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At Feb. 27 meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, commissioners approved the revised designs submitted by Tudor Place for ...

The Board of Zoning Adjustment approved S&R Foundation’s request to use Evermay, the historic, 3.75-acre estate at ...

The National Park Service held a March 3 workshop on the future of the non-motorized boathouse zone along the Potomac ...

Despite the downpour on Feb. 29, neighbors stopped by the 35th Street house of Lisa and Mike Baly and their ...

Early Sunday morning, Feb. 26, a female Georgetown University student reported being sexually assaulted on 36th Street, near Holy Trinity ...

Francis Scott Key, a Georgetown resident in the early 1800s, would be so proud, as are we. The United States ...

The D.C. Zoning Commission has postponed its decision on Georgetown University's 2010-2020 Campus Plan until May. The commission ...

Another Georgetown issue is on the line to generate two sharply divided camps: Should we build another boathouse on the Potomac River? And how should we do it?

A body of a female was found Saturday morning, Feb. 18, in the waters where the C&O Canal, Rock ...

The owner of Town Square Market on 4418 MacArthur Boulevard, Richard Dan Ki Kim, was arrested Feb. 18, briefly held ...

Georgetown commercial real estate owner and executive Matthew Donahue died Jan. 19. The outgoing Donahue was known for his generous ...

Richard Myrick died Feb. 2 in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he was born in 1920. A graduate of the Thacher ...

In an especially full and varied meeting Jan, 30, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E tackled a packed line-up

And now a few words from Frida Burling: Good news for our Georgetown! The 2012 House Tour is getting under way for the 81st year.

The Georgetown/Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC2E) met Jan. 4 at Georgetown Visitation Prep.

Tim Sheckler of the General Services ...

A man discovered on the towpath beneath the Key Bridge after 5 p.m. and a United States Park Police ...

The Georgetown Business Association held its annual meeting and awards presentations Dec. 14 at Dumbarton House on Q Street. Mayor ...

Georgetown University held its annual “Holiday Open House” Dec. 7 in Healy Hall’s Riggs Library, where neighbors, business and ...

There was another intruder alert for students living near Georgetown University’s main campus. (Who are these guys?) There were ...

A few more items were on Georgetown’s and Burleith’s advisory neighborhood commission (ANC2E) Nov. 28 meeting agenda:

The ...

The Thanksgiving Day partial collapse of the back wall and interior of 1424 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., remains unexplained as ...

Residents and business persons met Nov. 29 at the old Georgetown Theater, now emptied of its jewelry stands, to discuss ...

Get ready for 12 days of festive holiday shopping events and promotions at more than 50 stores and $2 parking ...

ANC: Wisconsin Avenue Work in Glover Park; Neon Annoyance

Georgetown and Burleith’s advisory neighborhood commission (ANC 2E) met Nov ...

The Final Bell? Zoning Hearing on G.U. Campus Plan, Nov. 17

The punch counter-punch continues between the university and ...

Halloween Turns Ugly: Shooting on M, Robbery on N

Georgetown’s Halloween customs of residents greeting young trick-or-treaters at their ...

OGB Approves Washington Harbour’s Redesigns and Ice Rink

With a few questions on details, the Old Georgetown Board approved ...

DDoT Makes Changes to Circulator Route

At the beginning of this week, the D.C. Department of Transportation made some ...

Georgetown Senior Center Returns to St. John’s

The Georgetown Senior Center, founded by the late Virginia Allen 30 years ...

Washington Harbour Proposes Ice Rink; Arthur Cotton Moore Protests New Designs An ice skating rink has been talked about at ...

GBA Gets New Digs at Georgetown Park; Will Meet Aug. 17 at House of Sweden The Georgetown Business Association is ...

The latest goings on around Georgetown.

You can stop asking when. On Memorial Day, Serendipity 3 officially opened its doors at the busy intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, May 30, to customers who quickly discovered they had to wait to get a table in the packed restaurant, once home to the famed Nathans.

The Citizens Association of Georgetown met May 17 at Dumbarton House on Q Street to elect its officers, hand out its community awards and hear from Ward 2 Councilman Jack Evans, who discussed the Mayor's proposed budget and his own opposition to tax increases.

