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Crime Report: Homicide, Robbery and Sexual Assault Investigations
October 3, 2022
•Despite efforts by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to address the city’s mounting gun-violence crisis, an alarming number of semi-automatic rifles, ghost guns and unlicensed handguns appear to be proliferating […]
Business Ins & Outs: Lugano Diamonds, Hobo Bags, Sleep Number Beds
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Coming: Lugano Diamonds to Take Over Eno Space Who knew that wine, cheese and charcuterie could lead to diamonds? Lugano Diamonds & Jewelry, designer and manufacturer of high-end, one-of-a-kind jewelry, […]
Bill Plante, CBS News Correspondent, Dies at 84
September 29, 2022
•William Plante, a long-serving White House broadcast journalist for CBS News, died yesterday of respiratory failure, according to his family. Plante, who lived in Washington, D.C., was 84 years old […]
Turn The Lights On!: Glow Returns to Georgetown, Nov. 26 – Jan. 22
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The popular Glow Festival will be shimmering once again and delighting Georgetown visitors and residents. The much-anticipated public light art installations throughout Georgetown’s commercial district will be returning from Saturday, […]
Celebrating Latino Culture at Fiesta DC (photos)
September 27, 2022
•The annual Latino Festival in D.C. — Fiesta DC (Sept. 24-25) — features a 2-day street festival on Pennsylvania Ave. and a “Parade of Nations” on Constitution Ave. with traditional […]
Business Ins & Outs: Lutèce Gets Top Praise; Empty 7-Eleven, Sara’s to Get New Tenants
September 26, 2022
•Congrats! New York Times Praises Lutèce A terrific culinary shout-out — and well deserved for owner Zubair Popal and family — for the bistro at 1522 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Last week, […]
Georgetown’s Art All Night: A Brilliant Evening
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Georgetown’s second annual Art All Night festivities wowed attendees and crackled with celebratory community energy last Friday, Sept. 23 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. along the upper Wisconsin Ave. NW […]
Rose Park’s 100th Birthday Celebrated in Style
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Rose Park in Georgetown — from P and 26th Streets NW all the way south along Rock Creek Park parkway to M and 27th Streets NW — is an active, […]
Not on a Whim, Woman Catholic Priest Celebrates Momentous Georgetown Mass
September 22, 2022
•The Roman Catholic Church wears its age well — and yet, after 2,000 years, is still developing new features, still growing into its body. Perhaps, for world religions, 2,000 years […]
Citizens’ Fall Picnic Concert at Rose Park Fun, Balmy
September 19, 2022
•On an almost balmy Sunday evening, Sept. 18, more than 200 Georgetown residents, families and friends along with many pets, gathered on the now fully established green lawn around Rose […]