French Market Brings Out the Weekend Crowds

October 4, 2021

Georgetown shops, eateries and the temporarily expanded sidewalks along Wisconsin Avenue from N St up to Book Hill on Reservoir Road NW, were filled Friday through Sunday, Oct. 1 to […]

Volta Park Festival Celebrates Fall, Friends and Fun


Much was the same for the big return this year, but there were also a number of precautions put in place due to the pandemic to ensure a safe and […]

Rigo Landa, Barber of Georgetown, Dies at 87

September 29, 2021

Rigoberto “Rigo” Guillermo Landa, 87, former owner of Georgetown Hairstyling, the century-old barber shop at 1329 35th St., NW, died Sept. 7. Born in Matanzas, Cuba, Landa retired to South […]

ANC 2E: Dumbarton St. Bike Lane, Metro Stop, Jamie Scott


The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) will hold its October meeting, 6:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 4, virtually — via Zoom or a conference call. The following is the agenda, […]

Varsity Blues Mom, G.U. Tennis Coach Get Prison Time

September 27, 2021

Former Georgetown University head tennis coach Gordon Ernst, 54, and Elizabeth Kimmel, 57. a mother of a Georgetown University student athlete applicant, are going to prison after pleading guilty in […]

Cooperative Spirit of G.U.’s Office of Neighborhood Life


In August of 2012, a Town and Gown agreement was made to create a more harmonious existence between Georgetown University students and the surrounding residents. In response, The Office of […]

Georgetown’s Potomac Boat Club: A Water St. Landmark and Rower’s Gem 

September 23, 2021

If you saw the pilot of Amazon’s 2018 Jack Ryan series, you might remember the actor John Krasinski playing the titular lead. In the show’s very Georgetowny opening sequence, Ryan […]

Citizens’ Welcome Back Picnic Delights the Kids and Parents

September 20, 2021

Rose Park at 26th and O streets on a late Sunday afternoon was filled with summer fun thanks to the Welcome Back Georgetown Picnic put on by the Citizens Association […]

Old Stone House Reopens, Garden Renewed


There was historic activity at Georgetown’s Old Stone House at 3051 M St. NW — the oldest house, dating from about 1762, on its original foundation in Washington, D.C. and […]

Feed the Fight’s Elena Tompkins to Receive Georgetown Ministry Center Award  

September 16, 2021

Georgetown resident Elena Tompkins could never have predicted that her idea to provide healthcare workers with donated meals from area restaurants during the pandemic would benefit not only these two […]