This Friday, Hardy Middle School announced in a letter that a new principal has been selected. Dr. Mary Stefanus comes from St. Louis, Missouri, where she was principal at Hixson Middle School in Missouri for 11 years

After six months of renovation and only five months of business, the National Pinball Museum in the Shops at Georgetown Park will be closing this July.

During the past few days, Washington D.C. Fire and Rescue crews have been busy with a series of rescues from the Potomac River. This Tuesday, a man fell into the river from a ten-foot ledge at Georgetown Waterfront Park.

According to Second District Commander Michael Reese, burglaries and automobile related theft rates rose in the Second District during May.

The ward redistricting committee has released a map and a report that makes a number of changes to ward boundaries, including moving Shaw east of 9th St. from Ward 2 into Ward 6, excluding the Convention Center, and putting Penn Quarter back in Ward 2.

Another pizza joint might be coming to the corner of 34th and M Streets, in the old Philly Cheesesteak spot, once home to the legendary Cellar Door. It will be called Fuhggetaboutit New York Pizza.

The commencement book for Georgetown University's graduation class of 2011 was printed for thousands of students and their families with an unfortunate spelling error on the front cover.

Two meetings of the D.C. Zoning Commission—May 12 and May 16—dealt with the issues of the D.C. Office of Planning's review of Georgetown University's 2010-2020 campus plan. The Office of Planning calls for the university to house 100 percent of its undergraduate students on campus by fall semester 2016, as well as the university's proposed loop road, which would cut north to south on the west edge of the main campus.

EastBanc presented its design for a high-end condo complex at 3601-3607 M Street (the gas station property next to the Exorcist stairs) to the Old Georgetown Board, April 7, and was sent back to the drawing board—and then again on May 5. The latest remarks included a stronger rebuff of the design by the local advisory neighborhood commission, which sent a new letter to the OGB.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, no longer the active managing director of the Washington-based International Monetary Fund, is sitting in New York City's Riker's Island prison, denied bail after being arraigned for the attempted rape and other alleged sexual offenses of a 32-year-old maid on May 15 at a midtown Manhattan hotel near Times Square.

Here are two reports from the Department of Public Safety at Georgetown University:

On Saturday, May 7, at approximately 1 ...

After beginning her first hometown book tour at Bridge Street Books, Carol Ross Joynt will continue by reading selections from her new memoir "Innocent Spouse: A Memoir," answering questions and signing her book on May 22, 5 to 8 p.m., at St. John's Church (3240 O Street, NW).

Two suspects involved in the April 20 robbery of a woman walking toward 35th Street and Volta Place were apprehended the same day.

Georgetown’s Loews Theaters on K Street were evacuated the evening of May 8, as fire trucks arrived on the scene, responding to an emergency call.

Felicia Stidham passed away on April 24. Her career spanned from wholesale and retail apparel to owning her own boutique real estate brokerage in D.C. A memorial service was held May 2 at St. John's Church on O Street. She is survived by her brother Steven Plerhoples of Philadelphia.

"We will have a good selection of vendors at the first market of the season with the number growing as the season progresses," said Leslie Wheelock, co-manager of the market. "Customers can expect to find farm fresh produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, quiches, fresh fruits, charcuterie products, jams, garden plants, flowers and dog treats."

The Georgetown Social Safeway is now Washington’s first LEED-certified grocery store, as announced last Friday, May 6, during a celebration marking the store’s first anniversary.

Prospect Street residents whose backyards would be almost level with the top of the proposed Key Bridge Exxon condo on M Street are not feeling the love from their Advisory Neighborhood Commission, to say nothing of the developer EastBanc, which presented its redesign of the project after scrutiny by the Old Georgetown Board at the May 2 ANC meeting.

Leaders of the aging-in-place Georgetown Village met with an overflowing hall of neighbors at the Georgetown Presbyterian Church on P Street on April 26 to discuss their nonprofit service helping elderly neighbors stay in their homes. The group has 57 members pledged and needs 47 more to hit its goal of 100 to get the service up and running.

The Citizens Advisory Council for the Second District of the Metropolitan Police Department will hold its Police Appreciation Luncheon on May 11, "to show the officers and staff of the Second District Police Force how much the community appreciates the work they do protecting our neighborhoods against crime."

