ANC: Call Your Mother, Trayon White, Alcohol and Cannabis  
• September 9, 2024

  ANC 2E, the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission, met on Sept. 3 at Georgetown Visitation Prep. All commissioners were present, with Kishan Putta and Paul Maysak participating via Zoom.    Call Your […]

 ANC June Meeting Focuses on Metro Buses  
• June 10, 2024

The June 3 Meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) had an unexpected freshness about it. The commissioners and attendees met in person in a new venue—the Georgetown […]

First ANC Meeting of 2024 Confronts Crime and Bagels 
• January 10, 2024

The first 2024 meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) on Jan. 8 dealt with last year’s continuing problems as well as looking to the year ahead.   Rising […]

Georgetown ‘Pot Shops’ Flourishing as City Licensing Delayed
• January 4, 2024

As many have noticed, cannabis “gifting shops” and dispensaries have been scrambling energetically – and often furtively – to set up shop behind Georgetown storefronts, to the delight of marijuana […]

Real Estate: Extensive Refurbishing Planned for 1850s Scott-Grant House
• September 25, 2023

Big news on the Scott-Grant House at 3238 R St. NW. Extensive refurbishments are in the works. Built in the late 1850s, the site was a place former President Ulysses […]

Back-to-School Briefs, Aug. 2023
• August 16, 2023

Gearing up for Back-to-School, Georgetown students and families can look forward to new school programs and fresh faces. While D.C. public schools will begin Monday, August 28, private schools often […]

News Bytes: Microbursts, GU’s Selective Admissions, GWU Lawsuit
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Microbursts Hit Washington   A series of microbursts hit D.C. late last month, causing extensive damage around the city. A microburst occurs when a thunderstorm’s updraft collapses, sending air rushing down […]

Crime: MPD Launches ‘Hotspot Summer Plan’ for Georgetown
• May 8, 2023

While crime can spike in the summer months, MPD is implementing a plan this week to use data-driven techniques, community policing, and enhanced patrolling to combat public law-breaking at the […]

Community Calendar, March 9 – April 12 
• March 8, 2023

March 8-22, Noon-6 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Renowned Photographer Nancy Lensen-Tomasson to Exhibit Photos at Balfour Palisades Leasing Center, 4418 MacArthur Blvd. NW  March 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tudor Nights: The Feminine Touch, […]

Community Calendar, Dec. 12 – Jan. 11, 2023 
• December 12, 2022

Through Jan. 22, 5 to 10 p.m., evenings, Georgetown Glow, Georgetown commercial district. Experience the magic of light in the region’s only curated outdoor public light art experience set against the […]