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 […]

Main Streets DC’s Budget Increase Bodes Well for Georgetown
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The Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission passed a unanimous motion April 3 supporting a Georgetown Main Streets Program. Many persons are asking about what the nonprofit is and what it would […]

Car Curiosity for Hyde-Addison Students
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The PK-3 class from Hyde-Addison Public School embarked on a field trip two weeks ago just blocks from its school on O Street: the Georgetown Shell at Wisconsin Avenue and […]

Georgetown’s Synagogue Awaits New Rabbi
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The search lasted almost three years, but Georgetown’s orthodox synagogue Kesher Israel now awaits the arrival this summer of the congregation’s newly chosen rabbi: Hyim Shafner. “He seems to be […]

GU Dean’s Posthumous ‘Song to My City’ Honored
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The Georgetown University professors who gathered in Healy Hall in historic Riggs Library last Tuesday, March 28, were eloquent to the point of tears as they spoke of Carol Lancaster, […]

10 Groups to Get D.C. Funds to Protect Immigrants
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On March 1, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she was establishing a $500,000 discretionary fund to protect immigrants residing in the city from deportation. Proposals were requested from nonprofit organizations and law […]

Mt. Zion Cemetery’s Day of Blessing and Clean Up
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At its annual Day of Blessing and Clean Up, this Saturday, April 8, Georgetown’s historic Mt. Zion Cemetery will have two things to celebrate. After years of negotiating, the partnership […]

Making the Canal Great Again via High Line
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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 […]

Sanctuary City D.C. Allots Funds to Fight Deportation
• March 2, 2017

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 […]