Some Georgetown residents have heard loud booms as early as 6:30 a.m. recently. The sounds are from World War 2 era howitzers used for ceremonies at Fort Myer and Arlington Cemetery. Seems the army turned the guns around the other way and pointed them towards D.C. after Arlington residents had been complaining.

Prince Charles of Britain is speaking at Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall on May 4 at a conference on sustainable agriculture, part of his work with organic farming and the natural world.

You never know what you might find in Georgetown Tobacco, that’s for sure. It’s not the only tobacco shop in the Washington area, but it’s probably the most original one. It is absolutely the most enduring, and it’s one-of-a-kind shop in Georgetown, now celebrating its 47th anniversary.

The swift Potomac River beat faulty human technology or vigilance during the morning of April 18, as its waters reached high tide and crested slightly over its banks.

A robbery at knife point occurred Palm Sunday, April 17, on the 1500 block area of 35th Street, N.W. The following morning, April 18, a robbery at gunpoint occurred on the 3500 block of Winfield Lane, N.W. The reported incidents were less than three blocks apart.

With a few rumors circulating that Serendipity 3 might not open at all after several delays, co-owner Rodrigo Garcia totally denied such talk and said that problems with the venting system were the cause of the latest wait. Garcia showed off the nearly completed interior of Serendipity 3's first floor during an April 18 impromptu tour.

The D.C. Zoning commission met April 14 for the first of three hearings on Georgetown University’s campus plan. Georgetown administrators sat before the commissioners and made their case for the 2010-2020 outline.

Members and guests of the Citizens Association of Georgetown gathered at the House of Sweden (aka the Swedish Embassy) for its April 18 meeting. On hand was Occasions, the city's first certified green caterer.

EastBanc presented its design for a high-end condo complex at 3601-3607 M Street (the gas station property next to the Exorcist stairs) to the Old Georgetown Board, April 7, and was sent back to the drawing board.

The renovation of the Nevils Hall student apartment complex on the corner of 36th and N streets has nearby neighbors concerned about traffic and noise.

400 participants, including 80 military members wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan, others, will take part in "Face of America," a 110-mile bicycle ride, starting April 16 at the steps of the U.S. Capitol and ending on the battlefield of Gettysburg the next day.

Two Georgetown University students were awakened by unknown intruders early Saturday morning, April 9, in their dormitory rooms at the large LXR complex on 35th Street and on N Street. In two separate incidents, one female student woke to find a male stranger next to her; another women woke to a stranger shaking her shoulder and saw him run out of the room. No one was harmed and nothing was stolen.

President Barack Obama outlined his administration's energy policy, termed "America's Energy Security," at Georgetown University's McDonough Arena, March 30, before a thousand-plus crowd of students, faculty and VIPs

Mayor Vincent Gray signed an executive order last Friday authorizing a $1.00 fuel surcharge for all taxicab rides originating or terminating within the District of Columbia.

Two students arrested at Georgetown University in October 2010 for creating a drug lab in a Harbin Hall dorm room will spend three years on probation and perform community service.

"Violent crime is down," Lt. Hitchcock of the Metropolitan Police Department told the April 4 meeting of the ANC 2E. In his police area, "there have been eight robberies in 2011 compared to 11 this time last year," he said. But, he cautioned, property crime has increased.

In a March 31 pre-hearing submission to the D.C. Zoning Commission, Georgetown University offered more concessions to the neighborhood, including more beds and a lower main campus enrollment cap.

It seems that people cannot fail to be charmed by former Providence, R.I. mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, who held court at Cafe Milano, March 22, as guest of Bill Shields of the National Low Income Housing Coalition and Thomas Quinn, top lobbyist at Venable Partners. Cianci is on a book tour for his memoir, "Politics and Pasta: How I Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt a Dying City, Advised a President, Dined with Sinatra, Spent Five Years in a Federally Funded Gated Community, and Lived to Tell the Tale."

With past donations from the likes of Thomas Jefferson and Francis Scott Key, it surprises few that St. John's ...

U.S. Park Police reported that at approximately 4:20 a.m., March 18, a man was attacked and stabbed ...

The Georgetown University Department of Public Safety reports the following: On Saturday, March 19, a student came to the DPS ...

Declaring that parties are not a crime, Georgetown University students have counterpunched with StopCrimeNotParties.com. The website "will give students ...

