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Glass-Encased West End Library Opens
December 11, 2017
•The 21,000-square-foot library is the first in D.C. to be entirely planned, funded and constructed as a public-private partnership, according to Deputy Mayor Brian Kenner.
ANC Tonight: Community Comment on Parking Restrictions
December 4, 2017
•Among other agenda items, a good deal of discussion of Georgetown parking issues is anticipated at tonight’s meeting.
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)
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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.