On April 25 at Savoy Elementary School in Ward 8, Southeast, Mayor Gray kicked off his schedule of Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Briefings in which he will chat with communities throughout D.C.. 

Here is the schedule of meetings for Wards 1-7:

Ward 1 - FY2012 Budget Briefing

Date: Friday, May 6, 2011

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Bell Multicultural High School, 3101 16th Street NW

Ward 2 - FY2012 Budget Briefing

Date: Monday, May 9, 2011

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 1315 8th Street NW

Co-Host: Councilmember Jack Evans

Ward 3 - FY2012 Budget Briefing

Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Time: 7:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- D.C. officials are preparing to spray ginkgo trees around the city to prevent the unpleasant odor of its fruits.

The District Department of Transportation's Urban Forestry Administration will begin spraying the popular trees on Tuesday night. The spraying will begin in Wards 1, 2 and 6 where the trees are most prevalent and will then continue in the other wards.

The treatment will be done over the next few nights.

This story comes to us from Talib Karim:

Washington D.C. – Members of the District’s diverse Muslim community announced their endorsements for the April 26th District of Columbia Special Elections.  The Muslim Democratic Caucus’ “One DC Slate” of endorsed candidates consists of Vincent Orange, bidding to become the next At-Large DC Councilmember, D. Kamili Anderson for the Ward 4 State Board of Education post, and Anthony Muhammad seeking to succeed the late William Lockridge as Ward 8 District School Board Member.