The service garage of the gas station on Q Street—known both as the Washingtonian Auto Shop and Georgetown Auto ...

Driving near his home on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, Thomas Strike observed a suspicious character on 37th Street ...

Brittany Norwood, alleged murderer of fellow Bethesda Luluemon Athletica employee Jayna Murray, was held without bond by Montgomery County, March ...

After decades in limbo, the river stairway design for The Kennedy Center is again in play, and major city players ...

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority has announced its spring cleaning of our water. Now through May 2 "the ...

Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry and District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Interim Director Terry Bellamy today ...

Two students arrested at Georgetown University in October 2010 for creating a drug lab in a Harbin Hall dorm room ...

Check out what’s happening around town this weekend with The Georgetowner’s interactive calendar. Looking for an excuse to get out of the house, or know of an event so exciting you just have to share? You can do both at the Georgetowner.com Calendar.

Georgetown's advisory neighborhood commission (ANC2E) approved, six to one, a resolution that opposes Georgetown University's 2010-2020 campus plan ...

Work has begun on a project many public leaders and residents thought would never happen in their lifetime. The long-desired ...

No late night shots for DC's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. It has put Prospect Street's 20-something party spot ...

Drunk driving contributed to a hit-and-run death on the Key Bridge, Feb. 27, as well as a second incident where ...

Another weird crime on Prospect Street: According to Georgetown University's Department of Public Safety, a student reported that at ...

February 28 at 6:30pm, ANC 2E will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting to consider a recommendation to ...

The Metropolitan Police Department confiscated more than 20 fake IDs from patrons at the Third Edition, Feb. 12, the Washington ...

The D.C. Office of the Attorney General issued a “corrective action” that cancels the remaining four years of a ...

First lady Michelle Obama and tennis super-couple Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf filmed a public service ad for the United ...

Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar – established in 2005 – celebrated the official opening of its new building in ...

The Citizens Association of Georgetown salutes Black History month with author Breena Clarke speaking at First Baptist Church, Georgetown at ...

"When one door closes," owner Heidi Hess says, "another one opens." Poppy, the small jewelry boutique at 3235 P St ...

The Georgetown University Lecture Fund will be hosting Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the former spokesman of the controversial Park51 mosque ...

It's that time of year again to vote for your Georgetown favorites in the Washington City Paper's "Best ...

Jeff Coudriet, longtime Ward 2 resident and aide to Councilmember Jack Evans died of cancer on Saturday, February 5. He ...

Kaya Henderson, Interim Chancellor for DCPS, has named Daniel Shea the Interim Principal of Hardy Middle School. Shea currently serves ...

An amendment has been made to a DC law that gives police officers discretion to arrest citizens for noise that ...

According to the Georgetown BID, the District Department of Transportation’s (DDOT) Thomas Jefferson Street Bridge rehabilitation project that began ...

Georgetown takes their Valentines very seriously. From Friday, February 11 through Monday, February 14 Georgetown restaurants will be serving up ...

With the City Councilmember seat vacated by now Council Chairman Kwame Brown, his yet-undetermined replacement will be casting some hefty ...

The DC Department of Employment Services (DOES) reported the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in DC for December was down 0 ...

Georgetown is adding another chic fashion landmark to its retail streetscape. EastBanc, a DC-based commercial and residential real estate and ...

The heavily disputed Georgetown University Campus Plan came to something of a climax on Thursday, January 20, when a joint meeting was held between the Georgetown, Burleith, and Foxhall Citizens Associations, the ANC 2E Commission, and GU officials.

othered by the mild pandemonium brought about by the construction on the 29th, 30th and Jefferson Street Bridges across the ...

On January 12, William Lockridge, a longtime community and education activist, died of respiratory failure at Georget Washington University Hospital ...

Hook, one of Georgetown’s premier seafood restaurants, has long been known for delivering the freshest of fresh fish, with ...

The Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) has just launched their new mobile site, which is linked to its official site ...

The Citizens Association of Georgetown has called a special meeting for Thursday, January 20, 6:30 p.m., at Duke ...

On January 8, 1971, President Nixon signed into law the creation of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, with ...

The Citizen’s Association of Georgetown will bring the artistic endeavors of the neighborhood to the Shops at Georgetown Park ...

