
Mathew Schumer
Reporter at Baltimore Sun
Journalist at Freelance
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2 months ago |
51st.news | Mathew Schumer |Teresa Frontado |Abigail Higgins |Maddie Poore
Hundreds of thousands of people in D.C. don’t know The 51st exists … yet. Every time we pop up at events around the city, we meet people who loved DCist and were devastated when it shut down — people who light up when they hear about what we’re building. DCist’s audience was massive. (Around a million monthly visitors at its peak!) Those readers — and other District residents — are still out there looking for local news. There’s just so much news that needs covering.
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2 months ago |
51st.news | Natalie Delgadillo |Abigail Higgins |Mathew Schumer |Martin Austermuhle |Christina Sturdivant Sani
Bleak weeks in D.C. call for good weekends. Here's a guide to help you make this one as festive as possible, with lots of museums for quiet reflection and dance parties for getting out of your head. 🎵SPONSORED: National Symphony Orchestra In Your Neighborhood 2025: UptownThis February, the Kennedy Center's National Symphony Orchestra is collaborating with communities in Ward 4 and Takoma Park, Maryland to amplify joy, unity, and shared humanity through music and the arts. (Thursday, Feb.
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2 months ago |
51st.news | Abigail Higgins |Mathew Schumer |Christina Sturdivant Sani |India Kea |Martin Austermuhle
It only took years of pleading and an act of Congress, but the push to give D.C. more control over the old RFK Stadium site is now a done deal. During Tuesday’s monthly legislative session, the D.C. Council approved the city’s new 99-year lease with the federal government – the first step towards what many hope is new housing, retail, parks, and possibly a football stadium for the Washington Commanders on the 177-acre plot of land.
Former Pest Control Inspector Pleaded Guilty to Working for Two Government Agencies at the Same Time
2 months ago |
washingtoncitypaper.com | Mathew Schumer
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! A pest control inspector who was working simultaneously for the D.C. Department of Health and U.S. Department of Defense pleaded guilty on Monday to defrauding both agencies. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. charged Idris Ahmad in August 2022, with first-degree felony fraud, alleging that he banked nearly $60,000 in wages between September 2020 and June 2021 by claiming to work the same hours for both agencies.
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2 months ago |
washingtoncitypaper.com | Mathew Schumer
Thanks for being a member of City Paper! In an agreement reached in August 2024, D.C. will pay $1.5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit concerning the 2013 suicide of former Labor Department lawyer Paul Mannina inside the DC Jail.
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An internal investigation found that MPD officers’ neglect led to Marquez Antonio Parker’s death in custody. Now is family is suing the District. Read more below @wcp https://t.co/22IllQPr2z

After a presidential pardon for his second-degree murder conviction, Officer Terence Sutton was reinstated by MPD this week Now, nine young Black men are accusing Sutton of knocking them off motorbikes and robbing them https://t.co/JiN5nBJjIU