Norman Larsen: 1933-2018
• May 18, 2018

Norm Larsen died peacefully April 23 in Williamsburg, Virginia, at home with family by his side. Larsen was best know in Georgetown for being manager of the George Town Club, […]

GU Commencement Speakers Announced
• May 17, 2018

Among the eight speakers will be Luci Baines Johnson, at the School of Nursing ceremony, and António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the School of Foreign Service ceremony.

Panel Addresses Georgetown’s Restaurant Future
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Close to 200 restaurateurs, entrepreneurs and Georgetown residents packed the new Church Hall beer hall at 1080 Wisconsin Ave. NW on May 14 to hear a roundtable discussion on “Georgetown’s Restaurant Renaissance.”

Party Noise Season Begins in Georgetown
• May 16, 2018

May is always a noisy month in Georgetown. Increased noise seems to come from everywhere: the doubling down of construction projects determined to finish by summer, stepped-up air traffic, birds in […]

Capital One Café Plans Proceed
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Plans for a combined Capital One bank branch, a multi-story café, a coop working center and at least one community organization board room at the famous Georgetown corner of Wisconsin […]

Initiative #77: Battle Erupts Over D.C. Tipped-Employee Wage
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A battle between restaurant and bar servers who want to keep earning tips on top of a minimum wage much lower than the one in effect for all other D.C. […]

Share Your Thoughts on Dockless Vehicles
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Washington, D.C., is starting to look like the capital not only of the country but of “dockless” mobile transportation. Suddenly, bikes and adult scooters of all colors and sizes, some […]

Hyde-Addison Construction Behind Schedule
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Almost a year has gone by since Georgetown’s only public elementary school, Hyde-Addison, located at 3246 P St. NW, was vacated to allow demolition for a two-year renovation and expansion […]

Battle Erupts Over D.C. Tipped-Employee Wage
• May 14, 2018

Initiative 77, which proposes to match the lower minimum wage for tipped employees (currently $3.33) to the minimum wage for all others (currently $12.50) by 2026, is on the June 19 primary ballot.

Garden Tour Offered Verdant Variety
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Two of the gardens on the May 12 tour hadn’t been shown since the tour was first organized in 1928 by Edmonia Whitehead as a community fundraiser for one of the first integrated schools in Washington, D.C.