GALA Hispanic Director Harnesses Dramatic Talents to Help Recover Looted Funds
• January 25, 2024

In a dramatic law-and-order turn Monday Jan. 22, over $250,000 of looted funds from a phony wire transfer have been returned to GALA Hispanic Theatre (Grupo de Artistas LatinoAmericanos) at […]

Downtowner News Briefs: Congressman Carjacked, Biden Dog Bites Again
• October 10, 2023

Congressman Carjacked in Navy Yard Neighborhood; High Rate of Juvenile Carjackings Reported  Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was carjacked recently by three armed attackers in the Navy Yard neighborhood. Police are […]

News Bytes: Microbursts, GU’s Selective Admissions, GWU Lawsuit
• August 16, 2023

Microbursts Hit Washington   A series of microbursts hit D.C. late last month, causing extensive damage around the city. A microburst occurs when a thunderstorm’s updraft collapses, sending air rushing down […]

Crime: MPD Chief Cites 2022 Crime-Fighting Gains While Denouncing Gun Violence
• January 3, 2023

On the first day of 2023, MPD Chief Robert Contee released a “Message from the Chief” lauding his department’s crime-fighting efforts last year while acknowledging the District continues to be […]

Georgetown Mourns, Memorializes Madeleine Albright (1937-2022)
• March 24, 2022

The death from cancer on March 23 of Madeleine K. Albright (1937-2022) – the first woman U.S. Secretary of State – marks a time now for celebrating the life of […]

Mapping Georgetown: When the President Comes to Pray
• December 20, 2021

    Video link of President Biden arriving to attend Mass at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown. Courtesy Holy Trinity Catholic Church.     Mapping Georgetown has been searching for […]