Burleith News

Chabeli Arroyo, 17, a senior at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Burleith won first prize-a $10,000 scholarship towards her first year of college-at the 5th annual DC-CAPital Stars Talent Competition and Gala at the Kennedy Center last week.

Georgetown community groups and Georgetown University departments hope to collect more than 3,500 new or gently used books appropriate for children up to age 15 in any language for the 2013 Bring on the Books Drive .

Hour-long waits in the cold were the norm Tuesday morning as D.C. voters lined up to vote in the 2012 Presidential Election.

Pepco customers in Georgetown, Glover Park, Burleith and elsewhere in Northwest Washington, D.C. were experiencing power outages Monday night.