Campaign Update: Hope Solomon Running for Mayor
• February 17, 2026

Hope Solomon — well known in Georgetown, because of her father’s business as well as her father, Ed Solomon, who was an advisory neighborhood commissioner for years — announced last […]

Trump: Federal Government to Step in Regarding Potomac Sewage Spill
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A large sewage pipe spilled into the Potomac River, and subsequently testing showed dangerously high E.coli levels in the area. On January 19, an enormous underground sewer line broke, dumping […]

For a Few Days, Buddhist Monks Bestow Peace and Love Upon D.C.
• February 12, 2026

Buddhist monks from Texas entered Washington, D.C., on Monday reaching the goal of their 2,300-mile Walk for Peace. A flock of 19 monks, led by Bhikkhu Pannakara, have enchanted the […]

Pinto Forum Gathers Ward 2 Input on Budget  
• February 10, 2026

By Heather Harris Roemer   On Feb. 3, District Council member Brooke Pinto convened a Ward 2 Budget Forum. The virtual event was open to anyone who wanted to watch or testify about priorities and concerns for the […]

No Gym: Jelleff Renovation Plans Changed  With Little Warning 
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By Francis Rienzo   The plot thickens. A change to the $28-million renovation plans for the Jelleff Recreation Center at 3265 S St. NW — a project that has been in the works since as early as 2018 — was made with little warning.  The planned auxiliary gym, […]

Washington’s Other Hometown
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If George Washington were to reappear in the nation’s capital during the nation’s 250th anniversary, he would barely comprehend the Town of George, let alone the rest of the city he helped to create.   He would recognize “presidential confidential agent” Benjamin Stoddert’s […]

Editorial: Groping for Greenland
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In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson consummated the Louisiana Purchase, adding upwards of 800,000 square miles (no one knew for sure) to the 27-year-old United States of America.  Sixty-four years later, in 1867, Secretary of State William Seward brought off his “folly,” obtaining from czarist Russia what eventually became […]

Guest Column: One Morning in Georgetown Before the Invasion of Ukraine  
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By David Tafuri     Early one morning — just a few days before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022 — my phone rang as I lay asleep in bed. I answered and heard the voice of […]

Our Commissioners Have Resident Parking Proposal
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By Daniel Chao, Topher Mathews and Paul Maysak   Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E is exploring a change to how parking is managed in Georgetown that we think will make the lives of residents a little easier. It’s called […]

Editorial: The Winter of Our Discontent
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Have we completely lost our bearings?   Something is rotten in the state of these United States.   A few months from our 250th anniversary, the U.S. has become an unrecognizable dystopia, leaving us and the world agape at the “ambient […]