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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak briefly at a meeting she asked CSX to hold for residents concerned about the freight rail company's Virginia Avenue tunnel expansion project on Thursday, September 27, 2012, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Capitol Skyline Hotel, 10 I Street SW.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give remarks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first new Metrobus maintenance and storage facility to open in nearly a quarter of a century on Friday, September 28, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at 2 Village Lane SW. Norton is a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and ranking Democrat on one of its subcommittees. The new Shepherd Parkway Bus Maintenance and Storage Facility replaces the Southeastern Bus Garage, which was torn down to make way for Nationals Park.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will help cut the ribbon and mark the start of Greyhound bus service at Union Station at a ceremony Tuesday, September 25, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue NE. In 2010, Norton's efforts got the first intercity bus service at Union Station, where four other bus companies now pick up and drop off passengers. Tickets for those other bus companies are obtained online, while Greyhound will provide a full-service ticketing facility on site.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a Ward Circle community meeting to allay concerns of residents about the expansion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Nebraska Avenue Complex tonight, Monday, September 24, 2012, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Horace Mann Elementary School, 4430 Newark Street, NW. Norton will be joined by Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh and officials from DHS and the General Services Administration (GSA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke by phone with Ketanji Brown Jackson today, informing her that President Obama would nominate her to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman. Jackson is currently Vice Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and if confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first African American woman appointed to the district court here in 32 years, only the second to ever serve, and the only one currently on the bench.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she will offer keynote remarks at the grand opening of the Meridian Public Charter School Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at 11:00 a.m at 2120 13^th Street, NW. Meridian Public Charter School recently moved from its location on Florida Avenue, NW, where it had been for a decade. Norton will get a first-hand look at the public charter school's new home, including an upgraded gymnasium, library, and 21^st century classrooms.

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