D.C. Police Chief Contee Retires to Join FBI
• April 27, 2023

The retirement announcement and presser for the Chief of D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, Robert J. Contee III – who had been on the force over 30 years, ever since he […]

90th Georgetown House Tour Has Thunderous Conclusion
• April 24, 2023

The hot tea, homemade crustless cucumber, olive, tuna and chicken-salad sandwiches and lemon, orange and chocolate cakes were greeted with special joy by dozens of somewhat bedraggled participants of all […]

OGB: Transformers Should Be Removed
• April 10, 2023

The unique now almost iconic larger-than-life Transformers figurines in front of Georgetown University engineering professor Newton Howard’s home at 3614 Potomac St. NW, have reached a new stage in their […]

Lots of Voices at Long ANC Meeting: New Top Cop, Streets Market, Safeway, Transformers
• April 6, 2023

Democracy and community and neighborhood meetings that give everyone a voice are the basis of our country’s government by-the-people. There was no better example of that than the April 3 […]

Q&A Cafe: Jack Evans Made One Thing Perfectly Clear
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The monthly Q&A Cafe lunch program at the George Town Club is produced and directed by, and features, longtime CBS News producer Carol Joynt, who interviews top newsmakers and those-in-the-know […]

Georgetown Village Celebrates Expansive New Digs
• April 3, 2023

“This is not only a stunningly beautiful expansive new headquarters for the Georgetown Village, but this is a game changer for our entire organization,” Georgetown Village founding Director Lynn Golub-Rofrano […]

House Committee Passes Disapproval Resolution of D.C. Police Reform Law
• March 30, 2023

Another joint congressional resolution of disapproval of a D.C. law — this one on police reform — was passed by the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability on […]

Mayor’s Reduced D.C. Budget Difficult to Label
• March 23, 2023

“Scant,” “Fair Shot,” “Comeback”?   District spokespeople, analysts and journalists are struggling with how to describe the new budget for Washington, D.C., that Mayor Muriel Bowser presented in her final $19.7 billion, […]

On The Hill: Senate Override of D.C. Criminal Code Anti-Climactic
• March 9, 2023

On Wednesday afternoon March 8, this Georgetowner Senior Correspondent drove with some excitement to the U.S. Senate to cover the big D.C. and national story that had seen breathless headlines […]

Georgetown Budget Proposals Might Not Fly
• March 8, 2023

A month or two can make a big difference in transitional times like these, and impact even supposedly long-negotiated, thought-out, professionally analyzed budget maneuverings — even in a monolithic one-party, […]