February 2025 News Bytes
• February 11, 2025

Landmark Bridge and Hotel Demo-Ready?   Here’s a note from NPS about the decaying streetcar bridge west of Georgetown University: “The National Park Service is reviewing a Special Use permit application […]

2025 Georgetown Main Street Small Business Grant Application is Now Open
• February 10, 2025

By Zoe Howard-Barr The 2025 Georgetown Main Street Small Business Grant Application is now open. Small businesses may apply for up to $5,000. GMS will fund eight or more applicants. […]

Super Bowl LIX: Fly, Eagles, Fly!
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The final score of Super Bowl LIX was as unexpected as Taylor Swift getting booed on the Jumbotron. The biggest story of the night was the unexpected final score—the Philadelphia […]

ANC Report: Christmas Trees, Jelleff Delays, Theft From Autos, Classroom Phone Ban 
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“They’ve forgotten us!” the usually cool Commissioner Paul Maysak lamented loudly — half tongue-in-cheek — toward the end of the Feb. 3 meeting of ANC 2E, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission […]

Huguette M. Wilson – 1929-2025
• January 29, 2025

From the Wilson family: Huguette Wilson, a proud and elegant Frenchwoman who moved to the U.S. in her 20s and lived in Washington, D.C., for more than 70 years, passed […]

Business Ins & Outs: Alara, Octobre Éditions, Arc’teryx, Ateliers Jacob
• January 27, 2025

In: Hakan Ilhan’s Alara on Feb. 5  The long-shuttered Paolo’s Ristorante space has metamorphosized into Alara, a Mediterranean-focused restaurant by Hakan Ilhan. Meaning “beautiful water fairy” in Turkish, Alara will […]

60th Inaugural: A Day That Was All Trump
• January 21, 2025

President Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday as the 47th President of the United States at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol a minute and a half past noon. The […]

Commanders to Play in NFC Championship Sunday
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The latest cardiac kids are the Washington Commanders, except in last Saturday night’s game versus the number one seed Detroit Lions, they won by two touchdowns, 45-31. The win brings […]

Security Will Be ‘Tight and Visible’ for Inauguration
• January 16, 2025

“Nearly a quarter of a million ticketed guests are expected to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of United States. Thousands of people are planning to watch, […]

Violent Crime Drops to Lowest Level in 20 Years
• January 13, 2025

75 percent of Georgetown Crime Occurred in Business District Areas In 2024, Georgetown, defined by the Police Service Area (PSA) 206 boundary, had a total of 603 reported crimes. Of […]