Last night's Georgetown University Campus Plan Zoning Commission hearing was the culmination of months of meetings. At one point, Chairman Anthony Hood said he was willing to keep the meeting going until "10 minutes to 12" midnight in order to finish all of the business.
It only ran until around 11 p.m.—four-and-a-half hours—but the residents and [...]
A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District.
Siamese Cats Only: Yet another feline of the Siamese persuasion has gone missing in Georgetown. A message on the neighborhood email list is in search of 'Shadow,' our second newly-adopted mixed Siamese cat...Shadow is a 7+-year-old neutered male with [...]
A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District.
#four26dc: Happy voting to those who head out to the polls and cast a ballot for the At-Large D.C. Council election today. Bryan Weaver, who snagged the City Paper endorsement, also has the favor of at least one local blog. [...]
Are you serious?! Good morning humans, yes, the Capitals lost last night.
I’m not big on sports, so this loss means about as much to me as the empty water bottles stacking up in my car. But the crowd at Union Pub last night was visibly depressed, as were some of my Twitter friends. Paul Tenorio [...]
The Issue: Neighbors expressed frustration and concern over Georgetown University’s 2010 Campus Plan at a meeting last night. “It’s possible there’ll be changes as a result of tonight–but some of the big issues–on-campus housing–I don’t expect change,” says Linda Greenan, assistant vice president for external relations at Georgetown. Noisy, late-night partyin’ students already plague life [...]
The Issue: Spring fever calls for lawn chairs and late nights swiggin’ bottles on the front porch. As Georgetown University boosts enrollment and on-campus housing tightens, more students are spilling into single-family homes in Burleith and west Georgetown. In response to resident complaints over student partying and noise, GU began the Student Neighborhood Assistance [...]
Some time ago, a member of the Burleith Listserv posted a scathing item about her neighbor, Georgetown University. The venerable college, she claimed, was slaying cats left behind by irresponsible coed renters. At the least, she wrote, officials were trapping them and delivering them to kill shelters.
"Renee202" also worried the college was sealing kitties in [...]
