November 2024 Downtowner
• November 11, 2024

&pizza in Hot Water Over ‘Berry Knots’ When Marion Berry Knots appeared on the menu of &pizza, all heck broke loose. The marketing campaign for the knots, coated with powdered […]

October 2024 Downtowner
• October 15, 2024

The Pandas are Coming! They’re baaack! If you’ve missed having pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo, you’re in luck. Three-year-old pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao were set to arrive […]

September 2024 Downtowner
• September 16, 2024

$42 Million in Residents’ Medical Debt Canceled Late last month, thousands of District residents (62,000 to be exact) got an exciting surprise: their medical debt had been canceled. A partnership between […]

July 2024 Downtowner
• July 17, 2024

D.C. Carjackings Fall After Multiyear Surge  U.S. Attorney for D.C. Matthew Graves announced at a press conference last week that carjackings in the District were down 78 percent in June […]

June 2024 Downtowner
• June 10, 2024

National Zoo Expecting New Giant Pandas Panda lovers, it’s time to get excited. The Smithsonian National Zoo recently announced that two giant pandas are on their way to Washington, D.C. […]

May 2024 Downtowner
• May 8, 2024

2024 Washington Women in Journalism Awardees Named    Raise a glass to the following women, the 2024 Washington Women in Journalism award winners: Carol Leonnig of the Washington Post for print […]

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 […]