Meredith Somers

Meredith Somers is a Metro reporter for The Washington Times. She can be reached at msomers@washingtontimes.com.

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Articles by Meredith Somers

A D.C. road crew repairs potholes in the 1300 block of Jasper Place Southeast on Monday. (Meredith Somers/The Washington Times)

D.C. starts annual ‘Potholepalooza’

The District is a city in which most everything is political — except perhaps for potholes. Published March 21, 2011

Rina Hirano (left), a Japanese Embassy worker, and Ian Rinehart, a George Washington University graduate student, write messages of support on Japanese flags at the fundraiser Sunday at Cafe Asia in Arlington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Foreign students give ‘Hope’ to Japanese

As president of the Japanese-American Student Union of D.C., Kazu Koyama knew he had to do something after watching newscasts and videos of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hitting Japan on March 11, then triggering a tsunami that destroyed much of the country's northern coast. Published March 20, 2011