Georgetown ‘Pot Shops’ Flourishing as City Licensing Delayed
• January 4, 2024

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 […]

Attorney General Settles With Former Georgetown Frat Boss for $100K 
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Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced on Dec. 18 “the successful resolution of three separate enforcement actions that will safeguard nonprofit assets and ensure DC nonprofits comply with the law.” […]