May has been the month for activity around the neighborhood. The annual yard sale moved to a new date to encourage homeowners to do their spring cleaning earlier, so as not be overwhelmed by early summer heat. Organizer Adrienne…

Saturday, May 4, 2019
Arrest Made in Sex Trafficking of Children and Transportation of Minors for Sexual Activity Offenses: 1200 Block of Clifton Street, Northwest
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Youth and Family Services Division along with Special Agents from…

Exclusive Cherry Blossom Festival “Pink Loop” tours are back
Big Bus Tour DC’s exclusive “Pink Loop” will serve as the only authorized tour provider of the Cherry Blossom Festival, as it has since 2014.  Running daily throughout the entire festival,…

by Katherine Rivard
Someone at WMATA must have looked up the definition of “good.” Instead of aiming to just provide “adequate or satisfactory” public transportation, the aim of the “Back2Good” campaign, the transit authority is now hoping to make service…

Amid mixed reaction from neighbors over the idea of changing an existing ban on helipads in residential areas, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A (Foggy Bottom, West End) opted to delay consideration of George Washington University Hospital’s proposal to build a…

Last week, after spending two days examining trees in Georgetown for signs of gas leak-related decline, natural gas industry veteran Bob Ackley recorded 40 to 60 leaks in Georgetown and “many dying trees.”
Ackley has claimed a connection between gas…

Developers of the West Heating Plant site are pursuing review of their proposed luxury condo building by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, despite opposition from the Old Georgetown Board.
The long-planned project at 29th and K streets NW calls…

A March 29 gala at the Kennedy Center raised $750,000 for the DC College Access Program, with a Duke Ellington School of the Arts student winning first prize in a scholarship competition.
The annual “DC-CAPital Stars” event supports the various…

Saturday, Jan. 20
The Bilingual Education Fair of DC will be held at the Thurgood Marshall Center at 1816 12th St., NW from 1 to 5 p.m. The fair is an event for Washington, D.C. region parents, educators and community…

Following last month’s fatal shooting under the Whitehurst Freeway, officials are taking steps to improve public safety in the Water Street NW corridor, which include improving lighting and installing security cameras.
While proposed changes often divide Georgetown residents, worries…