Cultural Power Breakfast: GWU’s Corcoran: ‘A Very Different School’
Of the storied institution that was the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design, Dr. Lauren Onkey, director since 2021 of George Washington University’s Corcoran School of […]
Georgetown Main Street Boosts Small Businesses
Georgetown Main Street — a non-profit that promotes and supports small businesses along the Wisconsin Avenue commercial corridor — met March 22 for its annual meeting at Fathom Gallery in […]
Crime: D.C. Shooting Deaths Mount While MPD Short-Staffed, GU Sex Assaults
Carjackings, MPD Short-Staffing and Congressional Scrutiny As nationwide attention continues to focus on D.C.’s rising crime rates following the U.S. Senate’s recent overturning of the D.C. Council’s Revised Criminal Code […]
Mayor’s Reduced D.C. Budget Difficult to Label
“Scant,” “Fair Shot,” “Comeback”? District spokespeople, analysts and journalists are struggling with how to describe the new budget for Washington, D.C., that Mayor Muriel Bowser presented in her final $19.7 billion, […]
Downtowner News: March 2023
New Head of 911 Call Center in D.C. Wants Complete Overhaul Heather McGaffin, the new acting director of the Office of Unified Communications (the agency that operates D.C.’s 911 call […]
Investigation Forced Resignation of Deputy Mayor Falcicchio
Last Friday, Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio suddenly resigned his two positions in D.C. government. He was arguably the second most powerful person in D.C.’s executive branch, serving as Chief of […]
Crime: New Second District Commander; Data Analysis, Local Crime
New Commander in Town There’s a new police commander in town. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced March 13 that Commander John Branch of MPD’s Seventh District – a nearly […]
3 Dead in Rock Creek Parkway Crash
This news report was updated, noon, Thursday, March 16. Three persons died at the scene after an overnight crash on Rock Creek Parkway — and two others are hospitalized. The […]
On The Hill: Senate Override of D.C. Criminal Code Anti-Climactic
On Wednesday afternoon March 8, this Georgetowner Senior Correspondent drove with some excitement to the U.S. Senate to cover the big D.C. and national story that had seen breathless headlines […]
Editorial: Doing the Safety Dance
The Criminal Code Brouhaha Is an Opportunity to Do Better The District’s new criminal code bill is in limbo, after D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson pulled the legislation out of […]