Official Silence Surrounds Rape in Georgetown Apartment
• September 3, 2019

At press time, no MPD officer or spokesperson had responded to The Georgetowner’s request for updates about the investigation, even to confirm whether or not an investigation was ongoing.

ANC Tuesday: Jelleff and Ellington Fields, DDOT, Pepco
• September 1, 2019

Tonight’s agenda includes discussion of the intent to transfer to DPW the Duke Ellington School of the Arts playing field and the renewal of Maret School’s contract to use the field at the Jelleff Recreation Center.

Back to New Schools: ‘Every Day Counts’
• August 26, 2019

Mayor Bowser, Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee and Principal Calvin Hooks presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Hyde-Addison Elementary School on Aug. 21. 

New Executive Director at Georgetown Heritage
• August 21, 2019

For the past seven years, Jeffrey L. Nichols was president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, outside of Lynchburg, Virginia.

Hyde-Addison Transformed: Georgetown’s Public Elementary School Is Student-Ready 
• August 19, 2019

Principal Calvin Hooks smiled broadly late Friday afternoon, Aug. 9, as some 40 parents and children ooh-ed and aah–ed and commented: “Amazing!” Hooks was showing them around Georgetown’s about-to-be-reopened, totally […]

Montrose Park’s Memorial Sphere Vandalized
• August 12, 2019

The sphere was installed in 1956 by the Georgetown Garden Club as a memorial to Sarah Louisa Rittenhouse, who lobbied Congress from 1904 to 1911 to buy the Montrose estate for a public park.

Evans Slapped With $20,000 Fine by D.C. Ethics Board
• August 9, 2019

Anyone who thought things had quieted down in the ethics controversy surrounding Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans was mistaken.

ANC’s Rick Murphy Catches a Thief
• August 5, 2019

Murphy helped stop a shoplifter who was leaving the 7-Eleven at P Street and Wisconsin Avenue, near Murphy’s home, on July 31 at about 7:30 a.m., carrying unpaid merchandise.

Sticx Eatery Coming to Wisconsin Ave.
• July 18, 2019

Expect to see such items as chicken meatballs, grilled and skewered veggies, tofu on a stick and shrimp teriyaki. Owner Aung Myint is also looking forward to bringing a dish called “hoi jor” to the menu.

Evans’s Challenges Mount; Putta Announces
• June 27, 2019

Effective June 27, Jack Evans resigned from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board. The latest challenger for his Council seat: Kishan Putta.