to homicide victims in the District and Prince George's County. A willow oak sapling was planted in a small park in the 1300 block of Rhode Island Avenue NE, not far from the county line.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040803251.html?nav=r... Ignorance Is Bliss, And Then You Get an STD- April 2, 2008 It seems like a lifetime ago, but spring used to be the perfect excuse for me to write lightheartedly about sex. From mating rituals on display at the National Zoo to cherry blossom courtships around the Tidal Basin, this was truly the season to be jolly.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102433.html?nav=r... |