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Cynthia Webb, a longtime fixture in the Washington, DC tech reporting scene, has just written her last column and entered the Blogosphere. You can follow Cynthia’s new column The Scan here.

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As part of the Holiday, Jan/Elan/and I visited with Washington DC’s Bright Beginnings Program today.  Executive Director  Betty Jo Gaines explained  that the  center could use more resources (time & money).  What a worthwhile place. The center offers a safe haven to 84 preschoolers that all come from really bad situations.

Here’s the link for more info. and to help.

Bright beginnings is a developmental child care center for homeless preschoolers whose families are in crisis shelters or transitional housing in Washington, DC.

The center offers free, full-day, year-round, and developmentally- appropriate care for approximately 100 children aged six weeks to five years old. As one of two child care centers in the District of Columbia that offers free care to homeless children, Bright Beginnings is alleviating a desperate community shortage.

Anyone following Washington DC baseball knows that the current tiff is over proposed public and private financing of a new stadium. Tonight, there is a town hall meeting to discuss the impending future of Major League Baseball in DC.

Passions are running high with grassroots websites and discussions like this, this and this popping up. Off in frigid temps. to the town hall meeting to help save baseball–

Updates:

Deal Made to Save Expos Move to Washington

You can read more about it here: D.C. Baseball