Fun, Loud Launch for ‘202 Creates’
• August 31, 2017

“202 Creates” events will include a Labor Day Weekend Music Festival at the historic Lincoln Theatre and a family-friendly arts and cultural festival on Sept. 9 at the Southwest Waterfront and Randall Field. 

‘Demand Based Parking’ Tested in Penn Quarter
• August 28, 2017

Areas with higher parking-meter prices will encourage drivers to park for shorter periods of time and leave sooner, thus freeing up more spaces more frequently.

2 Men — and Dog — Confront DDOT Contractor in Georgetown
• August 24, 2017

A large portion of sidewalk on 30th and Dumbarton Streets, traditionally Georgetown brick, was nearly covered with a cement-based surface.

Also Retiring: Ministry Center’s Gunther Stern
• August 23, 2017

After nearly 30 years, Georgetown Ministry Center’s Executive Director Gunther Stern will retire in February 2018.

Georgetown’s Favorite Cop to Retire
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Metropolitan Police Department Officer Antonial Atkins, who has patrolled Georgetown and the rest of the Second District for at least a decade, has put in for retirement.

Progress on Water St. Crime, Murder Suspect Named
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The MPD and the National Park Police are making progress at preventing and solving night crimes under and around the Key Bridge,” reported Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Lisa Palmer at the special ANC 2E meeting held Aug. 9.

Capital Bikeshare Expands
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The stand-alone bike stations, 50 feet long and 6 feet wide, with a dozen or more solid-looking red bicycles locked in at the front wheel are becoming a common sight […]

DSLBD’s Ana Harvey Resigns
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Ana Harvey, director of the District’s Department of Small and Local Business Development, unexpectedly announced her resignation earlier this summer.

Hyde-Addison First Day, Busing
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It was the first day of school for the Hyde-Addison schoolchildren and the first time ever on a school bus for most of them.

Modern Country: Middleburg
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When we think of residents inside the Beltway going to live full time in the country, Middleburg, Virginia, comes immediately to mind. The historic village, which calls itself “The Nation’s […]