Community Forklift: Reusing Building Materials to Improve Homes, Protect Environment
• April 20, 2023

In honor of Earth Day, we spoke with Trey Davis, executive director of Community Forklift, a non-profit reuse center for home improvement supplies located just outside the District in Edmonston, […]

End of an Era: Booeymonger Closes
• April 10, 2023

Last week, the signage was stripped off the awning and the windows papered up. The unique Georgetown deli, known as Booeymonger, ended its 50-year-old existence at 3265 Prospect St. NW. […]

Tech Tip: Unnecessary Meetings a More Serious Problem
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From Computerware, Inc., Anyone who has spent a considerable amount of time in a professional occupation knows that meetings come with the territory. After all, running a business requires a […]

Lots of Voices at Long ANC Meeting: New Top Cop, Streets Market, Safeway, Transformers
• April 6, 2023

Democracy and community and neighborhood meetings that give everyone a voice are the basis of our country’s government by-the-people. There was no better example of that than the April 3 […]

Business Ins & Outs: Alkova, Streets Market, Intermix
• April 3, 2023

In: Alkova, Yoga Co-working Alkova opened at 1510 Wisconsin Ave. NW and offers yoga in a co-working setting — “We’ve created a place where you can peacefully work, practice yoga, […]

Tech Tip: What To Do If You’ve Lost Your Phone
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From Computerware, Inc.:   Even the most dedicated smartphone user might lose their device from time to time. Of course, it’s particularly inconvenient if this happens while you’re away from […]

Tech Tip: Are App Store Apps Secure?
• March 27, 2023

From Computerware, Inc.: The smartphone app ecosystems today are extraordinarily vast. The Google Play store has over 3.5 million apps available, while the Apple App store has over 1.6 million […]

Georgetown Main Street Boosts Small Businesses
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Georgetown Main Street — a non-profit that promotes and supports small businesses along the Wisconsin Avenue commercial corridor — met March 22 for its annual meeting at Fathom Gallery in […]

Tech Tip: ‘Smartphones’ and ‘Innovation’ No Longer Synonymous
• March 20, 2023

From Computerware, Inc.: Smartphones are, in a word, ubiquitous. With 86.29 percent of the global population owning a smartphone in 2023 (according to Statista), one would think — pretty justifiably […]

Remembering P. Wesley ‘Wes’ Foster (1933-2023) 
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P. Wesley “Wes” Foster, Jr., founder and chairman of the Long & Foster Companies, parent company of Long & Foster Real Estate, died March 17 at his home in Alexandria. […]