Weekend Roundup
Weekend Roundup, April 18 through April 21
News & Politics
Crime & Safety: River Death, Card Skimming, Sexual Assault
News & Politics
CAG Celebrates Block Captain Program; Community Reps Praise Organized Approach
Arts & Society
The 2024 Leukemia Ball at the Washington Convention Center
News & Politics
Giuseppe Cecchi, Watergate Developer and IDI Group Founder, Dies at 93
Bowser Names Robert Contee New Chief of Police
December 23, 2020
•In tapping Contee, 48, a native Washingtonian who began his career in 1989 as an MPD cadet, the mayor chose to forgo a nationwide search to replace outgoing Chief Peter Newsham.
Council Overturns Ad Tax
July 23, 2020
•The tax, strongly opposed by The Georgetowner and other area news media, would have deeply hurt local newspapers and small businesses.
Evans Fails to Persuade Council With Vague Answers
July 3, 2019
•Amid the questioning at the July 2 administrative meeting, Council members Charles Allen and David Grosso affirmed they want Evans to lose his chairmanship of the Finance committee.