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March 2024 Downtowner News
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Who Knew? D.C. GOP Primary Starts Friday
News & Politics
Downtowner: New Divorce Law; Metro Fares; Cicadas; Carjackings
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Downtowner News: Hotel Harrington, D.C. Evictions Triple
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December 2023 Downtowner News
March 2024 Downtowner News
March 13, 2024
•Mayor’s RFK, Downtown Plans Advance The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.4984 last week, which would allow the D.C. government to begin to redevelop the RFK Stadium site. Mayor […]
Who Knew? D.C. GOP Primary Starts Friday
February 29, 2024
•You may be surprised to learn that the D.C. Republican Primary is happening Friday, Saturday and Sunday — March 1 to 3 at the Marriott Madison Hotel at 1177 15th St. NW. […]
Downtowner: New Divorce Law; Metro Fares; Cicadas; Carjackings
February 14, 2024
•D.C. Law Removes Waiting Period Before Divorce There’s a new law in the District jettisoning the waiting period for couples who want to divorce. The law is in response to […]
Downtowner News: Hotel Harrington, D.C. Evictions Triple
January 8, 2024
•The Hotel Harrington Bids Adieu The Hotel Harrington said goodbye early last month after 109 years in business in Washington. While it never was the best hotel (the AC was […]
December 2023 Downtowner News
December 6, 2023
•National Portrait Gallery Displays Portrait of Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Following the death of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter November 19, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery has placed a […]
Downtowner: Voting Data Hackers, Campus Threats, New Addiction Center
November 6, 2023
•Hackers May Have Gotten a Hold of D.C. Voter Information District and federal agencies are investigating after a hacking group says they accessed 600,000 lines of U.S. voting data kept […]
October Downtowner News Briefs
October 11, 2023
•Congressman Carjacked in Navy Yard Neighborhood; High Rate of Juvenile Carjackings Reported Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was carjacked recently by three armed attackers in the Navy Yard neighborhood. Police are […]
Downtowner News Briefs: Congressman Carjacked, Biden Dog Bites Again
October 10, 2023
•Congressman Carjacked in Navy Yard Neighborhood; High Rate of Juvenile Carjackings Reported Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was carjacked recently by three armed attackers in the Navy Yard neighborhood. Police are […]
September 2023 Downtowner News Briefs
September 13, 2023
•Office of Management and Budget Gets Return-to-Work Letter The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OBM) encouraging more in-person work at […]
Downtowner News Briefs, Aug. 7
August 7, 2023
•Beyoncé Concert Delayed, Her Tour Funds Metro Post-Close After a lightning delay caused Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour to start later than expected, 60,000 concertgoers spent hours in the concourse and ramp […]