Arts & Society
Book Goes to the Dogs — and Vet’s Admirers
Performance
Onstage, Georgetown: Plays Are Blooming
Weekend Round Up
Weekend Roundup: March 28 through March 31
Featured
Save the Date: CAG’s Fall Fundraiser to Celebrate The Georgetowner’s 70th Anniversary on Sept. 20
Real Estate
Real Estate: What to Know About the Recent Commissions Settlement
Ward 2 Community Budget Meeting, Feb. 25
February 22, 2021
•District Council member Brooke Pinto is inviting the public to attend the virtual meeting this Thursday, Feb. 25, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Downtowner DC: Fireworks, Lloyd Austin, Nats Apparel, HQ2
February 8, 2021
•Here is a round up of the latest news items from around town, including the Council’s override of two mayoral vetoes and several non-COVID fatalities.
Exclusive Interview With Departing MPD Chief Peter Newsham
December 3, 2020
•The Georgetowner sat down with Newsham on a Zoom call to discuss D.C. policing in the era of COVID, Black Lives Matter, District Council conflicts and rising crime in Georgetown.
Downtowner DC: Holiday Market, Wilson High, Tidal Basin
November 16, 2020
•Choosing not to let COVID get in its way, the open-air market at 8th and F Streets NW, which opens on Friday, Nov. 20, will have new health and safety protocols in place.
Grabbing Ward 2 Voters’ Last-Minute Attention
October 29, 2020
•Early voting venues in D.C. opened on Tuesday, Oct. 27, with dozens of poll workers and monitors to supervise social distancing and remind voters they had to wear masks.
Protesters Block Wisconsin Ave. for Hours
September 17, 2020
•On Wednesday afternoon and early evening, the CVS at 2226 Wisconsin Ave. NW was closed while some 20 young people blocked the street in front of the store.
GOP Candidate for Ward 2 Council Seat Drops Out
September 10, 2020
•On Sept. 10, Katherine Venice, a self-identified “reformer of capitalism” who is virulently anti-Trump, formally removed her name from the Nov. 3 ballot.
Brooke Pinto’s ‘Business Perspective’
August 10, 2020
•As the youngest District Council member ever elected and the first woman to represent Ward 2, Democrat Brooke Pinto, 28, is off to a running start.
Council Overturns Ad Tax
July 23, 2020
•The tax, strongly opposed by The Georgetowner and other area news media, would have deeply hurt local newspapers and small businesses.
D.C.’s 2021 Budget: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
July 15, 2020
•A new tax on advertising approved by the District Council will add injury to insult for small local newspapers and other media outlets.