The spigot will run dry, toilets won’t flush and there will be no cooling shower on 100- degree days for about 100,000 people in Prince George’s County as crews wrestle to repair a massive water main that serves their homes and businesses. The shutdown was planned for Tuesday night and may last several days, water […]
The Prince George’s County Planning Board voted late Thursday to approve key elements of a project that would include the county’s first Whole Foods Market. Read More
The Prince George’s County Planning Board has postponed until next week a key vote on the approval process of the development that would include the county’s first Whole Foods Market. Read More
Prince George’s County police on Wednesday evening used a Taser to subdue a naked man who authorities said had just shot his childhood friend in the head in what they called an unprovoked attack brought on by the hallucinogenic drug PCP. See Video
Prince George’s County NAACP officials said Tuesday that they support County Executive Rushern L. Baker’s school takeover plan and will not work with opponents to block the measure from taking effect next month. Read More
Officials from MGM Resorts on Wednesday confirmed that the company will bid this week for a license to build and operate a new casino in Prince George’s County. Read More
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) signed a bill this week that gives County Executive Rushern L. Baker III more authority to govern the struggling Prince George’s County school system. Read More
Police announced Monday that 20-year-old Travon Bennett has been arrested for the death of Marckel Ross. The 18-year-old was shot Sept. 11 while walking to Central High School. The 11th grader was a track athlete at the school. Read More
Prince George’s County Interim School Superintendent Alvin Crawley announced Thursday night that the school system will launch an anti-violence campaign in the coming weeks in response to the recent teen killings in the county. Read More
In Prince George’s County — where hundreds of people were shot last year and 64 of them died — people convicted of gun crimes may soon be required to register, regularly check in with police and submit to home visits from officers. More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/plagued-by-gun-crime-pr-georges-considers-making-offenders-register/2012/05/28/gJQAn5CJxU_story.html
This Saturday, FraserNet, Inc. and The Empowerment Experiment will team up with black business advocates to “cash mob” small Black businesses. In the same practice of “flash mobbing,” nationally renowned entrepreneur George Fraser, CEO of FraserNET and Maggie Anderson, CEO of The Empowerment Experiment host their first “cash mob” on Saturday, May 19 to promote […]
(Washington, DC) — Maryland Senator Ben Cardin easily won his Democratic primary. His closest competitor, Prince George’s County state Senator Anthony Muse, got 16-percent of the vote to Cardin’s 74. Cardin will next face former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino who won the Republican primary. In Maryland’s 6th District, Republican Roscoe Bartlett was the winner […]
