Editorial: Out of Touch on Washington St.

No sooner than they’d completed an exhaustive process of adopting a difficult budget for the coming fiscal year than the Falls Church City Council got a sensory overload at a work session this Monday with back-to-back-to-back presentations of three conceptual plans for development around the East Falls Church Metro station, for the North Washington St. corridor between Broad St. and that Metro station, and for the South Washington St. corridor between Broad St. and Graham Road.

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Editorial: Out of Touch on Washington St.

No sooner than they’d completed an exhaustive process of adopting a difficult budget for the coming fiscal year than the…

Picking Splinters: Blowing Calls, Blowing Their Lead

For the 13th time this season the Hoyas hit the canvas, losing to St. John’s 59-56 in overtime Tuesday night,…

Picking Splinters: Can Georgetown Find its Game?

Remember a few weeks back when I said that Georgetown looked like a fine-tuned machine? Remember when I even went…

Picking Splinters: No Longer the Underdog

Yeah, it’s just one win. Sure, this guarantees nothing in terms of postseason success. (more…)

Picking Splinters: A Clean Slate

More than anything else, the 2008-09 Georgetown Hoyas seem to be associated with absence. (more…)

Israelis Celebrate, Palestinians Mourn

WASHINGTON — The Israelis are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the creation of the nation of Israel. (more…)

Picking Splinters: Goliath Also Rises

“Davidson beat Georgetown. That's all I have to say.” Those were the words of Davidson's Max Paulhus Gosselin in Monday's…

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Picking Splinters: A Senior Sendoff for Hoyas

As far as prolific recruiting classes go, the four freshmen that took the court for the Georgetown Hoyas in 2004-05…

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