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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 this program, CAG needs to solicit donations every year. Right now they’re in the middle of one of their fundraisers. So give what you can to support this worthwhile program.
Filed under Citizens Association of Georgetown, Crime
The Morning Metropolitan
Target Pop-Up Store by Theartofaccessories.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The Post explains how exactly that pop-up Target Store works.
- The Georgetowner sits down with CAG president Jennifer Altemus.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
Fraudster Hired Out Evermay for Scam Marriage
Two and a half years ago, the elegant Georgetown estate Evermay was the site of a scam marriage put on by an international fraudster in a storyline that is stranger than fiction.
Specifically, in the spring of 2007 a British national named Kevin Halligen rented out Evermay to host his wedding to American Maria Dybczak. According to recent news reports:
THE wedding guests arrived in black limousines to see a British secret agent marry his US government lawyer bride, surrounded by the strictest of security. From the grand 19th-century Evermay mansion, where the ceremony took place, the guests had commanding views of America’s power base, Washington, DC. It is a city where former intelligence operatives and military men mix warily with politicians and power-brokers, looking for lucrative government security contracts. Among the guests at the wedding were a former CIA station chief and a security adviser to Barack Obama. The best man had once been special operations marine colonel.
The guests were some of the best-informed people in the capital. Yet none knew that the wedding was a sham, the priest was an amateur actor and Richard Halligen, the groom, was an imposter.
Had the wedding not been fake, it would have been illegal. That’s because Halligen was already married. Continue reading
Filed under Around Town
The Morning Metropolitan
Georgetown in the Snow by El Swifterino.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Georgetown is about to get a little less Stephanopoulish.
- Stop by the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 for carolers and a free hot chocolate bar.
- Speaking of deals at expensive hotels, stop by Bourbon Steak’s bar at lunchtime for a special $21 lunch menu.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
Track Planes, Noise Complaints
Plane over Potomac by DC Digital Photography
Ever had a fantasy of being an air traffic controller? Ever wanted to complain about a plane flying too loudly over your house? If you said yes to either of those questions, there’s a perfect website for you: Airscene.com.
Airscene is a system that tracks planes coming into and going out of airports. The link above is the one set up for Reagan National Airport. On top of merely tracking the progress of the planes, the system also uses about a dozen sound monitoring stations across the area to monitor how loud the planes are.
Here’s what it looks like:
This map indicates that at 1:19 pm on December 2nd, American flight 2033 from Boston (which is an A319 plane) was approaching for a landing at about 2300 feet above Georgetown. Continue reading
Filed under Around Town
The Morning Metropolitan
Tackle Box Menu by Vasta.
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Tudor Place running year long program for Stoddert Elementary Students.
- Pop-up Target opening its doors this weekend behind the PNC Bank.
- Q & A Cafe interviews Georgetown Cupcake founders today.
Filed under The Morning Metropolitan
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