Georgetown University’s 10-year campus plan, long negotiated and disputed among the Georgetown neighborhood, was unveiled on December 31 to ...

If you made it to the inauguration ceremonies for Mayor Vincent Gray at the Walter Washington Convention Center on a ...

The at-large-city council seat left vacant by Kwame Brown’s election to the Council Chairman position will be filled permanently ...

C&O Canal News

In appreciation of his service as the C&O Canal Trust’s first Chairman of the ...

Eugene Quinn, 70, a longtime Georgetown resident, died suddenly Friday, December 3, 2010 at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC

Holiday Shoppers Beware

It’s that time of year again — when the holiday madness causes some to go against their ...

Georgetown’s ANC 2E held its monthly meeting Nov. 29 at Visitation Prep. Here are some results:

The Metropolitan Police ...

The Citizens Association of Georgetown met at Letelier Theater within Georgetown Court on Prospect Street, Nov. 22, for a show-and-tell ...

Early Sunday morning, Nov. 21, three unknown men attempted to abduct a male student near the corner of 34th Street ...

It seemed serendipitous, even if it was not, to see developer Anthony Lanier and restaurant owner Britt Swansitting near each ...

More than the usual number of Metropolitan Police Department squad cars and Georgetown University police have been traveling around 35th & Prospect streets as well as parked there, neighbors report. Here are a few crime notes:

The Georgetown Senior Center, founded by the late Virginia Luce Allen almost 30 years ago and located in the Parish hall of St. John’s Church on O Street, will close on Nov. 24.

John E. Olsson, founder of the beloved and once-famous Olsson’s Books and Records, died Oct. 28 at the age of 78 in Silver Spring. He started his stores in Dupont Circle, eventually controlling a chain of nine shops, the best of which was on Wisconsin Avenue at Prospect Street (near the site of the Apple Computer store).

A Burleith neighborhood group is checking properties for illegal rentals. It has reported what it believes are 134 illegal basement rentals to the DC Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs. Property owners without a proper occupation license may face a fine.

Advisory neighborhood commissioner Bill Starrels seems to be a verb, according to a Nov. 11 Georgetown Voice headline. In an editorial, the student newspaper cited the eagle eye of Bill Starrels, who challenged student voters’ eligibility at American University. The newest phrase to enter our lexicon is “Starrelled Down.” Hey, if Sarah Palin can get listed in the Oxford English Dictionary for “refudiate,” why not our own Bill Starrels? “Starrelled Down” just might catch on, but we’re not sure if something like “Solomoned Up” would.

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E met Nov. 1 at Visitation Prep.

Commissioners spoke about the many street closures in Georgetown lately and said they would contact the Mayor’s Special Event Task Force as well as other DC neighborhood groups to see how things could be better coordinated.

The newly renovated Georgetown Library on R Street is open. On Saturday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the library will host a grand opening party. “Fun activities for all ages,” we are told by the D.C. Public Library System.

“I want us to work together, and that’s a concrete thing. I want people from all the wards to work together, to get to know each other. We are facing tremendous challenges but also a great future. We did that on the council, and I have to say I think we have and had a tremendously talented council."

—Vince Gray

The October meeting of ANC 2E did its best to deal with the unusually high influx of problems facing the community. The first major problem was an unexpected lack of seating accommodation, as the modest-sized Heritage room, in the Georgetown Visitation School, found itself overrun with community members. All present were waiting to hear news regarding police efforts, in response to the recent crime wave, and updates on the Tudor Place preservation plan, among the other orders of business.

Washington National Opera (WNO) saw change last week, in response to General Director Placido Domingo’s September 27 announcement that he would not be renewing his contract when it expires in June. As a result, Tuesday saw the appointment of Philippe Auguin to the position of music director of the Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra.

Vince Gray, in keeping with his mission to share ideas and discuss issues with DC residents as Mayor, will be hosting a series of town hall meetings in every ward of the city to allow people a chance to voice their opinion and have open discussion. Check to see when and where he’s coming to your neighborhood.

News unfolds regarding the robbery that occurred Sept. 30 outside the BB&T Bank on Wisconsin.

