4 Candidates Vie for Ward 2 School Board Seat
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
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
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.
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
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.
Saving Georgetown’s Ginkgo Trees
Trees for Georgetown proposed a pilot program in which a crew will clean the sidewalks on 27th Street between N and Dumbarton Streets for six weeks.
Election 2020: What D.C. Voters Need to Know
This year — already precedent-shattering in so many ways — will bring about changes to the way we’ve traditionally cast our ballots.
CAG Annual Meeting: Remote, But ‘Better Together’
Normally held in May, the annual meeting of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, at which new officers are introduced and plans for the new year shared, instead took place virtually on Sept. 22.
Protesters Block Wisconsin Ave. for Hours
On Wednesday afternoon and early evening, the CVS at 2226 Wisconsin Ave. NW was closed while some 20 young people blocked the street in front of the store.
Tennis, Anyone? Soon at Montrose Park
The hope is to have the two brand-new, green-surfaced courts open to the public by the end of September, depending on the weather.
