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After 40 Years, Georgetown Senior Center Serves Its Last Lunch
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Business Ins & Outs: José Andrés Hotel, Call Your Mother, Housebar, Creme
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Trio of Fires Hits Georgetown on New Year’s Day
January 3, 2022
•On the morning of New Year’s Day in Georgetown, three separate fires broke out within a thirty-minute time frame and a half-mile radius. The first was reported at 6:40 a.m. […]
New D.C. Laws: Living Wage, Leaf Blower Ban, Plastic Utensils
January 2, 2022
•From the Office of the Mayor: D.C. residents are reminded of several new laws going into effect on January 1, 2022. Living Wage In accordance with the Fair Shot Minimum Wage […]
Omicron Surge Shutters 5 Smithsonian Museums
December 30, 2021
•As the Omicron variant has spread alarmingly throughout the District, the Smithsonian Institution – suffering a shortage of support staff to serve the public – has announced temporary closures of […]
Hark! What Craziness Crosses Our Transom?
December 27, 2021
•A rich assortment of unsolicited potential content comes across a newspaper’s transom each day — much of it well-intentioned, but silly. Of course, the news business couldn’t survive a day […]
Business Ins: Bakeshop, English Rose Garden, Yo Yoga
December 20, 2021
•Last week’s Business Ins & Outs focused on a big out: the closing of the Gap store on Wisconsin Avenue. This week, there’s more positive news of businesses that have […]
With Omicron, G.U. Cancels Events, Moves Finals Online
December 16, 2021
•On Monday Dec. 13, DC Health announced the first four confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in the District of Columbia. One was reported to be at Georgetown University — “a community […]
Streateries Project Extended, Most Widened Sidewalks Not
December 13, 2021
•After waiting through nine hours of Zoom meetings, the nail-biting fate of expanded sidewalks in Georgetown for diners and pedestrians finally came up Thursday Dec. 9, the last item of […]
Georgetown Gap’s Closing Leaves Huge Gap
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There will be a big vacant space on Georgetown’s main avenue, come the new year — and it comes as not quite a surprise. The Gap store at 1258 Wisconsin […]
Crime Report, Dec. 13: Three GU Incidents
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From the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), here are the latest crime and police reports in or near Georgetown. Dec. 13 – MPD Releases Statistics on Violent Crime in the District: Thorough […]
Bob Dole (1923-2021): A Vet to Remember
December 6, 2021
•“Veteran who gave his most for his country.” Bob Dole said he wanted to be remembered that way. But for Bob Dole, giving “his most” included an almost impossible-to-remember-it-all list of […]