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Local Journalist Launches Bid for Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission

Local Journalist Launches Bid for Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission

By Clara Grudberg October 9, 2020

Topher Mathews, publisher of neighborhood blog The Georgetown Metropolitan, has launched a bid for Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, running to replace retiring longtime Commissioner Joe Gibbons.  Since...

DC Zoning Board Postpones Decision on Call Your Mother

DC Zoning Board Postpones Decision on Call Your Mother

By Kelly Anderson December 6, 2019

The D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment postponed issuing a zoning exception to Call Your Mother at a Dec. 4 hearing amid community disagreement on granting the deli a variance.  The popular bagel...

ANC 2E Residents Raise Concerns Over DPR Takeover of Ellington Field

ANC 2E Residents Raise Concerns Over DPR Takeover of Ellington Field

By Anna Ferrazzi December 6, 2019

Local residents voiced concerns that the Department of Parks and Recreation management takeover of Duke Ellington Field would limit access for community residents and public school students at an Advisory...

ANC 2E Endorses DC Council Bill Banning Flavored E-Cigarettes

ANC 2E Endorses DC Council Bill Banning Flavored E-Cigarettes

By Clara Grudberg November 8, 2019

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E unanimously passed a motion urging the Council of the District of Columbia to ban the sale of flavored electronic smoking devices at its monthly meeting Nov. 4.  ANC...

AMBER GILLETTE/THE HOYA Anne Landre (SFS 21) was sworn into a two-year position on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, which oversees Georgetown and surrounding areas, Feb. 4. Landre joins Mathias Burdman (COL 21) who was sworn in earlier this month.

2 GU Students Sworn Into Local Government Positions

By Chelsea Hafer February 14, 2019

Matias Burdman (COL ’21) and Anna Landre (SFS ’21) were sworn into positions on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E by Feb. 4 following a Nov. 6 election. Burdman and Landre replaced Zachary...

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The conceptual drawings from the Sept. 1, 2016 Old Georgetown Board hearing, above, show the plans for the proposed $567 million medical and surgical pavilion for MedStar Georgetown University Hospital which received concept approval last week.

MedStar Pavilion Concept Approved

By Cecia Soza September 13, 2016

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is set to move forward with constructing the proposed $567 million medical and surgical pavilion by the end of the year after it received concept approval from the...

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The lifting of the moratorium will allow establishments in Georgetown and the wider D.C. area to apply for liquor licenses April 11.

Georgetown’s Liquor License Ban Lifted

By Charlotte Allen April 12, 2016

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board recently lifted Georgetown’s 27-year-old restaurant liquor license moratorium, allowing establishments in the District to begin applying for licenses April...

Results Pending for ANC 2E Elections

By Kshithij Shrinath November 7, 2014

No results have yet been issued in the Advisory Neighborhood Council 2E elections as the District Board of Elections continues to count absentee and special ballot votes. Kendyl Clausen (SFS ’16) and...

ANC Rejects MedStar Office Trailer Proposal

By Penny Hung October 4, 2013

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E urged the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board to reject MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s proposal for two office trailers Monday during its monthly...

ANC 2E Votes in Lockstep

By Braden McDonald September 6, 2013

In a city notorious for political gridlock, the elected body that oversees neighborhood of Georgetown, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, has voted almost exclusively with unanimity in the past...

Store Design Elicits Concern

By Lily Westergaard April 9, 2013

Resistance by the Old Georgetown Board may delay the target August opening date for the proposed 7-Eleven store at 1344 Wisconsin Ave. NW. In an April 4 meeting, the OGB voted down the proposal for...

ANC Hopeful Introduced at Meeting

By Laura Zhang October 2, 2012

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E introduced student commissioner hopeful Craig Cassey (COL ’15) at its monthly meeting Monday. Cassey, who is running uncontested as a write-in candidate for...

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