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Longtime Q St. Resident, Dr. Cynthia Ray Putchat Dies
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Business Ins & Outs: M.M. LaFleur, Sézane, Wingo’s; Big Wheel Bikes
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Crime & Safety: River Death, Card Skimming, Sexual Assault
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Giuseppe Cecchi, Watergate Developer and IDI Group Founder, Dies at 93
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What Mayor’s Proposed Budget Means for Georgetown
Crime: Massive Crime Bill Up for D.C. Council Vote; Local Reports
January 16, 2024
•Crime in the nation’s capital was a major focus of national headlines last year owing to the city’s spike in carjackings, vehicle thefts, armed robberies of members of Congress, its […]
Jack Evans Will Not Run for Ward 2 Seat
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One of the big 2024 election-year questions — at least for Georgetown and Ward 2 — has just been answered. Jack Evans, a decades-long resident of P Street NW just a […]
First ANC Meeting of 2024 Confronts Crime and Bagels
January 10, 2024
•The first 2024 meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) on Jan. 8 dealt with last year’s continuing problems as well as looking to the year ahead. Rising […]
Crime: Baby Returned After Georgetown Car Theft; Armed Robbery at Sara’s Market; Local Reports
January 8, 2024
•In the first week of the new year, Georgetown and surrounding neighborhoods have not been spared the city’s recent waves of violent crime. On Thursday, Jan. 4, a daytime gun […]
National Park Service Announces Plans for Georgetown’s C&O Canal Repairs
January 4, 2024
•At long last, the National Park Service (NPS) has formally announced plans to drain and restore Georgetown’s portion of the landmark C&O Canal with a $12.7 million “investment” to “preserve […]
Georgetown ‘Pot Shops’ Flourishing as City Licensing Delayed
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As many have noticed, cannabis “gifting shops” and dispensaries have been scrambling energetically – and often furtively – to set up shop behind Georgetown storefronts, to the delight of marijuana […]
Crime & Safety: City’s Homicide Rate Spikes; Glover Park’s Crime Surges; Local Reports
January 2, 2024
•For the New Year, could Washington’s new Police Chief Pamela A. Smith possibly not include reducing the city’s homicide levels as one of her chief resolutions for 2024? Front page […]
Retail Therapy for the Gray Days Ahead
December 27, 2023
•I don’t shop. I like to say I am looking for visual stimulation. Happily, there are now two new options in Georgetown within a few storefronts of each other with […]
Barnes & Noble Will Return to Georgetown
December 20, 2023
•It seems like a Christmas miracle. The wished-for return of bookseller Barnes & Noble was on many residents’ list. Next year, this wish will come true. It will also herald […]
Crime: Terror at Georgetown Synagogue; Organized Retail Theft, Flashmobs
December 18, 2023
•Despite the holidays being a time of “peace and joy,” the last few days in or near Georgetown have seen residents, holiday shoppers and visitors witnessing or responding to acts […]