Mapping Georgetown: Meet the Real McCoy of the Peabody Room

November 15, 2021

Imagine being a librarian with a passion to meticulously preserve every key detail of your community’s history. And, what if you had the dream job of serving as the archivist […]

Celebrating Georgetown’s  Small Businesses 

November 10, 2021

By Robert Devaney and Peggy Sands At the start of the 2021 holiday shopping season, The Georgetowner asked a few select businesses about themselves and what they think about their vocation and […]

Mapping Georgetown: An Eyewitness to the Georgetown Library Fire

November 8, 2021

When your local history collection is nearly destroyed by fire, you realize how precious are the treasures and stories of your collective past. At noon on Monday, April 30, 2007, […]

Under Redistricting, Could Ward 2 Boundaries Expand? 

November 1, 2021

Could the Glover Park neighborhoods become part of Ward 2 instead of Ward 3? That might happen in the next months as the redistricting process — which takes place every 10 years after the census […]

Mapping Georgetown: Corcoran Recollections and Cemetery Walks


With the festivities of Halloween (from Holy Eve or All Hallows’ Eve) behind us, we now pay tribute on Nov. 1, as we celebrate All Souls Day and the Day […]

Georgetown Transformers More than a Selfie 

October 27, 2021

This weekend of Halloween will bring more than the usual amount of onlookers checking out the famed Exorcist Steps, officially a D.C. landmark, at 36th and Prospect Streets NW.  A […]

Rose Park Winter Market Features New Lights, Kids Treats and Dog Costumes

October 25, 2021

A doggie costume contest, treats (in exchange for no tricks) for kids under 10, harvest decorations and produce, and a DJ under new evening lights will all be featured at […]

Mapping Georgetown: Priceless Halloween Decorations and Scary Memories


Halloween is very big in Georgetown. [Cue scary voice:] It’s HHUUUGE!…. Muuhahaha… Our Mapping Georgetown project has received fascinating recollections about one of Georgetown’s most beloved annual fall celebrations — […]

ANC Nov. 1: Sidewalk Project, George’s Hours, DDOT, Jelleff


The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) will hold its November meeting, 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 1, virtually — via Zoom or a conference call. The following is the agenda, […]

Citizens Reunite to ‘Love Where We Live’ at Historic Home, Raise $100,000


After more than a year of living through a pandemic, members, supporters and friends of the Citizens Association of Georgetown gathered at the historic N Street home of Diana Prince […]