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Andreae Leaving Georgetown Ministry Center for Food Bank
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In Memoriam: James Bracco
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News Bytes: Mansion Tax, ‘Bibi’ Visit, G.U. President Recovering From Stroke
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July’s ANC Meeting All About Licensing, Transportation
Wonder Woman Film Will Stop Traffic
June 6, 2018
•Look out, Georgetown. Production of the film “Magic Hour” will shut down Wisconsin Avenue from M Street to Volta Place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 14. […]
Georgetown to Keep Cool With Coolidge
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It looks like the Coolidge Foundation will be setting up a Washington, D.C., outpost in Georgetown. Representatives from the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation returned to the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission […]
Georgetown’s Astronaut Enters Hall of Fame
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Retired astronaut Capt. Scott Altman was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on April 21. Altman is one of 96 so […]
Families, Students React to Ellington Tuition Fraud
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On May 11, an internal investigation was reported to have found that almost one-third of Duke Ellington School of the Arts students — 164 — allegedly are committing tuition fraud. Their […]
Now Open: America Eats Tavern
June 4, 2018
•Located in the Tysons Corner Ritz-Carlton for two years, until late 2016, the restaurant — from José Andrés’s ThinkFoodGroup — replaces neighborhood rib joint Old Glory at 3139 M St. NW.
Suspect Sought in Sexual Abuse Offenses
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Anyone who can identify the suspect or who has knowledge of the incidents should take no action but call police at 202-727-9099 or text your tip to the department’s Text Tip Line at 50411.
Branca Shares Memories at Tudor Place
May 31, 2018
•Designer Alessandra Branca spoke about her friend, the late Elizabeth Powell, and her own design philosophy at the May 24 Landmark Luncheon at the historic estate in Georgetown.
M St. Sidewalk Expansion on Hold
May 24, 2018
•The Georgetown Business Improvement District’s sidewalk-widening project, which added six feet of sidewalk out from the curb on each side of the street last year, won’t return until late summer or early fall.
Mayor Bowser Adopts Baby Girl
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Congratulations poured in for the adoptive mother who runs the city, including tweeted well wishes to Mayor Muriel Bowser and “Baby Bowser” from the District Council.
Georgetown Lutheran Shows Art by Prisoners
May 21, 2018
•An exhibition of work created in the Lorton Art Program, founded in 1975 by Mia Choumenkovitch, will be on view through June 7 at Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. NW.