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National Park Service Announces Plans for Georgetown’s C&O Canal Repairs
• January 4, 2024
At long last, the National Park Service (NPS) has formally announced plans to drain and restore Georgetown’s portion of the landmark C&O Canal with a $12.7 million “investment” to “preserve […]
Georgetown ‘Pot Shops’ Flourishing as City Licensing Delayed
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As many have noticed, cannabis “gifting shops” and dispensaries have been scrambling energetically – and often furtively – to set up shop behind Georgetown storefronts, to the delight of marijuana […]
Business Ins & Outs 2023
• January 2, 2024
In — Sara’s Market Resurrected on Q Vivien Tsang and John Michael Kushner, co-owners of Dent Place Market, reopened Sara’s Market at 3008 Q St. NW which closed its doors last […]
Crime & Safety: City’s Homicide Rate Spikes; Glover Park’s Crime Surges; Local Reports
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For the New Year, could Washington’s new Police Chief Pamela A. Smith possibly not include reducing the city’s homicide levels as one of her chief resolutions for 2024? Front page […]
Town Topics: Year in Review 2023
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What a difference a year makes — even in Georgetown. The top Town Topics of 2023 are quite different from those of 2022 — except for one. Crime in Washington […]
A Meeting with Kuwait’s History-Making Ambassador to the U.S.
• December 28, 2023
I recently met with Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Ambassador to the United States. She presented her credentials to President Biden on April 19, 2023 and is the first Kuwaiti woman […]
Retail Therapy for the Gray Days Ahead
• December 27, 2023
I don’t shop. I like to say I am looking for visual stimulation. Happily, there are now two new options in Georgetown within a few storefronts of each other with […]
Sponsored: Trees for Georgetown Community Announcement
• December 22, 2023
[Sponsored Content] Community Announcement ~ December 2023 Some of you may have received a message from the president of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, regarding “a group that is […]
Barnes & Noble Will Return to Georgetown
• December 20, 2023
It seems like a Christmas miracle. The wished-for return of bookseller Barnes & Noble was on many residents’ list. Next year, this wish will come true. It will also herald […]
Crime: Terror at Georgetown Synagogue; Organized Retail Theft, Flashmobs
• December 18, 2023
Despite the holidays being a time of “peace and joy,” the last few days in or near Georgetown have seen residents, holiday shoppers and visitors witnessing or responding to acts […]
