So Long, Special Agents
• January 12, 2017

For the past several years, my Georgetown street has been arguably the most protected in D.C. The secretaries of State and Homeland Security live here. Both cabinet positions were assigned round-the-clock […]

ANC Meeting Rescheduled to Jan. 30; New Regulations in Effect
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The Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission postponed its Jan. 2 meeting until Jan. 30, when it will hold a combined January-February gathering. The commission will also face almost a dozen new regulations […]

All Police to Wear Cameras; Footage Viewable by Public
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Guess you can say the pilot program begun in 2014 to test the effectiveness of 75 Metropolitan Police Officers to activate body cameras when on active duty was a resounding […]

Metro’s ‘Culture of Saftey’ Still in Question
• December 7, 2016

“A safety of culture is taking root at Metro,” said Paul Wiedefeld, director of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, at the National Press Club last week. That was a day […]

Overheard at Lunch: D.C. Gossip Girl 12/7
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Makeup Artist Weds, Sees Stars Kym Lee, the celebrity makeup artist based in the D.C. area, married Dant’e King, founding pastor at Forward Church in Maryland, over Thanksgiving weekend. Lee’s […]

Hyde-Addison Parents Confront Mayor, Deputy Mayor
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Georgetown’s St. Johns Church meeting room was packed. Concerned citizens and parents, standing two deep along the walls — many with red T-shirts declaring “Don’t Wing the Swing” — applauded […]

Crime Report: Holiday Crime Prevention Tips for Georgetown
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Ah, the holidays. So special! So busy! So crowded! And (can be) so dangerous! While overall crime is down in Georgetown over the past months, Metropolitan Police Department officers Adam […]

Fillmore Arts Program Set to Close, Again
• November 9, 2016

The Fillmore Arts Center, based in Hardy Middle School at 1819 35th St. NW, is again facing closure at the end of the school year. Interim DCPS Chancellor John Davis […]

Gondola Not Pie in the Sky, Study Concludes
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The comprehensive feasibility study for a gondola over the Potomac, linking Georgetown and Rosslyn, Virginia, was presented to the public last Thursday, Nov. 3, at the newly refurbished Georgetown Theater […]

Duke Ellington Work Annoys Neighbors
• November 8, 2016

Neighbors of the Duke Ellington School for the Arts have been enduring truck traffic and parking restrictions for months during the school’s ongoing renovation and expansion. Here is just one […]