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About 445,000 businesses and households in the District, Northern Virginia and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties — 23.7 percent of customers — remained without electricity as of 11 a.m. Monday. Read More: washingtonpost.com
Participants are needed for a new study at The National Institute of Health. ClinSeq is an exciting new study that is looking at how genes may cause or contribute to common diseases, such as heart disease. The ClinSeq study needs African American, African or Afro-Caribbean volunteers between the ages of 45 and 65, who have […]
Join Majic 102.3’s award winning News and Community Affairs Director Sheila Stewart talking with representatives from The National Institute of Health about their upcoming “Community Health Expo.” Sheila will also talk with Montgomery CountySchool officials about their big back to school event. More than 15,000 are expected to attend. It all starts 6a on Majic 102.3!
ANNAPOLIS, MD (June 28, 2012) – Governor Martin O’Malley and Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown today released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act: “President Obama and Congress chose to pass the Affordable Care Act because the status quo was hurting our ability to create jobs, expand opportunity, […]
The D.E.A.R. “Community” Book Drive will be held until Friday, July 31 2012. If you have new or old books and would like to donate, you are encouraged to drop them off at the following locations: *Beltsville Community Center *Berwyn Heights Community Center *Bladensburg Community Center *College Park Community Center *College Park Youth Service […]
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) launched its summer meals program this week and will feed thousands of students at sites throughout the county in the coming months. An event celebrating the launch of the 2012 program was held at Rolling Terrace Elementary School Tuesday (June 26, 2012) and included Montgomery County Board of Education Vice […]
The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF), a non-profit 501 ( c ) 3, is seeking grant applications from families in need of financial assistance to help pay for their child’s health care treatments, services or equipment not covered, or not fully covered, by their commercial health insurance plan. Qualifying families can receive up to $5,000 […]
Testing by the Hundreds campaign close-out event on Wednesday, June 27 from 5:30-8:00 pm at the VisiArts in Rockville. This event will commemorate the collaborative efforts of the African American Health Program (AAHP) and over 20 organizations (see list below) dedicated efforts in HIV awareness and testing in Montgomery County. AAHP developed the Testing by the Hundreds […]
While the building excitement for the 2015 opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) may seem a long ways off, it is nowhere near as long as the wait for the groundbreaking that took place in February. The museum, which will be located on the National Mall between the […]
