Crime: D.C.’s ‘Real-Time Crime Center’, CAG’s Public Safety Efforts, Local Reports

December 11, 2023

Yes, crime is up. But, so are public safety efforts.  From the Office of the Mayor, to Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto’s headquarters, to the Citizens Association of Georgetown, […]

Santa Arrives in Style for Kids and Pets at Rose Park


The Friends of Rose Park hosted its Winter Market on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 10, spreading the season’s joy with food stalls — Apéro, Bread Furst, Alejandro’s Tacos — and complimentary […]

Lined Up to Meet Santa at Volta Park


The Friends of Volta Park hosted its Breakfast With Santa event on Saturday morning, Dec. 10, and welcomed more than 300 neighbors to the park, all of whom were hoping […]

Four Seasons and Children’s National Hospital ‘Light Up the Season’   

December 7, 2023

“Light Up the Season” returned to the Four Seasons for the seventh year. The Christmastime favorite invites “guests to revel in an elegant holiday display inspired by Children’s National Hospital […]

Community Christmas Tree Lit at Book Hill Park


Under the leadership of Georgetown Main Street — the nonprofit that helps small businesses along the Wisconsin Avenue commercial corridor — Georgetown now boasts its own community Christmas tree, after […]

An Epiphany: Small Church, Hidden in Plain Sight  

December 6, 2023

“People tell me they have passed by Epiphany Church dozens of times but didn’t know it was an active church,” Rev. Stefan Megyery (aka Father Stefan) told The Georgetowner last […]

ANC Meeting: Prosecutions, Literacy, Leaf Collection  


Phew! The Georgetown, Burleith, Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC2E) meeting on Dec. 4 was so packed with community announcements that its two featured reports about crime and D.C. student achievement […]

Making Her Passion a Successful Business in Her Silver Years

December 5, 2023

Lynne Glassman is the perfect example of a Silver Entrepreneur. They are often well-educated energetic ladies who have been around many proverbial blocks and have worn many different hats, some at […]

News Bytes : CAG’s New Board, MedStar’s New Pavilion, and GU’s New Bulldog

December 4, 2023

The Citizens Association of Georgetown Announces New Leadership   CAG has announced new board directors and an office manager. Tara Sakraida Parker will remain president and Brittany Sawyer will stay executive […]

Volta Park Baseball Diamond Renovation Set for 2024  


A very lively, civil and informed meeting between DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) officials and Volta Park users on Nov. 26 at the Georgetown Public Library answered many […]