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Mapping Georgetown: Boundless Compassion Brings Love for Thanksgiving
November 20, 2023
•“Dressing” for Thanksgiving? Here’s a Thanksgiving love-story to help us all be grateful for the big-hearted and large-souled people in our lives. If an Angel disguised as a man with […]
Crime: Saturday’s Mayhem; New Second District Commander; Mayor Takes Action
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Why must Georgetowners be alert at all times? Two photos snapped by Georgetown resident and photographer for The Georgetowner, Bill Starrels, from this past Saturday evening help illustrate the rising […]
Diwali: A Light in Dark Times, Celebrated
November 16, 2023
•“During difficult times in our world, it is important to celebrate our inner light,” explained Divya Swamy and Kishan Putta, the organizers of a large community celebration of Diwali — […]
News Bytes: GMC Fundraiser, Georgetown Glow, New Hoya Hoops Coach
November 8, 2023
•GMC Honors Longtime Employee, Raises $175K The Georgetown Ministry Center has raised over $175,000 toward the effort to end homelessness. They also honored longtime GMC employee Dolores Jackson with the […]
Halloween Ghost Cruise on Canal Boat: Spirited Fun Before 2 Years of Drydock
November 2, 2023
•Halloween phantoms often mysteriously appear – then disappear – then return to spook again. In Georgetown’s stretch of the C&O Canal, the water upon which Georgetown’s new canal boat floats […]
Georgetown Puts on a Spooky Halloween Show
October 30, 2023
•As Halloween draws nye, Georgetown does up the neighborhood in spooky splendor. We hope you enjoy this collection of creepy, scary, and eerie snapshots from the neighborhood. Photos by Robert […]
Coach Tasha Butts (1982-2023)
October 26, 2023
•Georgetown University is mourning the loss of their women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts after a two-year battle with breast cancer. Butts was just 41 years old. The university hired former […]
ANC Meeting Got Lively Late in the Evening
October 10, 2023
•Two unusual occurrences considerably livened up an expectedly normal-business monthly meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) on Oct. 2. They happened after 9 p.m. at that. First, the […]
Mapping Georgetown: A Walking Mindfulness Guide
October 2, 2023
•Is there stillness in your life? Contemplation? Are the roses smelling sweet? Is there ever enough mindfulness? In case you haven’t noticed, Kripalu Certified Outdoor Mindfulness Guide, Susan West […]
Mapping Georgetown: Neighborhood Services Lifting Up the Unhoused
September 18, 2023
•“SEEKING LASTING SOLUTIONS to homelessness ONE PERSON AT A TIME.” ~ Georgetown Ministry Center. This is our third and last story in a series on the plight of the homeless […]