Monthly Archives: September 2010

The Story Behind the Hyde-Addison Numbers

A couple weeks ago, the Georgetown Current reported a spike in the size of this year’s kindergarten class at the Hyde-Addison Elementary school here in Georgetown. According to the Current, Hyde’s kindergarten class is 58, up from 40 last year. … Continue reading

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The Morning Metropolitan

Photo by ThisisBossi. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: The Paper Store on Wisconsin recently closed. Where to get balloons now? DCMud does the Hurt Home, but while focusing on price, seems to have missed a lot. Yet another good … Continue reading

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3200 block of Water St.

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Capital Bikeshare to Come to Georgetown on September 20

The District’s new bikeshare system is set to roll out, so to speak, on September 20th. The original plans call for four stations to be in Georgetown: on K St. in front of the Swedish Embassy, on Wisconsin south of … Continue reading

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The Morning Metropolitan

Gull by Tom-Odda1. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: The Georgetown library will open on October 18th. Huzzah. A new Georgetown blog is on the scene: the Georgetown Patch. So far there’s an excellent article on Hardy. GM welcomes them and hopes … Continue reading

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3200 block of Volta Place

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Real Estate Rebound or Simply Lowered Expectations?

Yesterday GM saw something in Georgetown he hasn’t seen in long time: a home selling above list. Granted, it was only $10,000 above the list price of $880,000 (a whopping 1% surplus), but given the way the Georgetown market has … Continue reading

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GU Chandelier by BoopBoopBoopBoop. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Any chance they’ll make off-campus deliveries? Get fashionable this Friday.

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1500 block of 33rd St.

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More on Those Two New Liquor Licenses

Last week GM reported the news that on top of the seven newly minted liquor licenses being issued to Georgetown establishments, two additional licenses that were held-in-safe-keeping were going to be also issued. The news was announced at the September … Continue reading

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