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Advisory Neighborhood Commission Votes to Continue Georgetown’s ‘Streateries’

Advisory Neighborhood Commission Votes to Continue Georgetown’s ‘Streateries’

By Paulina Inglima October 6, 2023

Georgetown’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E), a local government entity that represents the Georgetown, Burleith and Hillandale neighborhoods, voted to extend the permit on the District’s...

ANC 2E Unanimously Passes Ellington Field Resolution

ANC 2E Unanimously Passes Ellington Field Resolution

By Anna Ferrazzi and Clara Grudberg February 14, 2020

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E passed a resolution urging District of Columbia government agencies to prioritize student access to Duke Ellington Recreational Field on Feb. 3.   The...

Jack Evans Files to Join Race For His Former Council Seat

Jack Evans Files to Join Race For His Former Council Seat

By Kelly Anderson January 31, 2020

Former Washington, D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans filed Jan. 27 to join special election for the seat he vacated when he resigned a week prior amid investigations into ethics violations.  After...

Call Your Mother Set To Open By End of Month

Call Your Mother Set To Open By End of Month

By Clara Grudberg January 17, 2020

After facing months of community opposition and bureaucratic delays, popular bagel deli Call Your Mother was granted a zoning variance Jan. 15, clearing the way for an expected opening by the end of the...

Investment Eases Housing Inaffordability, DC Mayor Says

Investment Eases Housing Inaffordability, DC Mayor Says

By Sana Rahman January 25, 2019

Investments in housing can address Washington, D.C.’s affordability issues as the city’s population booms, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) said at a Jan. 22 panel of mayors in Lohrfink Auditorium. The...

ANC Hopes to Rename Street to Commemorate Murdered Journalist

By Will Cassou November 30, 2018

A Washington, D.C. neighborhood advisory commission voted to rename a street outside the Saudi Embassy in honor of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October.n Advisory...

ANC2e Matias Burdman (COL ’21) and Anna Landre (SFS ’21) are running for two empty and unopposed seats to represent districts 08 and 04 in the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E. If they win, each will serve a two-year term.

Two Georgetown Sophomores Running for the Advisory Neighborhood Commission

By Sana Rahman October 4, 2018

Sana Rahman Matias Burdman (COL ’21) and Anna Landre (SFS ’21) are running unopposed for two seats on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E in the upcoming election Nov. 6. Burdman and...

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2 Students Reportedly Die in Dupont Circle Fire

By Molly Simio and Katherine Richardson June 3, 2015

Update 1:12 p.m (June 5, 2015): One Georgetown student, Nina Brekelmans (GRD '15), was confirmed to have died in the fire. The other victim was a University of Maryland graduate. See full story here:...

Organization Promotes Solar in Georgetown Neighborhood

By Gaia Mattiace February 13, 2015

A student-run organization and a local non-profit are collaborating to install solar panels on homes throughout Ward 2, which includes the Georgetown neighborhood. The Feb. 2 meeting of the Advisory...

Georgetown Absent at ANC Election

By Patrick Clawson November 7, 2014

To the Editor: We in D.C.’s Ward 2 have a shameful record about turnout at midterm elections. In the Nov. 4 election, only 30.5 percent of our registered voters showed up at the polls, lower than...

ANC2E Grants Liquor Licenses

By Jack Bennett November 4, 2014

At its November meeting, the 2E Advisory Neighborhood Commission on Monday evening granted alcohol licenses to four restaurants in the Georgetown area and debated the construction of a new shopping complex...

Breaking the Voting Bubble

By The Editorial Board October 21, 2014

It’s not difficult to understand why local politics might never cross the mind of the average Georgetown student. Although college students are an inherently transient population, temporary residence...

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