Georgetown ‘Pot Shops’ Flourishing as City Licensing Delayed
• January 4, 2024

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 […]

Attorney General Settles With Former Georgetown Frat Boss for $100K 
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Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced on Dec. 18 “the successful resolution of three separate enforcement actions that will safeguard nonprofit assets and ensure DC nonprofits comply with the law.” […]

Business Ins & Outs: Robin’s Gallery, Poppy’s Mural, Pure Sweat + Float Studio
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In: Sutliff’s Pop-up Becomes Robin’s Gallery Artist Robin Sutliff — who has exhibited at L’Enfant Gallery at Wisconsin and P for years — has become the proud proprietor of Robin’s […]

Deal to Move Caps, Wizards Strikes Blow to Mayor’s Downtown Plans
• December 14, 2023

A dueling set of press conferences on either side of the Potomac yesterday – one from Potomac Yard, Alexandria, featuring Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) with Ted Leonsis, owner of […]

Crime: D.C.’s ‘Real-Time Crime Center’, CAG’s Public Safety Efforts, Local Reports
• December 11, 2023

Yes, crime is up. But, so are public safety efforts.  From the Office of the Mayor, to Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto’s headquarters, to the Citizens Association of Georgetown, […]

Santa Arrives in Style for Kids and Pets at Rose Park
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The Friends of Rose Park hosted its Winter Market on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 10, spreading the season’s joy with food stalls — Apéro, Bread Furst, Alejandro’s Tacos — and complimentary […]