Crime Report: Kidnapping, Robberies, 2 GU Incidents
• May 2, 2022

Minus a few cold spells, the weather around the District is warming up so expect the crime rate to rise as well. Over the last week, crime has mostly consisted […]

White House Correspondents’ Dinner Red Carpet Photos
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The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, having been sidelined by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, returned to form on Saturday April 30 as 2,600 attendees jammed the Washington Hilton Ballroom […]

Twilight Tattoo Returns to Celebrate America’s Army (photos)
• April 28, 2022

The U.S. Army Military District of Washington’s  summer tradition of presenting The U.S. Army’s Twilight Tattoo military pageant will once again return live on most Wednesdays in May, June and July. […]

Business Ins & Outs: Bitty & Beau’s, SkinSpirit, Noosh
• April 27, 2022

In: Bitty & Beau’s Coffee Opens Saturday, April 30 Bitty & Beau’s Coffee, the North Carolina-based company that “reinvented the coffee experience,” will open its 24th store at 3207 M […]

Reflections on My Last School’s Shooting
• April 25, 2022

Named in honor of one of history’s greatest free-thinkers – Albert Einstein – the glass-enclosed causeway or “bridge” between the upper and middle school programs at Edmund Burke School, was designed to […]

Citizens Association Celebrates Spring with Concert and Dessert at Evermay
• April 18, 2022

Historic Evermay Estate at 1623 28th St. NW in Georgetown opened its perfectly manicured gardens and mansion terrace for the first time since the pandemic lockdown in 2020 to the […]

Crime & Public Safety: Bodies in Potomac, Carjackings, Robberies
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Last week, two bodies were discovered in the Potomac River in the area of Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, D.C., in just as many days, according to the Metropolitan Police […]

D.C. Celebrates Emancipation Day with Parade (photos)
• April 17, 2022

April 16, 1862 marked the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. On that date, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act effectively granting freedom to 3,100 enslaved […]

Ward 2 Council Member Pinto on Stemming Homelessness
• April 13, 2022

The Georgetowner asked Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto about her priorities for stemming  homelessness in the area. We published her response (below) as a guest column in our April […]

Rose Park Buzz Spring 2022 
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Spring is here, and the Friends of Rose Park (FRP) has lots of news to share. The popular Rose Park Wednesday afternoon market is scheduled to re-open on May 4 […]