Canal Day: Good, Old-Fashioned Fun at the Grand Old Ditch
• October 23, 2025

The first-ever Canal Day gathered family and friends on a perfect Sunday, Oct. 19, to recognize one of Georgetown’s crown jewels — the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, an engineering marvel […]

Opinion: We Know How to Keep D.C. Safe. This Is Our Home, Too.   
• October 7, 2025

Our city has faced unwelcome, unwarranted and unprecedented federal interference this year. From the massive federal workforce layoffs to the deployment of ICE agents and National Guard troops on our […]

Opinion: Bring the Commanders Home 
• May 14, 2025

Sports are galvanizing our city’s spirit in this moment. You can feel it all across the District: from the crack of the bat when the Nationals hit their first home […]

April Downtowner
• April 14, 2025

Pinto Proposes New Public Safety Plan District Council member Brooke Pinto has a plan to improve public safety. A key proposal: combine two seven-year-old violence interruption programs created by Mayor […]

ANC Report: Plans Fall Flat Due to Budget Uncertainty  
• April 7, 2025

 The “April” meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission, held on March 31, delivered two bits of good news.  The first was regarding public safety. There were no violent crimes […]

Georgetown Main Street Lights Book Hill Tree in Second Annual Tradition
• December 5, 2024

Georgetown Main Street kicked off the holiday season at its second annual Book Hill Tree Lighting Tuesday evening. Carols were led by GMS Executive Director Rachel Shank and Events and […]

November 2024 Downtowner
• November 11, 2024

&pizza in Hot Water Over ‘Berry Knots’ When Marion Berry Knots appeared on the menu of &pizza, all heck broke loose. The marketing campaign for the knots, coated with powdered […]

Catching Up With Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto  
• October 21, 2024

District Council member Brooke Pinto has been representing Georgetown and Ward 2 since June of 2020. A 2017 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, the 32-year-old Pinto is the youngest […]

Citizens’ Meeting: Elects New Board, Looks to the Future
• May 13, 2024

A full-agenda annual meeting of the Citizens Association of Georgetown was held at Duke Ellington School of the Arts on May 7. Duke Ellington Principal Sandi Logan greeted the crowd. […]

Celebrate Georgetown’s Women, Too
• March 13, 2024

As you know, March is Women’s History Month. It’s a time to celebrate the women who helped shape our country, like Susan B. Anthony, who played a huge role in […]