FEATURES

19 Checking In - Ward 7 Council Member Vince Gray • by Gabriel Pacyniak | PDF
23 Applying the Fulcrum Principle • by Gabriel Pacyniak | PDF
25 The Language Key • by Monica Z. Utsey | PDF

SUMMER IN THE CITY

28 Hains Point - A Summer Playground Just Minutes Away • by Maggie Hall | PDF
30 Theater - Cool Shows for a Hot Summer • by Brad Hathaway | PDF
32 Movies - Selected Short Takes • by Mike Canning | PDF
34 Summer Music • by Lisette Attiyeh | PDF
36 Rooftop Dining • by Sandra Beasley | PDF
38 The Origin of Tango • by Jean-Keith Fagon | PDF
40 DC Summer Fun • compiled by the DC State Education Office | PDF only
42 Style - Surviving DC’s Sticky Summer in Style • by Catherine P. McEaddy | PDF
44 Calendar of Stylish Events • by Catherine P. McEaddy | PDF

CALENDARS

08 East of the River Calendar | PDF only
18 Community Bulletin Board | PDF only

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

18 Ward 7 Reports • by Gabriel Pacyniak | PDF
20 Ward 8 Reports • by Gabriel Pacyniak | PDF
21 Brown Spotlights Domestic Violence • by Gabriel Pacyniak | PDF
21 Aiming for More than a March • by Gabriel Pacyniak | PDF
22 Meet Your Neighbor - Sharee D. Brooks • by Deborah C. Lipscomb | PDF
24 Business Briefs - Main Street Anacostia • by Yavocka Young | PDF

RELIGION

45 Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
• by Debbie Robinson and Beth Dewhurst | PDF only

KIDS & FAMILY

47 Funding DCPS Facilities Improvements • by Laura McGiffert Slover | PDF
47 Parklands Community Center • by Jonathan O’Connell | PDF
48 Planned Parenthood Expands Teen Clinic • by Monica Z. Utsey | PDF

HEALTH & FITNESS

50 Summer Food Safety - Fighting Foodborne Illness
• by B. Michelle Harris, MS, RD, MPH | PDF

HOME AND GARDEN

51 Decorating in the Time of Budget • by Ruthcarol Touhey | PDF

REAL ESTATE & FINANCE

52 Powerful Home Purchase Assistance Programs • by Frank Demarais | PDF
54 Fighting for Tax Equity for Low-Income Homebuyers • by Amanda Huron | PDF
55 When Police Want to Search • by Cheryl D. Stein | PDF

THE CLASSIFIEDS

56 EOR Marketplace | PDF only

THE LAST WORD

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THE NOSE KNOWS
59 The Nose Knows • by Anonymous | PDF