News Bytes: Jack DeGioia, MacArthur HS, Ellington Field
, • September 9, 2024

Get Well Soon, President DeGioia   On the evening of June 5, Thomas A. Reynolds III, who chairs the board of directors at Georgetown University, sent an email to the GU […]

MedStar’s Verstandig Pavilion: An Interview With Dr. Lisa Boyle  
• August 14, 2024

By Paulina Inglima and Hailey Wharram   Seven years ago, if someone walked by the back entrance of Georgetown University, they would have seen a dining hall to the left and […]

Georgetown DNC Delegates Psyched for Chicago 
• August 12, 2024

The excitement and joy were contagious at a dinner at Martin’s Tavern with former Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Monica Roaché and well-known community leader Christine Warnke, just days before they were to […]

Elimination of DC Circulator Beginning October 1
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The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced start of the planned phase down of DC Circulator service beginning October 1, 2024, culminating with service ending December 31, 2024. The program […]

Georgetown Tree Panel Brings Together 5 Experts          
• May 20, 2024

In an 18th century tavern in Georgetown, in a meeting room where the walls were covered by now-rarely-seen painted-on-site wall paper of silver trees, Trees for Georgetown held a tree […]

April Downtowner: Caps, Wizards; Office Space
• April 7, 2024

Capitals, Wizards Commit to Capital One Arena  It looks like the Capitals and the Wizards are staying put in Gallery Place after all. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to build […]

Biden’s Student Debt Forgiveness Plan Is Back in Play
• February 26, 2024

On Jan. 19, the Biden administration announced that it had approved $4.9 billion in student loan debt relief for 73,600 student borrowers: “These discharges are the result of fixes made by […]

ANC 2E: Shootings, Carjackings, DOJ Response; Schools Improve; Sacco Departs
• February 5, 2024

The February meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E), held Jan. 29, was filled with solid news, much welcomed civility and met in person for the first time […]

Huge March for Israel on National Mall
• November 16, 2023

Getting press passes and instructions for entry and access to attendees and speakers proved to be unusually difficult several days before a minimally advertised “March for Israel” on Nov. 14 […]

Mayor’s Crime Bill, ACT Now, Seeks to Curb Violence, Retail Theft, Drug-dealing
• October 23, 2023

The unrelenting increase in crime in Washington, D.C. — particularly homicides, gun violence, carjacking and mass retail robberies —  has all the usually contentious District Council and Office of the Mayor clearly […]