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, they say. In Vincent Gray’s case, one way to decide to run for mayor of the District of Columbia included a Italian dinner in Georgetown – with some pretty persuasive women

The primary election is over! Congratulations to Vince Gray, who will be the Democratic nominee for Mayor, and to Kwame Brown who will be the nominee to Council Chair. As someone who has been down this road before, I greatly appreciate the hard work and dedication to our city that went into those successful campaigns, and I look forward to working with them on what is best for our entire city.

The recent bed bug epidemic suggests we’re headed for the developing world, but not on the glamorous Orient Express. In fact, as those ever-richer nations show off the new transport and trappings of wealth, we sink further into poverty.

By Tuesday, you might’ve been deceived into thinking nothing had changed in Washington, D.C. Vincent Gray was still sitting in his accustomed Chairman’s seat as the DC Council returned, preparing to tackle ticklish and problematic issues including a looming budget deficit reported at $100 million.

Editor Kate Bennett jumped in at the last minute to replace author Kitty Kelley (tending to a sick friend) as the speaker for the monthly meeting of the Citizens Association of Georgetown on Sept. 20 at the Latham Hotel.

Georgetown University must file its new campus plan with the DC Zoning Commission by December 31st 2010, outlining future infrastructure projects and development on its main campus and medical center.

Giant Food has announced plans to move forward with redevelopment of its Wisconsin Avenue site, which will be anchored by a new and expanded approximate 56,000-square-foot Giant supermarket. The new mixed-use project, “Cathedral Commons,” will be a vibrant focal point of the neighborhood to include retail shops, restaurants, commercial and residential space, and open plazas.

Georgetown Cupcake will be participating in “Cupcakes for a Cause,” a national fundraiser dedicated to raising funds for CancerCARE for Kids.

The Blue Bus, officially known as the Georgetown Metro Connection, is here to stay — and is enjoying a slight makeover.

The Georgetown Library, ravaged by fire in 2007, is one step closer to its long-awaited capstone ceremony.

This year, the Georgetown Village project, which would form a kind of local volunteer cooperative to keep an eye on its aging citizens, has been little more than a gleam in the eyes of its founders. That's about to change.

Crate and Barrel's modern sister-store CB2 is negotiating coming to Georgetown. Find out what other retail changes are on the horizon.

Last Sunday, Georgetown gathered at Volta Park for a little music, a little picnicking and a little time to soak in what would prove to be a model summer day.

Making a left turn into upper Georgetown is awfully difficult. But thanks to a little coaxing by Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, the ANC 2E and others, that’s about to change.

Apple, under the guidance of Steve Jobs, revolutionized technology for the layman. Georgetown — and the District — have finally joined the party.

David Roffman, only the second publisher in The Georgetowner's history, was recently awarded a lifetime achievement honor by the Georgetown Business Association. Gary Tischler reflects on the man's lasting contributions to the neighborhood.

Cherry Hill Lane, or at least part of it, may be the paragon of pest-free living in Georgetown.

Georgetown is simmering, change is in the air, and University’s 10-year plan is a polished 2.0 version, new ...

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E’s May meeting began on a sobering note, with the Metro Police Department’s John ...

At the ANC 2E’s March 30 meeting, the news was unsettling: crime is on the rise in Georgetown in recent weeks.

Georgetowners will soon gather for a CAG meeting to address their major concerns and, ideally, make suggestions for an improved plan that compromises between resident and student interests.

On March 10, it looked as if Philly Pizza, or at least the ranch-drizzled pizza slinger as we knew it, may finally have been laid to rest for good.

On March 15, the Citizens Association of Georgetown gathered to talk a little classical architecture at Q Street’s Dumbarton ...

Capella Hotels and Resorts, founded by Horst Shulze, a former exec at Ritz-Carlton, recently announced plans for a new addition to their swank network of hotels right here in Georgetown.

M29 invited us for a peek at Georgetown's newest retail store.

At last week’s ANC 2E meeting, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, always in every place and with little time ...

In the midst of a grisly recession with a tight grip on Georgetown, it’s nice to know we have a few fine eateries that are still setting up shop.

There’s so much ado about Georgetown, so much bustle, so many dollars and words and honks exchanged at a ...

FotoWeek flourishes

The numbers are in from last week’s FotoWeek DC festival, and they’re impressive.

Judges received over ...