Mapping Georgetown: Archivist Breathes New Life into Oak Hill Cemetery

March 27, 2023

Georgetown’s historic Oak Hill Cemetery at 3001 R Street NW tends to attract all sorts of souls, among both the living and the departed. The cemetery’s “Changing of the Guard” […]

Georgetown Main Street Boosts Small Businesses


Georgetown Main Street — a non-profit that promotes and supports small businesses along the Wisconsin Avenue commercial corridor — met March 22 for its annual meeting at Fathom Gallery in […]

Crime: D.C. Shooting Deaths Mount While MPD Short-Staffed, GU Sex Assaults


Carjackings, MPD Short-Staffing and Congressional Scrutiny As nationwide attention continues to focus on D.C.’s rising crime rates following the U.S. Senate’s recent overturning of the D.C. Council’s Revised Criminal Code […]

Mayor’s Reduced D.C. Budget Difficult to Label

March 23, 2023

“Scant,” “Fair Shot,” “Comeback”?   District spokespeople, analysts and journalists are struggling with how to describe the new budget for Washington, D.C., that Mayor Muriel Bowser presented in her final $19.7 billion, […]

Tech Tip: ‘Smartphones’ and ‘Innovation’ No Longer Synonymous

March 20, 2023

From Computerware, Inc.: Smartphones are, in a word, ubiquitous. With 86.29 percent of the global population owning a smartphone in 2023 (according to Statista), one would think — pretty justifiably […]

Mapping Georgetown: Authors, Cats Inhabit Oak Hill Cemetery’s Gate House


There’s been a changing of the guard at our Oak Hill Cemetery! If you pass by the 22-acre marvel at 3001 R Street NW often or occasionally, and think you’re […]

Downtowner News: March 2023


New Head of 911 Call Center in D.C. Wants Complete Overhaul   Heather McGaffin, the new acting director of the Office of Unified Communications (the agency that operates D.C.’s 911 call […]

Investigation Forced Resignation of Deputy Mayor Falcicchio 


Last Friday, Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio suddenly resigned his two positions in D.C. government.  He was arguably the second most powerful person in D.C.’s executive branch, serving as Chief of […]

Remembering P. Wesley ‘Wes’ Foster (1933-2023) 


P. Wesley “Wes” Foster, Jr., founder and chairman of the Long & Foster Companies, parent company of Long & Foster Real Estate, died March 17 at his home in Alexandria. […]

Crime: New Second District Commander; Data Analysis, Local Crime


New Commander in Town There’s a new police commander in town. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced March 13 that Commander John Branch of MPD’s Seventh District – a nearly […]