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Where to Spend Last-Minute Halloween Fun
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Georgetown Garden Club Celebrates 100th Birthday With A Flash Flower Giveaway
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GMS Vignettes: How Historic Businesses Stick Around in Georgetown
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A Georgetowner Leap Day Birthday: He’s 21!
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91st Georgetown House Tour, April 20
World War I at Tudor Place
November 6, 2018
•During the war, Armistead Peter 3rd was stationed in Washington. He would go on to combat in World War II, returning to Georgetown, where he established the foundation that now oversees Tudor Place.
Water Flows Again in C&O Canal in Georgetown
November 5, 2018
•The National Park Service released water into the Georgetown section of the canal last month to test the new gates with the rehabilitated locks.
Halloween Fun in Georgetown
November 1, 2018
•From 9 p.m. until midnight, M Street was gridlocked with pedestrians dressed as (and cars full of) pirates, ghosts, witches and zombies.
Ginkgo Tree Brouhaha in Town
October 29, 2018
•The decision to cut down two female gingko trees on the 2700 block of Olive Street in Georgetown ignited an email conversation around town and the city.
Police Advisory: Halloween in Georgetown
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This Wednesday into the early hours of Thursday, there will be parking restrictions and street closures in Georgetown, as D.C.’s oldest and most haunted neighborhood celebrates Halloween.
ANC Monday: Montrose Park, Magnolias, Exorcist Steps
October 27, 2018
•Just in time for Halloween, the application to the Historic Preservation Review Board for the landmarking of the Exorcist Steps will be discussed at tonight’s ANC meeting.
Traffic Plans for Foggy Bottom Shared
October 22, 2018
•There was lively discussion around a controversial proposal to close off the parkway to motor vehicles under the Kennedy Center River Terrace, reserving that stretch for pedestrian and bicycle use.
Holy Trinity School Celebrates 200 Years
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Many a Georgetown and Washington family can say their children attended the school, now with an upper school and a lower school on 36th Street, hugging Holy Trinity Church in the center of the block.
Canal Renewal: Lock 3 Gates Installed
October 11, 2018
•In the coming year, the NPS will refill the Georgetown section of the C&O Canal with water. In 2020, a replica canal boat, for rides and educational purposes, is expected.
Georgetowner’s Anniversary
October 10, 2018
•By Gary Tischler We’ve come to celebrate. And in so doing, we’ve come to praise ourselves — or rather The Georgetowner, which is marking its 64th birthday. Celebration — with […]