Gateway Designs to Be Shared April 19

April 18, 2018

Whether you drive, ride or walk to Georgetown, there are four distinct entrances into our village: at K and 29th Streets, at M and 28th Streets, at the Georgetown end of […]

Gateway Designs to Be Shared April 19

April 9, 2018

The design work for the Georgetown gateways project was awarded by the Business Improvement District to architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle last February after a competitive bidding process.

Not a Good Friday for Georgetown Zara

April 5, 2018

No explanation was given for the closure of the Wisconsin Avenue store. Signage referred customers to locations in Bethesda, Maryland; Pentagon City and Tysons Corner, Virginia; and downtown Washington, D.C.

Concerns, Lack of Funds Stymie Key Bridge Lights

April 4, 2018

At a March 29 public meeting at the Georgetown Public Library on the proposed decorative lighting of Key Bridge, the first such meeting since September, it was clear that a […]

Georgetown Main Street Picks Board of Directors, Offers Grants


It’s been almost six months since the District Department of Small and Local Business Development designated the new nonprofit organization Georgetown Main Street to receive a $174,000 grant, meant for […]

Town Topics April 4, 2018


By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney Huge Art Show Coming to Rose Park Washington-based fine artist Kiril Jeliazkov is bringing more than 90 pieces of his outdoor art exhibition — […]

Feds Deny Plane Noise Complaint

April 2, 2018

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit determined that the Fair Skies Coalition’s argument against new flight paths ran into “procedural and substantive obstacles.”

Jesus Comes to Georgetown

March 21, 2018

Jesus came to Georgetown — to 1789 Restaurant, on Feb. 1, to be exact. He stood in the Middleburg Room, a handsome young man with longish light hair and warm […]

Nameless Resting Place Gets DAR Recognition


One of the best aspects of being regent of my chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is exploring our colonial connections to Georgetown, a neighborhood many of our […]

Town Topics March 21, 2018


By Peggy Sands and Robert Devaney As Council Chair, Mendelson Looks for Compromise During his years as an at-large member of the District Council, from 1999 to 2012, Phil Mendelson […]