Hundreds of Oyster Lovers Eat Up at Shuck It!
• October 30, 2024

More than 600 Georgetown residents and visitors moved eagerly between oyster and beer stations on the afternoon of Oct. 19, watching dozens of oystershuckers opening thousands of fresh oysters — […]

Crime & Safety: River Death, Card Skimming, Sexual Assault
• April 15, 2024

The following are selections from news reports and alerts from the Metropolitan Police Department on crimes and safety issues over the last two weeks. WUSA9 reported: “A woman has died […]

Weekend Roundup, June 30 – July 4
• June 29, 2023

Happy Independence Day weekend! We’ve got an extended weekend roundup with great activities in town for the next few days, as well as a few July 4 festivities thrown in. […]

Law in the Public Interest: D.C.’s New Attorney General, Brian Schwalb 
• April 12, 2023

The Office of the DC Attorney General (OAG) is unique. Unlike many other cities, the District’s residents elect their AGs. And the position as the city’s “chief legal officer” is […]

Weekend Roundup, Dec. 22 – 25
• December 22, 2022

We made it! We’re officially into Christmas weekend. If you’re in town or perhaps have family coming to visit, here are just a few festive options. We at The Georgetowner […]

Bidens, Macrons Dine in Georgetown
• December 1, 2022

“Welcoming some friends to town,” wrote President Joe Biden on the POTUS Twitter account. Biden and first lady Jill Biden brought French President Emmanuel Macron and the French first lady […]

Rehabilitating The Washington Canoe Club 
• August 15, 2022

In a race against nature’s destructive forces, Georgetown’s most prominent architectural feature and historic landmark on the Potomac River – the now-dilapidated Washington Canoe Club (WCC) – is on a path […]

D.C. Hails Tony & Joe’s on 35th Anniversary
• June 9, 2022

Mayor Muriel Bowser “with the nearly 700,000 residents of Washington, D.C.,” as she wrote in her June 5 proclamation, congratulated Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place on “35 phenomenal years — […]

New D.C. Water Project to Improve Health of the Potomac River
• August 2, 2021

Activity along K Street and Water Street on the Georgetown waterfront never seems to stop — whether people, bikes, cars or utility crews.  This time, DC Water contractors are doing […]

Saturday Homicide, Thursday Manhunt Shake Up Georgetown
• November 9, 2020

The nighttime scene along K Street from 29th Street past 34th Street has many residents upset about the ongoing criminal activity, which includes drag racing, drug dealing and muggings.