The Citizens Association of Georgetown hosted its “Celebration of Georgetown” annual fundraiser — to celebrate The Georgetowner’s 70th anniversary on Sept. 20, at Coolidge House on Prospect Street. Co-chaired by Ami Aronson and Luke Russert, the elegant and end-of-summer reception welcomed more than 250 persons.
With an after party at B&B Italia on M Street, the spirited event was a homecoming of sorts with many guests happy to see their neighbors — and brought together the longest-running civic association in the country, the town’s newspaper and the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, which occupies the former home of Sen. Claiborne Pell.
Melvin Hooks and Ami Aronson.
Sonya Bernhardt, publisher of The Georgetowner and family.
Co-chair Luke Russert with his mother Maureen Orth (L) and his wife (R).
The Georgetowner’s editor-in-chief Robert Devaney and Publisher Sonya Bernhardt.
Corey Ballance, Jr. and Cory Peterson of Georgetown University. Photo by Greg “Fritz” Blakey.
CAG Board of Directors: Past President Tara Sakraida Parker, President Paul K. Williams, Gerald Musarra, Tamim Bayoumi, Stephanie Bothwell, Kate Hasty, Amy A. Titus, Mark Martinkov, and Leslie Zemnick. Photo by Dan Swartz.
Georgetowner Editor-in-Chief Robert Devaney with contributing writers, Sophia Hall, Paulina Inglima and Lucy Cullen. Photo by Patrick Ryan.
Co-chairs Ami Aronson and Luke Russert. Photo by Dan Swartz.
Sophia Hall, Alison Bernstein Shulman, Ami Becker Aronson, Mauree Jane Perry and Richard Bernstein. Photo by Dan Swartz.
Isabelle Goetz, Rebecca Funk, Michelle Freeman, Ami Aronson, Roxy Ndebumadu and Jodie Mclean. Photo by Dan Swartz.