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COVID-19 by the Numbers: How Bad Is It?
March 26, 2020
•The number of known positive cases is growing everywhere. But the determining factors in the severity of the disease are the number and percentage of deaths.
Restaurant Survival in the Time of COVID-19
March 25, 2020
•Resourceful and creative, restaurateurs define what it means to be a survivor. Having survived the 1987 stock market crash, 9/11, the burst of the tech bubble and snowmageddon, they are […]
Grace under Quarantine: Christ Church’s Tim Cole Recovering at Hospital
March 21, 2020
•Cole, 59, was the first Washington, D.C., patient diagnosed with coronavirus on March 7, after being admitted with pneumonia on March 5. He has been isolated ever since.
Georgetown’s 6 p.m. Friendly Wave Makes Debut
March 19, 2020
•The wave is the brainchild of Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Elizabeth Miller, who said: “We had 11 households on our block last night, including an accordion player, two horns and pups!”
Georgetown Small Businesses Hit Hard; Virus Advice
March 16, 2020
•Mayor Bowser directed restaurants to shut their bar areas and make a six-foot distance between patrons. For Billy Martin of Martin’s Tavern, that directive makes an already small establishment smaller.
Christ Church’s Tim Cole Recovering; Wife, Son Test Negative
March 14, 2020
•Though Cole is on the mend, four parishioners have tested positive for the disease, including the church’s organist, Tom Smith.
Bowser Declares State of Emergency; D.C. Events Canceled
March 11, 2020
•The District is recommending that nonessential gatherings of more than 1,000 persons, including conferences and conventions, be postponed or cancelled through March 31.
Georgetown Rector Contracts Coronavirus: D.C.’s First Case
March 8, 2020
•According to Christ Church spokesman Rob Volmer, the Rev. Tim Cole fell ill shortly after attending an Episcopal conference in Louisville on Feb. 22.
Whole Foods in Glover Park Will Reopen
February 21, 2020
•The store’s 2017 closure, “due to a rodent problem,” grew into a contract and remodeling dispute between building owner Wical and Whole Foods, acquired by Amazon that year.
Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Language Concern ANC
February 18, 2020
•On Feb. 12, a quorum of Georgetown-Burleith advisory neighborhood commissioners lugged two thick copies to Visitation School for a two-hour-plus once-over.