News Bytes: Microbursts, GU’s Selective Admissions, GWU Lawsuit
• August 16, 2023

Microbursts Hit Washington   A series of microbursts hit D.C. late last month, causing extensive damage around the city. A microburst occurs when a thunderstorm’s updraft collapses, sending air rushing down […]

Best Friends, Business Partners Tackle Climate Crisis
• August 14, 2023

Georgetown natives Katherine Ilkhani and Sophia Kianni are both 21 years old. Their peers are busy figuring themselves out, navigating early adulthood. Ilkhani and Kianni, however, are quite accomplished beyond […]

Maui Fire Relief Efforts: Where to Donate
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If you’re looking to help donate to the Maui fire relief efforts, here are a few options including the Maui Humane Society, American Red Cross, Salvation Army, and local Chef […]

Longtime Georgetowner Worth Bateman Dies
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Worth Bateman, who lived on the west side of Georgetown with his wife, Grace, and their family since 1980, died peacefully on Aug. 6. He was 85-years-old and had cancer. […]

Fire Breaks Out Overnight on M Street, One Firefighter Evaluated
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A frightening night in the heart of Georgetown’s commercial district. Across from gold-domed PNC Bank and above Todd Snyder men’s wear store at 3211 M Street NW, a fire broke […]

Citizens Meet with Police and Brooke Pinto on Crime
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Considering recent criminal activity on the 3300 block of N Street, the Public Safety Committee of the Citizens Association of Georgetown and neighbors met with the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second […]

‘Exorcist’ Director William Friedkin — 1935-2023
• August 7, 2023

The man who terrified a generation (and many more after) with his hit horror film, “The Exorcist,” has passed away at his home in Bel Air, California, of heart failure […]

Downtowner News Briefs, Aug. 7
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Beyoncé Concert Delayed, Her Tour Funds Metro Post-Close  After a lightning delay caused Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour to start later than expected, 60,000 concertgoers spent hours in the concourse and ramp […]

Crime: Gun Violence Raises City Homicide Tally to 20-Year High
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In addition to police sirens wailing around the city in the early days of August, national newspaper headlines again blared messages of out-of-control shootings and homicides in the nation’s capital.  […]

Severe Mini-Storms Cause Big Damage in Northwest D.C.
• July 31, 2023

Within 20 minutes on Saturday, July 29, around 4 p.m., a severe storm that the weather service had been warning the Washington area about for hours, hit Northwest D.C., including […]