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.