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 […]

Editorial: Thank You, Council Member Brooke Pinto
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Sometimes, it takes a woman.    It is rare that a single person can be pointed to as the catalyst for great progress on an issue as perplexing and emotional as […]

Vote Yes to Secure DC Bill, Tell the Council, Show Up at Tomorrow’s Meeting
• March 4, 2024

Community groups across the city have urged their representatives to support the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024. On Tuesday, the Council of the District of Columbia will vote […]

Crime: ‘Secure DC Omnibus’ Crime Package Clears D.C. Council; Georgetown Spa Robbery
• February 12, 2024

One vote down, one to go. With the mayor’s full endorsement, Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto’s “Secure DC Omnibus” crime package passed unanimously Feb. 6, with amendments, in the […]

Crime: Omnibus Crime Bill Up for Vote; Carjacking Victim Mourned in Georgetown
• February 5, 2024

Georgetown’s primary legislative crime-fighter – Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto, Chair of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety of the D.C. Council – is urging her constituents […]

Education: Some Hopeful News on D.C.’s ‘Reading Crisis’ 
• January 22, 2024

Although D.C. public school students are suffering through a well-documented “reading crisis,” some hopeful signs for progress appear to be emerging on the city’s horizon.  Representing Ward 2 on the […]

Crime: Massive Crime Bill Up for D.C. Council Vote; Local Reports
• January 16, 2024

Crime in the nation’s capital was a major focus of national headlines last year owing to the city’s spike in carjackings, vehicle thefts, armed robberies of members of Congress, its […]