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Photo by Ehpien. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: The center of Georgetown is N St. and Potomac, according to Google. The Halloween shooting is now a homicide. Georgetown’s second of the year, after five years without one.

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ANC Round Up: Crime and Punishment Edition

Photo by ThisisBossi. At last night’s ANC meeting, crime was very much on the mind of the attendees. The ANC was scheduled to be visited by U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen long before the Halloween shooting on Monday, but the crime … Continue reading

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Photo by Frank Gruber. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Remember, the President will be at the Waterfront Park today, and all that that entails. Some updates on that shooting Monday night.

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Photo by Ontheborderland. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Letter from Elizabeth Taylor (who was Mrs. John Warner at the time) to Andy Warhol gives a Georgetown return address. There’s got to be a better description for this crime than … Continue reading

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Baked and Wire muffin by Byronpeebles. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Carol Joynt relates her unusual experience with Albrecht Muth. If Georgetown smelled weird yesterday morning, here’s why.

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Photo by JimJam8822. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: The death of a Georgetowner who was found dead in her home on Friday is now being characterized by MPD as a homicide. Viola Drath was 91 and lived on Q St. just … Continue reading

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Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Is there more retail theft recently? Well, GM found that it’s actually down a bit this first half of this year. This project on Thomas Jefferson St. has been kicking … Continue reading

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Photo by Daquella Manera. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: GM’s not really sure where to start with this one. Apparently a British newspaper wrote an article about the concept of shoplifters using Twitter to organize flash mobs to descend … Continue reading

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Crime Up First Half of 2011

Photo by Alan_Cleaver2000. Now the the first half of 2011 is safely in the books, GM took a look back at the crime stats to see how we’re doing. Not so great is the answer. There were 459 crime incidents … Continue reading

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Photo by M.V. Jantzen. Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest: Fascinating story from a Fourth of July in Georgetown, a long, long time ago. Don’t forget the Rose Park farmers market today.

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