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El Sargento Emmanuel “Manny” Meléndez-Díaz, un veterano del ejército que sirvió en Irak, tendrá un nuevo hogar especializado en Poolesville. Esto, gracias a la organización Homes for Our Troops. En diciembre de 2004, Meléndez-Díaz estaba trabajando en una patrulla de limpieza de carreteras cuando su vehículo golpeó un artefacto explosivo improvisado. La tragedia lo dejó […]

Sgt. Emmanuel “Manny” Melendez-Diaz, an Army veteran who served in Iraq, will have a new specialized home in Poolesville thanks to Homes for Our Troops. In December 2004, Melendez-Diaz had been serving in the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division on a road clearance patrol when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. The tragedy left him with intestinal damage, a collapsed lung, and, […]

El domingo 3 de enero a las 2:00 p.m. Adventure Theatre celebrar la tradición de los Reyes Magos al estilo puertorriqueño. Contemos Nuestras Historias es parte de la serie virtual en español que se lleva a cabo una vez por mes a través de la página de Facebook de Adventure Theatre. La conductora Andrea Sarralde […]

Chef José Andrés of Bethesda has once again activated his team of relief chefs at World Central Kitchen to respond to the aftermath of the earthquake in Puerto Rico. Andrés developed World Central Kitchen as a nonprofit that offers free meals to areas struck by natural disasters. World Central Kitchen has sent relief chefs to […]

While meeting with students at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville on Monday, José Andrés of Bethesda—celebrity chef famous for feeding areas suffering from poverty and natural disaster—talked about starting the nonprofit organization World Central Kitchen. World Central Kitchen responds to areas struck by poverty and natural disaster by sending relief chefs to feed […]

Chef José Andrés is continuing his pursuit of helping furloughed workers and contractors struggling from the federal government shutdown. On Wednesday, Jan. 16, Andrés is opening a temporary relief kitchen on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the U.S. Navy Memorial, to feed struggling furloughed government workers and contractors. Andrés is opening the kitchen through his non-profit, World Central Kitchen. World […]

Chef José Andrés has pledged to feed furloughed federal workers at his six D.C. area restaurants, including Jaleo in Bethesda, until the government shutdown ends. On Dec. 21, a day before the government officially shutdown, President Donald Trump tweeted that if the democrats didn’t agree to allocate money towards a $5.6 billion dollar border wall, […]

Once again, public safety dominates our Top 10 stories for the past week.

Jose Andres, the celebrity chef who owns Jaleo in Bethesda and other D.C.-area restaurants, has been in Puerto Rico feeding thousands. His nonprofit, World Central Kitchen, has organized chefs into meal-making operations for the island. His Twitter feed — @joseandres — is filled with videos of food being created for the people ravaged by Hurricane […]

A group of residents teamed up with staff from the Dynamite Gymnastics Center in Rockville, to hold a collection drive to support Hurricane Maria victims in Puerto Rico over the weekend. And because of the community’s support, organizers said at least eight 26-foot truckloads of water, cleaning supplies, medicine, canned food, diapers and pillows and […]