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Community Calendar, Dec 11-Jan. 14
News & Politics
Andreae Leaving Georgetown Ministry Center for Food Bank
News & Politics
In Memoriam: James Bracco
News & Politics
News Bytes: Mansion Tax, ‘Bibi’ Visit, G.U. President Recovering From Stroke
News & Politics
July’s ANC Meeting All About Licensing, Transportation
Rose Park Market Revamps for Holidays
November 16, 2020
•Hours are 4 to 8 p.m. starting this Wednesday, Nov. 18. On the corner of 26th and O Streets, the market will operate through Dec. 23.
Reopening of Public Schools in D.C. Delayed Again
November 9, 2020
•An attempt by DC Public Schools administrators, the mayor and the union to resolve their differences collapsed on Oct. 30, according to multiple sources.
Extra Precautions Against Crime, Possible Violence in Georgetown
November 2, 2020
•Memories of the violence in May and June, when stores were pillaged in the aftermath of Black Lives Matter protests against abusive policing, have made businesses wary.
Grabbing Ward 2 Voters’ Last-Minute Attention
October 29, 2020
•Early voting venues in D.C. opened on Tuesday, Oct. 27, with dozens of poll workers and monitors to supervise social distancing and remind voters they had to wear masks.
Black and White Congregations Unite to Honor Dead, Nov. 1
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Two Georgetown congregations with distinctly different racial makeup will honor dead from their own churches and others who have died of COVID-19 or racial violence.
4 Candidates Vie for Ward 2 School Board Seat
October 26, 2020
•The DC State Board of Education’s vacant seat in Ward 2 has attracted strong, ambitious and active candidates: Allister Chang, James Harnett, Sarah Mehrotra and Christopher Etesse.
Dumbarton House’s Daly to Lead Stratford Hall
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Karen L. Daly, executive director of Georgetown’s Dumbarton House for the past 12 years, has been named president of Stratford Hall in Virginia, home to four generations of Lees.
Hyde-Addison to Partially Reopen, Nov. 9
October 13, 2020
•Georgetown’s only public elementary school will open only one classroom per grade, with no more than 11 students in each class. A second in-person option is called CARE.
Open-Air Holiday Market Coming to M St.
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The market is Georgetown developer Anthony Lanier’s latest idea for the vacant property he owns at the prominent juncture of M Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
Virginia Watts Harrison, 1941-2020
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Known at “VV,” the longtime Georgetown resident, who worked in the office of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, died on Oct. 1 after suffering from ALS.