Buzz on National Security and Signal Chat Packs Q&A Café

April 14, 2025

About 100 people crowded into the cozy upstairs dining room of the GeorgeTown Club on April 8 to have lunch and to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Shane Harris, formerly with […]

April News Bytes: Four Seasons, EastBanc

April 9, 2025

Additional reporting by Charlotte Meyer-Schönherr     Four Seasons Residences Top Out   Neighbors may have seen the construction of the Four Seasons Private Residences at 1051 29th St. NW moving right […]

Detained Georgetown Professor Awaits Hearing  


On March 17, the Department of Homeland Security detained Georgetown University professor Badar Khan Suri outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia. Following his arrest, Dr. Suri was sent to an […]

Community Calendar, Dec 11-Jan. 14

December 11, 2024

Cultural Leadership Breakfast with Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper  Thursday, December 12   Join The Georgetowner from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Dupont Underground (19 Dupont Circle Northwest Washington, DC 20036) to […]

Andreae Leaving Georgetown Ministry Center for Food Bank  


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 […]

In Memoriam: James Bracco

July 17, 2024

The Georgetown Business Improvement District’s former executive director, Jim Bracco, died on May 21 after a long battle with cancer.   The BID offered the following remembrance: “Jim came from a […]

News Bytes: Mansion Tax, ‘Bibi’ Visit, G.U. President Recovering From Stroke


This article was updated July 22. ‘Mansion Tax’ Targets Georgetown   The District Council passed the city’s $21-billion budget for fiscal 2025 on June 12. The new budget contains a property […]

July’s ANC Meeting All About Licensing, Transportation

July 8, 2024

By Paulina Inglima ANC 2E, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission representing Georgetown, Burleith, and Hillandale, returned to Georgetown Visitation School July 1 for its monthly meeting. The meeting was attended by […]

CAG Presents 2024-2025 Board Directors and Officers

April 18, 2024

The Citizens Association of Georgetown’s Governance Committee, President and Board of Directors are pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Board of Directors and Officers. The vote of the proposed slate will […]

Sidewalks, Streets, Schools, Parks and Politics: Top Town Topics of 2021 

January 11, 2022

Georgetown in 2021 was abuzz with news and events even though so many of the normal activities of business, shopping, dining out, schools, the university, night life, non-profit and town […]