New 2023-24 ANC Chair Miller Manages Tight First Meeting 
• January 11, 2023

The newly chosen Chair of the 2023-24 Georgetown/Burleith/Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Elizabeth Miller, ran a tight virtual meeting on January 9 getting through the swearing in of five new Commissioners […]

Exclusive Interview: Shirley Kwan-Hui, Head of New D.C. Agency Protecting Consumers and Licensing Businesses 
• January 9, 2023

There’s a new consumer-protection czar in town. And her skills and life experience are poised to help safeguard D.C. residents and visitors while ensuring safe and successful business practices in […]

Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative Hires Adnan Syed
• December 27, 2022

On December 12, when Georgetown University’s new Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI) hired the key murder suspect featured in the most widely streamed true-crime podcast in history, the university’s Jesuit […]

ANC Notes, Dec. 2022: Hotel Construction on M St., Transformer Statues, New Commissioners
• December 5, 2022

For their final meeting for the year, ANC 2E met virtually on Tuesday evening, Nov. 29 with Chair Rick Murphy (2E03) in a thankful, gracious mood chairing his final ANC […]

Mapping Georgetown: Thankfulness for Family, Georgetown and the Dalai Lama
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At Mapping Georgetown, we continue to celebrate our gratitude during this special season of thankfulness. Today’s feature is from Georgetowner Brian Michael Smith whose story is a special meditation on […]

Citizens Association of Georgetown Holds Public Health Town Hall 
• November 7, 2022

Trash and rodents. They’re a never-ending topic in Georgetown (that The Georgetowner has covered for years) and was once again the subject of a town hall meeting sponsored by the […]

Georgetown Possessed by Halloween and ‘The Exorcist’
• October 27, 2022

Georgetown has always exhibited a spirit of Halloween with its stories of haunted houses and apparitions, but it really came into its own as a Halloween spooktacular in the last […]

Mapping Georgetown: Stories From The Tombs
• October 24, 2022

“His visits are occasional to the Senior Educational…. If he looks full of gloom then he’s lunched at the Tomb On cabbage, rice pudding and mutton. “  “Bustopher Jones: The […]

Mapping Georgetown: He Had a Giving Heart and We Loved Him
• October 17, 2022

Those of us who’d stroll by 31st and M Streets and didn’t notice anything or anyone in particular, missed out.  Sometimes, the best things in life are all around us… […]

Dare to Try a Ghost Tour of Georgetown? 
• October 12, 2022

Do you believe in ghosts? Often asked around Halloween, this simple query tends to elicit responses ranging from contemptuous dismissal to wholehearted embrace, with stories in the mix. Whether or […]