Police Seek Person of Interest in a Homicide: 3200 Block of M St. NW

February 8, 2022

From the MPD: Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch seek the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a person of interest in reference to a homicide that occurred […]

D.C. Approves $309 Million to Replace 75,000 Streetlight Bulbs

February 7, 2022

The D.C. Council last week green-lighted $309 million dollars to be spent over the next two years on light bulbs. Not just any light bulbs, of course, but LED light bulbs, as […]

Whole Foods Just About Open: ‘Just Walk Out’ in Glover Park


This article has been updated.   After being closed for almost five years, the popular Whole Foods grocery store at 2323 Wisconsin Ave. NW in Glover Park is open — to […]

Fund Set Up for Tarek Boothe, Killed Jan. 31 on M St.

February 3, 2022

The young man fatally shot the evening of Jan. 31 near the corner of 33rd and M Streets NW has been identified as Tarek Boothe, who was from Alexandria and […]

Fatal Shooting at 33rd & M St. 

February 1, 2022

A man was fatally shot in the 3200 block of M Street NW around 6:15 p.m., Jan. 31, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.   MPD Chief Robert J. Contee III […]

Mapping Georgetown: Growing Up on Poplar Street, NW

January 31, 2022

In our Mapping Georgetown project, it’s been a delight to discover how Georgetown’s alleyways have yielded such fascinating local histories. Poplar Street, NW in Georgetown. This dead-end street with the […]

Business Ins & Outs: Whole Foods Testing, Smoothie King, West End CYM


Whole Foods Reopening … at Last As Whole Foods lovers wait for the Glover Park store to reopen, its long-closed grocery (March 2017) is currently test-running its Just Walk Out […]

3 Georgetown Lives: Catherine Bowman, Joseph Khashab, Marston Luce

January 27, 2022

We bear sad news about three well-known Georgetowners — one nonagenarian who contributed to “Black Georgetown Remembered,” another who greeted everyone at a private dining club for more than two […]

Crime Report, Jan. 24: Officer Shot, 3 GU Incidents 

January 24, 2022

An officer of the 4th District was shot in the line of duty in the 1400 block of Quincy Street NW. The officer was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released from […]

Construction Update on Hospital Pavilion at MedStar Georgetown 


Regina Knox Woods, Vice President, Government Affairs for the District of Columbia, MedStar Health, sent out the following update on the construction along 3800 Reservoir Road NW for MedStar Georgetown […]