So many winners! Here's the results of the 200th newsletter giveaway!

So many winners! Here's the results of the 200th newsletter giveaway!

We had hundreds of people enter the giveaway celebrating the 200th Weekly Update newsletter — and we randomly selected 12 to win a gift certificate from a local Petworth restaurant or business.

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Hey, we're the Best Community Blog in DC! (well, runner up, anyway!)

Hey, we're the Best Community Blog in DC! (well, runner up, anyway!)

The Washington City Paper released the results of the 2017 Best of DC Readers' Poll, and I'm happy to say the Petworth News was the runner-up for Best Community Blog! Big thanks to everyone who voted for us!

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Oh hey, Petworth News won runner-up for Best Community Blog in DC!

Oh hey, Petworth News won runner-up for Best Community Blog in DC!

Petworth News won runner-up as the Best Community Blog for the 2016 Readers' Choice "Best of DC" Poll from the Washington City Paper! Not too shabby for a one-year old blog. 

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Petworth voted Best Neighborhood of 2015

Petworth voted Best Neighborhood of 2015

Curbed DC, a local website that watches neighborhood trends, just completed its "Curbed Cup" competition to pick the best neighborhood of 2015. It was a close contest with thousands (millions?) of votes. And...

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