Crime Report: House Break-In; Anti-Semitic Graffiti

November 27, 2017

Over the holiday weekend: a woman who was attacked escaped to the Dent Place fire station and anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered in Rose Park.

Georgetown Perfect for Small Business Saturday

November 24, 2017

Georgetown is one of the best places to spend Small Business Saturday, Nov. 25. The shopping holiday was begun by American Express and others in 2010.

Council Members Ask Chancellor to Retract Players’ Suspension

November 22, 2017

The annual Turkey Bowl game, which decides the city football championship, is mired in heated controversy. Woodson High School is slated to play Ballou High School on Thanksgiving day. But […]

Ex-Resident Sues Georgetown Retirement Home

November 20, 2017

Beatrice Alexander has filed a lawsuit against the Holladay Corporation, owner and operator of the Georgetown, at 2612 Q Street, which closed last year.

Anne Stewart, Designer Known as Wendy Pepper (1964-2017)


The designer, who died Nov. 12 at the age of 53, was a member of the first group of contestants on “Project Runway,” one of a then growing number of reality shows.

Cafe Milano Celebrates 25 Years With SRO Party

November 13, 2017

The half-block was closed in front of the Prospect Street place, D.C.’s best-known spot to see and to be seen, with klieg lights in the parking lot for the occasion. With District Council approval, Mayor Muriel Bowser proclaimed Nov. 10 Cafe Milano Day.

Ideas Unlocked at Public Meeting on Canal Plans

November 7, 2017

Some 150 persons concerned about the decline of the historic C&O Canal, an essential part of Georgetown’s identity for more than 180 years, attended a public meeting Nov. 2 to […]

Return of Whole Foods: It’s Complicated

November 6, 2017

It all started last March with the ubiquitous D.C. rats. To date, no one can or will say when — or even if — the Glover Park store will reopen. 

ANC Monday: Streetlights, C&O Canal, Heating Plant, 1789

October 30, 2017

On tonight’s ANC agenda, a presentation about the C&O Canal master plan by Alison Greenberg, executive director of Georgetown Heritage, and Kevin Brandt, superintendent of the C&O Canal National Historical Park.

Fats Domino, Who Survived Katrina, Dies at 89

October 26, 2017

For people who grew up (or not) at the dawn of rock and roll, the news that Fats Domino — one of the genre’s creators and legends — had died was sad and not a little devastating.