Crime Report: Bowser Signs Emergency Public Safety Act; Pinto, Citizens Meetings
• July 24, 2023

Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Emergency Public Safety Act into law on July 20. It aims to curb violent crime. The District Council passed the bill earlier this month. It […]

Safe at Home? D.C. Fears
• July 11, 2023

Washington, D.C., once again is generating headlines in a bad way. But do we feel what the victims of crime feel? So far, we’ve been hearing the news rather than […]

Rammys Go to Lutèce, Baked and Wired; Filomena, Old Europe, Cafe Milano and Ris Lacoste Honored
• July 10, 2023

Restaurant industry professionals and their allies gathered July 9 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the 41st Annual Rammy Awards, as Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) announced winners […]

Sexual Harassment Allegations Substantiated in Deputy Mayor Case
• June 20, 2023

Two of eight allegations of sexual harassment brought by a former staff member against her boss, John Falcicchio — former Deputy Mayor and Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Chief of Staff — […]

June ANC Meeting Was In-Person and a Bit Lonely…
• June 5, 2023

Ooops. Our bad! Guilty as charged! Yes, we have lauded the many years that the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners and agenda participants took the effort to hold their meetings live, […]

Mayor Among the Many Friends of Volta Park
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More than 150 friends, elected officials, donors and sponsors came together for this year’s Volta Park Cocktail Party & Fundraiser at the George Town Club on Saturday, June 3. The […]

Mayor Bowser Launches Downtown Action Plan  
• May 25, 2023

Mayor Muriel Bowser joined District officials and local partners to launch the Downtown Action Plan on May 24. “Our downtown is beautiful and walkable. It has dozens of monuments and […]

Citizens Honor Ukraine, Georgetown Leaders at Annual Meeting
• May 15, 2023

The Citizens Association of Georgetown continued its support and love of besieged Ukraine by presenting Ambassador Oksana Markarova with its Diplomacy Award at its annual meeting, held at the Duke […]

Lots of Voices at Long ANC Meeting: New Top Cop, Streets Market, Safeway, Transformers
• April 6, 2023

Democracy and community and neighborhood meetings that give everyone a voice are the basis of our country’s government by-the-people. There was no better example of that than the April 3 […]

Investigation Forced Resignation of Deputy Mayor Falcicchio 
• March 20, 2023

Last Friday, Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio suddenly resigned his two positions in D.C. government.  He was arguably the second most powerful person in D.C.’s executive branch, serving as Chief of […]