Solving Ward 2’s Rat Problem
• October 10, 2018

Residents in Ward 2 and the rest of the District are searching for a solution to the city’s ratproblem. According to the Washington Post, calls made to 311 “are soaring” […]

Georgetown Rats Beware: The Iceman Cometh
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The newest way to kill rats and other burrowing pests was introduced by Gerard Brown of the Department of Health’s rodent control division at the Oct. 1 meeting of Advisory […]

Rats: It Takes a Village
• September 12, 2018

D.C. rats are back in the news. Last week, the Washington Post reported that in some D.C. neighborhoods (not Georgetown, but close), their numbers — or at least the number […]

Downtowner DC June 6, 2018
• June 6, 2018

Mayor Is Now Mommy D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced late last month that she had adopted a baby girl. Bowser began her adoption journey at the end of 2017 and […]

Downtowner DC Dec. 20, 2017
• December 20, 2017

‘Rat Warrior’ Testifies to Council Capitol Hill resident Susan Sedgewick is out for blood — rat blood, that is. Known as the “Rat Warrior,” she has a clipboard with a […]

D.C. Rats Go National
• September 28, 2017

Uh oh. Don’t know if this is good news or bad news, but our local rats have gone national. That is to say, news about D.C.’s — and Georgetown’s — rats has […]

Will Compactors Stymie Rat Banqueting?
• September 11, 2017

The District extended the deadline for compactor grant applications until 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15. Grants of up to $13,500 are available.

Falafel Cited, No More Rat Banquets?
• August 9, 2017

The Potomac Street rats that have acquired a taste for falafel may find that a lid has been put on their international banqueting. The new Falafel Inc takeout kitchen at […]

Potomac St. Rats: From Burritos to Falafel
• August 3, 2017

It seems they have moved on from Chipotle’s Tex-Mex cuisine to the new shop across the street called Falafel Inc.