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After 40 Years, Georgetown Senior Center Serves Its Last Lunch
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ANC: Jelleff Center, Dumbarton Oaks, C&O Canal Bridge
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Happy 100th Birthday, President Carter!
Halloween Happenings in Georgetown, Around Town
October 31, 2016
•Halloween is upon us in the nation’s capital. Ghost tours, parties, costume scenes and trick-or-treating abound. Here are a few not-so-scary selections.
Hayden and Vee, 2 Sixties Icons, Have Died
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Both activist Tom Hayden and singer Bobby Vee embodied part of a complicated era.
D.C. Early Voting Attracts Thousands
October 27, 2016
•Any voter can vote at the Judiciary Square site all day every day until Nov. 8. Other centers, including the Georgetown Library, will open Oct. 28.
Here’s What Will Happen, Trump-wise
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“It ain’t over till it’s over” — and the possible scenarios are mind-boggling.
House of Sweden Celebrates 10th Anniversary
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The modernistic, open-design building has energized the once rather sleepy end of Georgetown’s historic district.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Kickoff, Oct. 20
October 24, 2016
•The event benefits Sibley Sullivan Breast Health Center, part of the Johns Hopkins Medicine network.
‘Don’t Wing the Swing’ Signs Protest Hyde-Addison Plans
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The deputy mayor seems set on moving kids to Meyer School, and Hyde-Addison parents aren’t happy.
Weekend Round Up October 20, 2016
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Saturday will be seasonable with Tony and Joe’s Shuck It Oyster & Beer Festival, Taste of Tudor Place, Falloween in Clarendon and the Hirshhorn Museum’s Fall Fest. The Kennedy Center presents Korean folk performers Friday and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet all weekend.
The Final Debate Seen From the WNDC and the Trump Hotel
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The viewers at the Woman’s National Democratic Cub and at the Trump International Hotel seemed to agree that this was the most important election in their lifetime.
Farewell to the C&O Canal Boat; Hello to the Canal’s Restoration
October 20, 2016
•On Oct. 5, mules Dolly and Eva towed “The Georgetown” to be broken apart near Fletcher’s Boathouse. A new boat will be launched in 2018 after work on the canal is completed.