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Portrait Unveiled of Former Georgetowner and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson
January 26, 2023
•Three levels of high grade security — including driving at 5 mph through a building that’s an automobile-magnetometer — formal ID scrutiny, uniformed guest checkers, a total joint military-service color […]
At U.S. Mayors’ Conference, Top Issues: Public Safety, Homelessness, Migrants
January 23, 2023
•Bringing life back to downtowns, public safety, gun violence, mental health, homelessness, policing, affordable housing, partnering with NGOs, businesses and private parties to fix things and pickleball, “the latest sport […]
Special Neighborhood Hang Out: Say Cheese!
January 17, 2023
•“I never thought my little café would become such a popular neighborhood hangout,” said Suzy Nabil, owner and some would say “the Spirit” of Say Cheese! at 1132 29th St. NW. Nabil […]
ANC2E Commissioners Offer Goals for 2023
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Five new Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners joined the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale ANC2E, which elected Elizabeth Miller as Chair and Gwen Lohse as Vice Chair. The two new commissioners representing Georgetown University were elected as […]
New 2023-24 ANC Chair Miller Manages Tight First Meeting
January 11, 2023
•The newly chosen Chair of the 2023-24 Georgetown/Burleith/Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Elizabeth Miller, ran a tight virtual meeting on January 9 getting through the swearing in of five new Commissioners […]
Mayor Bowser Outlines ‘DC’s Comeback Plan’
January 9, 2023
•Create 35,000 new jobs. Add 15,000 residents to the Downtown population by adding seven million square feet of residential units there. Reach an overall population of 725,000 in five years. […]
Top 8 Town Topics of 2022: Canal Boat, Ukraine, Jelleff, Crime
December 27, 2022
•It was the year of “Getting Back to Normal” in Georgetown after almost two years of lock-down, masks on, vaccine checks and restricted events. In this environment, big things happened, […]
Duke Ellington School Fight for Autonomy Heats Up
December 19, 2022
•Ever since the old Western High School at 35th and R Streets NW was transformed physically and curriculum-wise two decades ago into the current palatial $178.5 million Duke Ellington School […]
D.C. Metro Bus Rides to Be Free by July 1
December 12, 2022
•This month, the D.C. Council did something that no other governing body a city Washington, D.C.’s size or larger has ever done: it unanimously agreed to offer and fund free […]
Shoplifting in D.C. Needs to Be Reported
December 5, 2022
•Georgetown is back! That’s the happy comment by many residents and visitors this past weekend as they shopped in Georgetown’s decorated and well-stocked stores, sat in the filled cafes and […]