Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore’s Passion Behind D.C.’s Cherry Blossoms
• March 10, 2025

Given March is Women’s History Month, did you know that our area’s cherry blossom trees were the product of a woman? Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, a geographer, photographer and writer who […]

Applications Open for Mayor’s, DSLBD Retail Grant Program
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Applications are now open for the 2025 Robust Retail Grant Program, an initiative managed by the Department of Small Business Development (DSLBD) along with Mayor Muriel Bowser. The program aims […]

March ANC: Billion-Dollar Shortfall, Rush-Hour Parking 
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A flurry of official communications from the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission to Mayor Muriel Bowser and other city officials — highlighting two urgent, if not unexpected, matters facing Georgetown — […]

BID Bids Farewell to Longtime CEO Joe Sternlieb 
• March 6, 2025

Georgetowners were aware for months that Joe Sternlieb, the well known CEO and top spokesperson for Georgetown’s very active Business Improvement District (GBID), was leaving his position as CEO-president of […]

Neighbors Dress Up for an Oscars House Party
• March 5, 2025

Several dozen serious movie buffs—some of them three to four times a week moviegoers—gathered at the Georgetown N Street home of Ellen Waugh March 2 to watch and celebrate the […]

Rush Hour Traffic Lanes Never To Come Back?
• March 3, 2025

If you care about traffic in Georgetown, be aware that the DDOT plans to permanently remove all rush-hour lanes in the neighborhood, a key commuter route for Maryland and Virginia […]

New Leaders for Citizens Assoc., Georgetown BID
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It is a time of change all around — including the Citizens Association of Georgetown and the Georgetown Business Improvement District. CAG Names Amy Titus President, Gerald Musarra Vice President […]

Editorial: Et Tu, WaPo?
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The hits just keep on coming. Since the installation of the new regime, we’ve seen mass firings with no warning. Unqualified and dangerous people put in charge of every agency. […]

VIPs, Locals Merge at Conservative Confab
• February 27, 2025

More than 5,000 conservatives from Georgetown, Washington, the good ol’ U.S.A. and overseas gathered at the annual conference of conservatives — CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference — held at […]

Remembering Roberta Flack (1937-2025)
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R&B and pop singer Roberta Flack rose to fame in the early 1970s with hits like “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and the iconic “Killing Me Softly […]