News Bytes: DC Water, Rock Creek Parkway
• July 16, 2025

DC Water to Begin Canal Road Slope Stabilization  DC Water reports that it “will begin slope stabilization work along Canal Road Northwest starting around mid-August … before construction at the […]

G.U. Will Finally Get Its Boathouse on the Potomac
• June 16, 2025

Georgetown University announced last week “an agreement with the National Park Service and the District of Columbia that will provide Georgetown with land along the Potomac River where the university […]

From Georgetown, With Love
• May 22, 2025

“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – Winnie-the-Pooh Per usual, Winnie was right on the money. This past Saturday, I graduated from Georgetown […]

Hats off to the Grads: 2025 Commencement Speakers
• May 12, 2025

We’re tipping our graduation caps to the class of 2025! Here are the highlights from commencements from local universities, with Georgetown and George Washington University’s taking place this weekend. Georgetown […]

D.C. Universities Are Helping Fired Federal Workers Find Their Footing
• April 14, 2025

According to the latest data from CNN, over 120,000 federal employees have been fired since President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Jan. 20. In light of these […]

Detained Georgetown Professor Awaits Hearing  
• April 9, 2025

On March 17, the Department of Homeland Security detained Georgetown University professor Badar Khan Suri outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia. Following his arrest, Dr. Suri was sent to an […]

Georgetown University Post-Doc Fellow Detained by ICE, Students Protest Move
• March 24, 2025

Badar Khan Suri, a post-doctoral fellow at Georgetown University, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last week. Suri is an Indian national and is on a temporary […]

February 2025 News Bytes
• February 11, 2025

Landmark Bridge and Hotel Demo-Ready?   Here’s a note from NPS about the decaying streetcar bridge west of Georgetown University: “The National Park Service is reviewing a Special Use permit application […]

Outlook 2025: Georgetown’s Community Leaders  Share What’s Ahead 
• January 15, 2025

Georgetown University   We are looking towards a 2025 filled with continued improvement and community across our Washington, D.C., campuses. We continue to work to modernize our Hilltop Campus through the construction […]

2024 Year in Review  
• January 13, 2025

The following is a year-in-review roundup for Town Topics of 2024. Crime At the December meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, the Metropolitan Police Department reported that crime was down […]