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Black Excellence — Past, Present and Future — in D.C. and Georgetown
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February 2025 News Bytes
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ANC Report: Christmas Trees, Jelleff Delays, Theft From Autos, Classroom Phone Ban
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2024 Year in Review
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Named for F. Scott, The Fitzgerald of Palisades Will Open Next Spring
Black Excellence — Past, Present and Future — in D.C. and Georgetown
February 12, 2025
•In this issue, with Black History Month in mind, The Georgetowner proudly calls its readers’ attention to a Georgetown University history professor’s new book and upcoming 50th anniversary events at […]
February 2025 News Bytes
February 11, 2025
•Landmark Bridge and Hotel Demo-Ready? Here’s a note from NPS about the decaying streetcar bridge west of Georgetown University: “The National Park Service is reviewing a Special Use permit application […]
ANC Report: Christmas Trees, Jelleff Delays, Theft From Autos, Classroom Phone Ban
February 10, 2025
•“They’ve forgotten us!” the usually cool Commissioner Paul Maysak lamented loudly — half tongue-in-cheek — toward the end of the Feb. 3 meeting of ANC 2E, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission […]
2024 Year in Review
January 13, 2025
•The following is a year-in-review roundup for Town Topics of 2024. Crime At the December meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, the Metropolitan Police Department reported that crime was down […]
Named for F. Scott, The Fitzgerald of Palisades Will Open Next Spring
December 11, 2024
•WASHINGTON — A luxurious retirement community, The Fitzgerald of Palisades, inspired by the iconic 1920s novel The Great Gatsby, is set to open its doors in May 2025 at 4865 […]
Andreae Leaving Georgetown Ministry Center for Food Bank
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Executive Director Kelly Andreae will leave Georgetown Ministry Center to become the Capital Area Food Bank’s senior director for the Northern Virginia region, responsible for expanding regional partnerships. The food […]
December ANC Meeting: Crime, Leaves, Streateries, Holiday Events
December 9, 2024
•A cover-all-the-bases agenda took the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting on Dec. 2 past 10 p.m. again, despite Chair Gwen Lohse’s best intentions. First up was the crime report by […]
Mayor Bowser Declares, ‘Georgetown Is Hot!’
December 2, 2024
•By Christine Axsmith Mayor Muriel Bowser declared “Georgetown is hot!” at a crowded Shop Made in DC store at 1304 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The event celebrated the first 10-year lease […]
DNA Testing Helped Catch ‘The Cuddler’
November 13, 2024
•By Christine Axsmith “It happened again.” My friend’s voice woke me up quickly. We lived in Glover Park and there had been another sexual assault the night before by “The […]
Founder Prepares to Bid Opera Lafayette ‘Adieu’
October 28, 2024
•Speaking at The Georgetowner’s Oct. 24 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, Ryan Brown, artistic director of Opera Lafayette, commented on the coincidental link between the event’s venue, the President Woodrow Wilson House […]