Georgetowner Publisher Talks of 30 Years in News Biz

August 21, 2025

Sonya Bernhardt, publisher and owner of The Georgetowner, spoke at Georgetown Main Street’s monthly Coffee & Community at Kitchen & Bar 1310 on Aug. 14. Enjoying a light breakfast provided […]

D.C. Public Schools Ban Cell Phones   

August 13, 2025

 When public school begins on Aug. 25 in Washington, D.C., students will face a new rule that might be painful: no cell phones allowed.   “Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, […]

Packed ANC Agenda: Budget, Field Projects, Streateries  

June 9, 2025

They tried. They really tried. The commissioners and presenters at the Monday, June 2, meeting of ANC 2E, the advisory neighborhood commission for Georgetown, Burleith and Hillandale, tried to keep […]

New BID CEO: ‘No Place Like Georgetown’  

May 26, 2025

Deborah Kerson Bilek has long been a fan of business improvement districts. With a background in economic development, particularly land use and transportation planning and policy — as well as […]

Georgetown Ministry Center Punches Above Its Weight to Help Unhoused Community 


From “modest beginnings” in 1987 and amid considerable challenges at present, the Georgetown Ministry Center is leading with “kindness and an open mind” to provide essential services for those most […]

CAG Readies for Annual Meeting With Wind at Its Back

April 28, 2025

When the Citizens Association of Georgetown kicks off its annual meeting Tuesday evening at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, CAG President Amy Titus will emphasize the significant opportunities […]

Buzz on National Security and Signal Chat Packs Q&A Café

April 14, 2025

About 100 people crowded into the cozy upstairs dining room of the GeorgeTown Club on April 8 to have lunch and to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Shane Harris, formerly with […]

April News Bytes: Four Seasons, EastBanc

April 9, 2025

Additional reporting by Charlotte Meyer-Schönherr     Four Seasons Residences Top Out   Neighbors may have seen the construction of the Four Seasons Private Residences at 1051 29th St. NW moving right […]

Detained Georgetown Professor Awaits Hearing  


On March 17, the Department of Homeland Security detained Georgetown University professor Badar Khan Suri outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia. Following his arrest, Dr. Suri was sent to an […]

Community Calendar, Dec 11-Jan. 14

December 11, 2024

Cultural Leadership Breakfast with Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper  Thursday, December 12   Join The Georgetowner from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Dupont Underground (19 Dupont Circle Northwest Washington, DC 20036) to […]