From 1820 to 1837, a newspaper called the Georgetown Metropolitan was published in the city of Georgetown, DC. The copy above is from July 12, 1826, reporting on the deaths of Presidents Jefferson and Adams on July 4th, exactly fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. For a short while, it was published by John L. O’Sullivan and his brother-in-law Samuel Langtree. O’Sullivan faded into obscurity until the middle of the 20th century when the term “Manifest Destiny” was attributed to him.
So what does this have to do with 2008? Well, not much. But, basically I’ve realized that the neighborhood of Georgetown lacks a neighborhood blog. I’ve decided to give it a try. I looked through Georgetown’s history for a worthy name to resurrect and the Georgetown Metropolitan sounded perfect to me. And so I have reestablished the Georgetown Metropolitan, 171 years since it last was printed. With luck, the Georgetown Metropolitan will serve as a valuable information source for Georgetown residents.
MPD released photos of an individual sought in connection with the shooting murder of Tarek Boothe on January 31st.
According to MPD:
The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.
If you’ve used Metrobus over the last month, you might’ve found yourself waiting a lot longer than you expected. Due largely to staffing shortages driven by the Omicron surge, WMATA ran the buses on a reduced weekend schedule all week.
Readers may recall the alarm GM was raising last spring after WMATA proposed draconian service cuts to bus service across the city (including in Georgetown). Those cuts, thankfully, were never implemented mostly due to the massive infrastructure bill passed last year.
GM’s trying something new. He’s started a TikTok account. He’ll try to fill it with little virtual Georgetown walking tours like this. Follow along if you like the first one.
Back in October, GM noted that the 7-Eleven at Wisconsin and O had been closed for months under a nebulous Health Department order. If there were any chance that the store would open at that point, it appears nil now. The signage was completely removed recently.
Moreover the location is no longer listed on the company’s website. (GM’s not sure when it was removed, but it’s definitely gone now).
The Georgetown Metropolitan 
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