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Police Raid 2 Marijuana Pop-Ups in Georgetown
December 5, 2019
•The raid on a business at Dumbarton Street and Wisconsin Avenue was almost a repeat of another the day before at 33rd Street and Wisconsin Avenue.
Chamber to Honor ‘Hometown Heroes’ at Dec. 12 Event
December 4, 2019
•On Thursday, Dec. 12, the DC Chamber of Commerce will hold its Annual Board Meeting & Chairman’s Inaugural Breakfast from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention […]
Seeking Ways to Save Georgetown Retail
November 18, 2019
•The Georgetown Business Improvement District will be collating and analyzing notes and ideas garnered at the Nov. 14 town forum to update its Retail Action Plan.
Calls Mount for Evans to Resign
November 7, 2019
•Ordered up by the Council, the O’Melveny & Myers report is said to include allegations that Evans was paid thousands of dollars by private clients for services that constituted conflicts of interest.
Canal Renovation Is Moving Along
November 4, 2019
•A town meeting and workshop to view two alternative designs and to collect and consider public input on the Georgetown Canal Plan will be held on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.
Funding Announced for Ellington Field, Rebuilt Jelleff Center
October 15, 2019
•Mayor Muriel Bowser has budgeted $25 million to tear down and rebuild the 50-year-old Jelleff Recreation Center, Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans told attendees at an Oct. 7 community meeting.
Ward 2 Council Candidates Debate, Minus Evans
September 30, 2019
•Long-term Council member Jack Evans did not participate in the Sept. 26 debate, as he has not yet declared his candidacy for the 2020 race.
GU Parent Gets Jail Time for Admissions Fraud
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A man who paid $400,000 to get his child into Georgetown University as a tennis player worth recruiting — which the young man was not — was sentenced to four months in prison.
Congress Asks Metro IG to Study Probe of Jack Evans
September 16, 2019
•WMATA Inspector General Geoffrey Cherrington told the Washington Post, which first reported the story, that he was still reviewing the congressional request but planned to honor it.
Spotted in Georgetown: Big, Bad … Mountain Lion?
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The cat was said to be too big for a domestic feline and its hair was too short. The Smithsonian National Zoo was contacted and said all of its animals were safe.