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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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Business Ins & Outs: José Andrés Hotel, Call Your Mother, Housebar, Creme
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Happy 100th Birthday, President Carter!
Business Ins & Outs: Streets Market, Dig, Ever/Body, Fangyan
April 24, 2023
•In: Streets Market, Now on P A well-stocked grocery store opened in the former 7-Eleven space at the northwest corner of P and 27th Streets on Friday afternoon, April 21. […]
Emancipation Day Weekend Celebrates D.C.
April 17, 2023
•Today, Washingtonians observe a unique American holiday that’s part of their history but affects the rest of the country, too. D.C. Emancipation Day honors the day, April 16, when President […]
Public Safety: Mayor’s Initiatives, MPD Newsletter’s Solace, Latest Crime
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While many D.C. residents view crime in the nation’s capital fatalistically – after all, what is to be done about the daily drumbeat of carjackings, shootings, and stickups? – the […]
Celebrating 90 Years, the Georgetown House Tour Returns on April 22
April 12, 2023
•On April 22, the annual Georgetown House Tour returns for its 90th showing — opening nine historic and exceptional houses (one, a house of worship) of varying styles to local […]
Law in the Public Interest: D.C.’s New Attorney General, Brian Schwalb
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The Office of the DC Attorney General (OAG) is unique. Unlike many other cities, the District’s residents elect their AGs. And the position as the city’s “chief legal officer” is […]
Earth Day Interview: Richard Jackson, Head of the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment
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As Earth Day, April 22 is just around the corner, we chatted with the city’s agency head most responsible for environmental protection in the District, Richard Jackson, interim director of […]
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 […]
End of an Era: Booeymonger Closes
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Last week, the signage was stripped off the awning and the windows papered up. The unique Georgetown deli, known as Booeymonger, ended its 50-year-old existence at 3265 Prospect St. NW. […]
Georgetown Canal Boat Surprise: Public Rides Return May 5
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After disappointing news last October that the newly-christened Georgetown canal boat – “The Georgetown Heritage” – might not be hosting tours again until 2025 due to extensive National Park Service […]
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 […]