Making the Canal Great Again via High Line
• April 5, 2017

Concern for the C&O Canal — potentially the neighborhood’s most worthy tourist destination — filled the meeting room on March 29 with major players from various community groups. All were […]

Leslie Maysak Named CAG Executive Director
• March 2, 2017

The Citizens Association of Georgetown has a new executive director: Leslie Maysak, who was executive director of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission from 2014 to 2016. She succeeds Betsy Cooley, […]

ANC 2E to Meet Jan. 30; Gibbons Likely to Become Chair
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The 2017-2019 members of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E) — Joe Gibbons, Mara Goldman, Rick Murphy, Lisa Palmer, Monica L. Roaché, Zachary Schroepfer, Ed Solomon and Jim Wilcox […]

Artist Polly Kraft Dies at 89
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Polly Kraft, a painter whose still lifes and landscapes graced the Corcoran and Addison/Ripley galleries as well as the Jackson Art Center, died of cancer Jan. 1 at her Georgetown […]

Final Chapter for ‘Exorcist’ Author, 89
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Author and noted Georgetown University alumnus William Peter Blatty died Jan. 12 at the age of 89. “The Exorcist,” on the other hand, will live forever — which means that […]

Sanctuary City D.C. Allots Funds to Fight Deportation
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Last November, a scared and angry group of immigrants confronted Mayor Muriel Bowser. “We feel unsafe,” they declared. They demanded she protect them from possible deportation should the just-nominated Republican […]

Biz Group Gets Inaugural at Ike Behar
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The Georgetown Business Association held its monthly networking reception two days before the inauguration at — appropriately enough — the Ike Behar men’s store and the Rene Ruiz women’s gown […]

Fletcher’s Boathouse to Re-Open by Mar. 1
• February 16, 2017

The Boathouse at Fletcher’s Cove is expected to reopen by Mar. 1.

Last October, the National Park Service (NPS) deemed the walkway to the dock unsafe, shutting down business operations and preventing access to the river. Mud and debris underneath the structure have tipped the walkway at a dangerous angle.

Kevin Brandt of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NPS office is confident the fishermen will be back on their boats in time to enjoy the warmer weather and fishing season.

This is also good news for the D.C. Fisheries and Wildlife Division. Sales of permits at the boathouse bring in approximately $60,000 for D.C. government annually, about 60 percent of total revenue from the sale of fishing and wildlife permits.

The long-term solution is not immediately clear. Future flooding could cause the problem to repeat itself.
The Park Service is freeing up funds to repair the walkway to hit the Mar. 1 deadline.

What’s New, Pussyhat?
• February 2, 2017

**Where Will the Women’s March Go From Here?** At the end of Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C., people who weren’t dancing at the various balls around the city barely had […]

200,000 Women Expected at Jan. 21 March
• January 12, 2017

Last month, D.C. police issued a permit for a gathering of women from across the country — perhaps as many as 200,000 — at Independence Avenue and 3rd Street SW […]