Atoning for Slavery Ties, Georgetown University Renames Buildings
• May 3, 2017

On April 18, Georgetown University held a Liturgy of Remembrance, Contrition and Hope, performing more penance for its 1838 sale of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits, which directly benefited […]

Water Street Drag Racers Confronted
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A potentially dangerous problem in Georgetown successfully evolved over the past three weeks from notification to confrontation, with a long-term solution now on the table. It started on April 7 […]

Gas Leaks Rile Georgetown Residents
• May 1, 2017

Ed Segal and his wife have owned homes and lived and worked on the east side of Georgetown off and on for the past 30 years. The conundrum of gas […]

Déjà Vu All Over Again: OGB Rejects Heating Plant Plans
• April 24, 2017

On April 6, the Old Georgetown Board told those behind the reconstruction plans for the West Heating Plant at 1051-55 29th St. NW to redraw some plans due to historic […]

Now Open: Dumbarton Oaks’ ‘Wild’ Garden Gates
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The heavy wooden gates of the 27-acre “wild” portion of the Dumbarton Oaks gardens were officially opened April 8, with enthusiastic speeches by elementary-school environmentalists, tours led by garden-club members, […]

More ANC: LED Lights and DACA
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One block of Volta Street, where the District Department of Transportation has placed a row of experimental LED streetlights, has driven at least one resident, Marnie Kenney, “almost mad.” “I’m […]

ANC Questions Removal of K St. Parking Spots
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Traffic flow and the availability of street parking for residents and out-of-town shoppers, diners, moviegoers and guests is always a contentious issue in Georgetown, especially in the increasingly popular waterfront […]

Mt. Zion Cemetery Ready for Its Own Resurrection
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A bright, beautiful Saturday brought out volunteers for a major spring cleaning April 8 at the closed but not forsaken Mt. Zion Cemetery-the Female Union Band Society Cemetery. Most of […]

Gateways 101 for Georgetown
• April 19, 2017

The Georgetown Business Improvement District held a community meeting April 5 to introduce representatives from Beyer Blinder Belle, designers for the Georgetown Gateways project, developed through the BID’s Georgetown 2028 […]

A Georgetown Legend Returns: Patrick Ewing Named Hoyas Basketball Coach
• April 5, 2017

When Georgetown University — somewhat reluctantly and with some sorrow — did not rehire basketball coach John Thompson III after two losing seasons in row and another denial to the […]