Ex-Resident Sues Georgetown Retirement Home
• November 20, 2017

Beatrice Alexander has filed a lawsuit against the Holladay Corporation, owner and operator of the Georgetown, at 2612 Q Street, which closed last year.

Election-Year 2016, One Year Later
• November 13, 2017

Katy Tur’s book, “Unbelievable,” is an account of her almost two years on the hectic, sleepless, heady and sometimes dangerous day-to-day campaign trail covering Trump, the first national network reporter to do so.

Surprises, Tears at Museum of the American Revolution
• November 8, 2017

A daylong visit to the Museum of the American Revolution, which opened in Philadelphia in March, a block from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, is full of surprises. Some […]

BID’s Goal: A Safer, Cleaner, Friendlier Georgetown
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Flower baskets hanging from streetlights … well-maintained benches, tables and blue chairs in and bordering neighborhood parks … clean curbs and sidewalks with little or no graffiti … expanded sidewalks […]

Ideas Unlocked at Public Meeting on Canal Plans
• November 7, 2017

Some 150 persons concerned about the decline of the historic C&O Canal, an essential part of Georgetown’s identity for more than 180 years, attended a public meeting Nov. 2 to […]

Return of Whole Foods: It’s Complicated
• November 6, 2017

It all started last March with the ubiquitous D.C. rats. To date, no one can or will say when — or even if — the Glover Park store will reopen. 

Ideas Unlocked at Public Meeting on Canal Plans
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On Nov. 2, following the formal presentation by Superintendent Kevin Brandt, attendees shifted between four planning stations to ask detailed questions and prepare comments about four aspects of the refurbishment plan. 

Controversial Visa Lottery Back in the News
• November 2, 2017

Uzbekistan, the country of origin of the “truck terrorist,” received 2,378 diversity visas in 2016; in 2010, when Sayfullo Saipov entered, his country of origin received the most diversity visas of all countries: 3,596.

Conspiracy Theories Old and New
• October 30, 2017

Today, distrust in government, the media and most institutions, including universities, is high. Many believe these disconcerting times of mistrust began with the assassination of JFK and Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s.

Waterfowl Festival: Dogs, Ducks, Art and Conservation
• October 25, 2017

“Where Art and Conservation Meet” is the well-chosen theme of the Premiere Night Party of the 46th annual Waterfowl Festival in Easton, Maryland. Close to 20,000 visitors are expected during […]