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Georgetown University Students Arrive Friday, Next Week
August 24, 2017
•Students are returning. There are Georgetown University events for the neighborhood — and a message from the school’s president, Jack DeGioia.
Slur Against Jews Found on Burleith Building
August 17, 2017
•The anti-Semitic graffiti, now painted over by workers, was spotted by a Georgetown University graduate student.
Ellington School Ribbon-Cutting Is Aug. 19
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Mayor Muriel Bowser and Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson will cut the ribbon at a public ceremony in the auditorium of the Classical Revival-style main building of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
Capital One Café Coming to Georgetown
August 16, 2017
•An eatery will indeed return to the southeast corner of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, but it may not be what you expected.
Plank Group Sells Top Georgetown Corner Property to Capital One
August 10, 2017
•3150 M St. NW has been sold for a record $50.2 million — and Capitol One may also get the Verizon Center naming rights.
ANC 2E to Hold Special Meeting Wednesday
August 7, 2017
•This week’s meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, which does not normally meet on a Wednesday or in August, also has an early start time: 5 p.m.
Overheard at Lunch: D.C. Gossip Girls
July 26, 2017
•Female House Dems Defy Sleeve Rule Using a play on words, Democratic congresswomen donned sleeveless dresses and pantsuits in support of what Rep. Jackie Speier (D-California) tweeted as “the right […]
Hyde-Addison School Construction Project Begins
July 24, 2017
•On July 20, representatives of all the major stakeholders met to go over neighbors’ concerns.
Future Is Complicated for DREAMers
June 19, 2017
•On Friday, June 16, the Department of Homeland Security announced decisions on two executive orders instituted by President Obama in 2012 and 2014 to protect certain groups of illegal immigrants […]
Kennedy’s Space Vision
May 24, 2017
•JFK made quite an impact on my life, even though he’s the only president of the last 50 years I never met.” So tweeted Buzz Aldrin, the second man to […]