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  • Rokey W. Suleman II, executive director of the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, said the break caused fire officials to turn off electrical service at Precinct 67, Bunker Hill Elementary School in Brookland.

    Water main break halts electronic voting at Brookland elementary school Christopher Dean Hopkins 2010

  • Rokey W. Suleman II, executive director of the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, said the break caused fire officials to temporarily turn off electrical service at Precinct 67, Bunker Hill Elementary School in Brookland.

    Water main break affects voting in NE D.C. Washington Post editors 2010

  • This weekend "Brookland" (as it was known) offers a series of events that promise to show how "the Kinges Countie" became anything but-including a reenactment of the battle itself, redcoats and all, in Green-Wood Cemetery.

    Gothamist John Kuhner 2009

  • For example, many people in neighborhoods dominated by single family housing (either detached or attached), such as Brookland or Georgia Avenue/Brightwood, argue against the insertion of multiunit housing buildings into the neighborhood fabric (ideally such housing is located proximate to high-capacity transit, but also may be located on commercial corridors), arguing instead for either nothing ( "we need more parks and open space" is the steady drumbeat*) or for low density housing suitable for families.

    Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space Richard Layman 2010

  • She lives in Brookland with her long-term boyfriend.

    Rhee's successor escapes her shadow; challenges remain Bill Turque 2011

  • Two men shot by D.C. police during an alleged home invasion on Sunday night in Brookland are dead, police said Monday.

    2 dead after Northeast D.C. shootout Theola Labbé-DeBose 2011

  • However, increasing density for several blocks on either side of streetcar lines, as he suggested, should alarm homeowners in residential and historic neighborhoods, including around H Street, Eighth Street and Michigan Avenue NE; 14th Street NW and Georgia Avenue; and in Anacostia, Woodley Park, Brookland and Takoma Park.

    Don't be dense about D.C. trolleys washingtonpost.com editors 2010

  • D.C. police opened fire late Sunday night on three people suspected of a home invasion in the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washington, WRC-TV Channel 4 reported.

    2 shot by D.C. officers after home invasion Martin Weil 2011

  • Is Brookland ANC trying foil development by landmarking Colonel Brooks' Tavern?

    DeMorning DeBonis: March 11, 2011 2011

  • That's shorthand for many of the institutions around town, especially the Brookland neighborhood in Northeast, home to Catholic University of America, Trinity Washington University, and several seminaries.

    Next Spring, it's La Dolce D.C. Jacqueline Trescott 2010

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