Ribbon Cut at Restored C&O Locks
• September 12, 2019

There were several dozen attendees at a Sept. 12 ribbon cutting for two newly restored locks, numbers 3 and 4, on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in Georgetown.

New Executive Director at Georgetown Heritage
• August 21, 2019

For the past seven years, Jeffrey L. Nichols was president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, outside of Lynchburg, Virginia.

Weekend Round Up May 16, 2019
• May 16, 2019

On Sunday, canal mules Dolly and Eva will munch hay in Fish Market Square, vintage cars will gleam on King Street and bands will play on porches in Southeast D.C.

ANC Monday: Hyde-Addison, School Crowding, C&O Canal
• March 30, 2019

Among other items on tonight’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission agenda: Consideration of a Resolution Regarding Area School Overcrowding.

Water Flows Again in C&O Canal in Georgetown
• November 5, 2018

The National Park Service released water into the Georgetown section of the canal last month to test the new gates with the rehabilitated locks.

Canal Renewal: Lock 3 Gates Installed
• October 11, 2018

In the coming year, the NPS will refill the Georgetown section of the C&O Canal with water. In 2020, a replica canal boat, for rides and educational purposes, is expected.

Georgetown Heritage: Unlocking C&O Canal’s Potential
• September 26, 2018

Water by October, New Barge Farther Off Almost four years ago, on Oct. 29, 2014, about 60 of Georgetown’s movers and shakers met at the home of star real estate […]

Rollin’ on the River
• August 8, 2018

The 405-mile Potomac isn’t the 2,320-mile Mississippi, and Georgetown isn’t New Orleans or Memphis, but if you come down to our partly tidal river, you’ll find plenty of people who live, work and play there, especially in the summertime.

Ears Perk Up at Plans for C&O Canal
• July 30, 2018

Georgetown Heritage will be contracting for a new canal boat, using part of a $3-million grant from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, matched with private funds.

Weekend Round Up July 26, 2018
• July 26, 2018

On Saturday, after an aquatic happy hour, you can hear Willie Colón and the best of Wagner’s Ring. Recover on Sunday with glassblowing at Glen Echo and landscape-looking at Waverly Street Gallery.