Citizens Reunite to ‘Love Where We Live’ at Historic Home, Raise $100,000

October 25, 2021

After more than a year of living through a pandemic, members, supporters and friends of the Citizens Association of Georgetown gathered at the historic N Street home of Diana Prince […]

Boo, 2021: Halloween in Georgetown


  Skeletons, ghouls, spiders, cobwebs, tombstones, chains, weird lights, scary clowns, pirates, pumpkins … these are a few of our Halloween things. The house decorations are back in full force […]

Sara Revis (1921-2021): Navy, CIA Officer, Archaeologist 

October 22, 2021

Sara Margaret  Revis, 99, a retired CIA officer, archaeologist and genealogist, passed away Sept. 23, five days shy of her 100th birthday, at her home in the Aarondale Retirement Community, Springfield, Virginia, […]

Shots Fired: Off-duty Cop Stops Carjacking on 28th St.

October 20, 2021

Updated 5 p.m., Oct. 20: See additional information at the end of the story. An off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer intervened in a robbery on the 1200 block of 28th […]

Crime Report, Oct. 18: Multiple G.U. Campus Incidents

October 18, 2021

From the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), here are the latest crime and police reports in or near Georgetown.  Oct. 18 – Stabbing Alert: On the unit block of Longfellow Street NW. […]

Mapping Georgetown: Reclaiming Sacred Grounds of African American History


Mysterious and sacred, cemeteries hold dear the souls of the dead but are often legendary beyond our fathoming. In Washington, D.C., our fraught social and racial histories are often lost […]

Park Service Salutes Friends of Georgetown Waterfront Park


For those who longed to fix up the Georgetown waterfront with its parking lots, salt dome and other eyesores, it was decades in the making. After being a port and […]

Q&A Cafe with Scott Gottlieb: ‘I Don’t Think I Can Visit China Anymore’

October 12, 2021

Dr. Scott Gottlieb was interviewed by Carol Joynt at her Q&A luncheon held at the George Town Club on Oct. 7.  She recalled that the Q&A Café was started in […]

Crime Report: 28th St. Mugging; G.U. Assault


From the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), here are the latest crime and police reports in or near Georgetown. Oct. 11 – Burglary: In the 1700 block of M Street NW. […]

Mapping Georgetown: Remembering a Local Legend


Sometimes we cross paths with local legends and don’t even know it. At others, we appreciate these heroes as we cross their paths – especially when they brighten our day […]