In Montrose Park there exists a self-regulating society of dog walkers. Sit there for a little while, and you’ll see the society part: dozens of dog owners who all seem to know each other as “the owner of so-and-so.” Stay a little longer and chances are you’ll see the self-regulating part.
When a dog gets a [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Crime’
March 12, 2010
Argument Over Dog in Montrose Park Leads to Arrest Warrant
March 2, 2010
ANC Round Up: Jack Evans Edition
Last night ANC2E met for its March session. While GM wasn’t too hopeful for an interesting meeting, he really ought to know by now that it doesn’t take an exciting agenda to have a noteworthy meeting. On top of the list of items worth noting was an extended riff by Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans.
Jack [...]
January 25, 2010
The Morning Metropolitan
Dumbarton Oaks stairs by Amberture.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
Tenant for Nathans even closer?
Suspect arrested for 1990 murder in Georgetown.
GM crunched the numbers on the retail environment, but Vox Populi actually got the quotes.
January 20, 2010
Georgetown Crime in 2009
With the end of 2009, GM can now look back and take a look at the complete year crime statistics. While we did not experience quite the overall crime drop that the rest of the city experienced, we nonetheless shaved stats off of just about every category.
Here is how 2009 stacked up against 2008:
Overall, crime [...]
January 15, 2010
The Morning Metropolitan
Buildings on the Canal by Palkynebtab.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
Vox Populi tracks campus crime.
Georgetowner got some great submissions for their photo contest.
Pizzeria Paradiso hosting Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes (it’s French for making cool beers) Monday night.
January 12, 2010
ANC Round Up: Small Country, Short Meeting
Last night the ANC made good on GM’s prediction and held what is likely to be its shortest meeting of the year. This was mostly as a result of the fact that the Old Georgetown Board took a powder for January, and that cuts out about half the items from the agenda. Or as Commissioner [...]
December 15, 2009
The Morning Metropolitan
Georgetown Cupcake window by Zachstern.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
Georgetown Cupcake opens its new store today. Oh, and, FREE CUPCAKES!!1!
Yankee swap comes early at Georgetown University Hospital.
Crime down, arrests up.
December 11, 2009
Support CAG’s Public Safety Program
For several years, the Citizens Association of Georgetown has run a public safety program that supplements MPD’s normal coverage. It does this by hiring Securitas to patrol the neighborhood and by paying for a reimbursable detail from MPD (where normal MPD officers are paid overtime to work extra hours).
This doesn’t come cheap though. To maintain [...]
December 2, 2009
The Morning Metropolitan
Waterfront grass by Dani920.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
Rugby having a holiday give-away.
The Citypaper deconstructs Georgetown Cupcake’s choice in automobile.
There has been a cluster of robberies with guns in the East Village over the past couple weeks. They have occurred mostly between 8:00 and 12:00 at night. Please keep your eyes open for suspicious activity [...]
November 25, 2009
The Morning Metropolitan
M St. Buildings by Jim Malone.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
Last Saturday, a mugger held up a pedestrian on the 3200 block of Reservoir. When he walked away with the victim’s wallet, the victim started to call the cops. The mugger saw this and ran back and stole the phone too and got away. Cheers [...]
