Immigrant Activists Paint 29th Street With Protest Art, Rally at Montrose
• July 25, 2022

They came in a bus from Wisconsin, by cars and trains and planes from Boston, New York and Illinois to gather at 8 a.m., Monday, July 25, in front of […]

Monkeypox: 5 Things You Need to Know
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With Covid still lingering in the news and new variants appearing seemingly every other day, it’s hard to grasp yet another virus appearing in our vernacular. But this time, it’s […]

D.C. Power Index Prize Launches, Lunches at Cafe Milano
• July 21, 2022

The D.C. Power Index Prize was inaugurated in person, in style and in full throttle at Cafe Milano on Prospect Street in Georgetown July 20, as it honored six women. […]

‘Mr. Color,’ Carleton Varney (1937-2022) 
• July 18, 2022

Interior designer Carleton Varney, nicknamed Mr. Color, passed away on July 14 at the age of 85. Varney is best known for decorating the Greenbrier, a five-star hotel in the […]

Century-old Morgan’s Pharmacy Gets New Owner
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Morgan Care Pharmacy, the 110-year-old business at the corner of 30th and P Streets NW, has a new owner. For the 33-year-old Sahar Kassem, owning and managing an independent pharmacy […]

Oh Rats! Rats Are Back! ANC Resolves to Eradicate Them … Again 
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It was almost four years ago — September 12, 2018, to be precise — when The Georgetowner wrote “Rats: It Takes A Village” to rid Georgetown and most of Washington, […]

Lafayette Comes to Mount Vernon on Bastille Day
• July 14, 2022

“We could not have chosen a better day than this Bastille Day, July 14, to pay tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette and his friendship with the American people,” said […]

Business Ins & Outs: July 13, 2022
• July 13, 2022

Farewell to Sara’s Market and Girma Hailu  A Georgetown tradition of more than a century ended last month. Sara’s Market at 3008 Q St. NW shut its doors for good […]

Inside the Jan. 6 Committee Hearing (photos)
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The cavernous Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill, measuring 74-feet-long by 54-feet-wide and topped by a 35-foot-high ceiling, was built in 1908 to impress. It is, of course, the scene […]

Mayor Celebrates Wegmans, City Ridge Unveiling
• July 11, 2022

While you can’t buy anything until the official opening this Wednesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser visited the new Wegmans grocery store up Wisconsin Avenue at City Ridge on Saturday, July 9. […]