Late Wednesday night, according to the Georgetown Dish, several Georgetown residents in the 1400 block of 33rd Street heard loud smashing sounds from the street, and, going outside, discovered that one car’s window was smashed in completely and an adjacent car’s windshield was cracked.

A young, apparently inebriated male, who was later identified as a Georgetown University student, was standing near the damaged vehicles. Confronted, the student fled toward Wisconsin Avenue. There is a large quantity of loose bricks in the vicinity because of the construction taking place on O and P Streets.

John Bradshaw, whose car received the most damage in the incident, pursued the fleeing student while his wife called police. After he caught up to him in the CVS Pharmacy on Wisconsin, Bradshaw said to Dish, “I grabbed him by the collar and dragged him back” to 33rd Street. While he was being dragged back, the kid reportedly asked Bradshaw, “Is there any way we can settle this without the police being involved?”

MPD responded to the scene of the incident, and took the student into custody. After the police learned that the young man was a Georgetown student, the Department of Public Safety also responded to the scene. The incident has not appeared in the crime logs of either MPD or DPS, suggesting that the University may be handling it internally.

University spokesperson Stacy Kerr wrote in an e-mail to Vox: ”We take these incidents very seriously and we are following up through our student conduct process on the report that a Georgetown student was involved in an incident early Thursday morning in West Georgetown. If a student is found to be responsible, we will handle this in a very serious way. This behavior is unacceptable.”

Bradshaw also told Dish that a University dean personally called him to apologize for the student’s alleged behavior. “She was very, very nice, very apologetic,” Bradshaw said.

Photo: Lucia He

The Georgetown Dish and Georgetown Business Association (GBA) are launching a social media channel today for Georgetown-area businesses.

The network, titled “Out & About,” will be offered as a free benefit to members of the GBA and will include announcements and features about Georgetown businesses. As part of the effort, the cosponsoring groups will provide social media training for members of the GBA.

“I do a lot of work with national and international trade associations and everyone is looking at how to use social media [...] to help advocacy efforts,” said Georgetown Dish publisher Beth Solomon in an interview, adding that she believes “the GBA is ahead of the curve compared to other business associations.”

The website will launch tonight at an event at L2 Lounge.

h/t: Georgetown Dish

Washington D.C.’s City Council is having a special election on April 26th to fill the At-Large council position vacated Kwame Brown, who become Council Chair. Candidates include (clockwise from top left) Sekou Biddle, John Lopez, Vincent Orange and Jacque Patterson.

The Georgetown Dish and The Georgetown Current are co-hosting a public candidate forum today at 7:00 p.m. at the Georgetown Safeway that will be moderated by Davis Kennedy and Beth Solomon. Georgetown University’s campus plan is likely to be a hot topic of discussion during this discussion.You can submit your own questions to the discussion on the Dish’s website.

h/t + photo: The Georgetown Dish

A mockup of The Georgetown Dish, less tabloid-y than its Huffington muse

Ask Georgetown resident Beth Solomon what she envisions for The Georgetown Dish and she’ll tell you she’s looking to create “a cross between a local Huffington Post and Washington Life Magazine.” Specifically, on December 16, she and her partners will launch a website that’ll provide you with all the photos and coverage of Georgetown social events, aggregated and original neighborhood news content, and local listings you’ll ever need.

The scope of the site sounds pretty ambitious. Solomon, a former reporter and speechwriter and current communications consultant, said The Georgetown Dish will be divided into three verticals:  ”The Scene” will cover social events in Georgetown. (She said the party she attended at Cafe Milano on Sunday for Kathleen Kennedy would be a good candidate for coverage).

“The Dish,” for which she already has several columnists lined up, will be for news and commentary, and “The Scoop” will have “informational and commercial listings,” like classifieds, sports schedules, and restaurant specials. Solomon also anticipates getting restaurant reviews from contributors and aggregating coverage “that’s already out there.”

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