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Gazette.Net: Nonprofits cultivate plans for Seat Pleasant farmers market
Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:50:57 -0800
After talks of a farmers market in Seat Pleasant sat on the back burner for two years, two nonprofit leaders are hoping to reignite the plans — with a twist.
Pepco to Make Reliability Upgrades at Buzzard Point
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:09:00 -0800
Today, the Potomac Electric Power Company filed with the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia a formal notice of its intent to make major reliability improvements to the Buzzard Point Substation.
Gazette.Net: Great minds think alike in Capitol Heights Elementary think tank
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:21:49 -0800
Before arriving at Capitol Heights Elementary School in 2009, Principal Herman Whaley knew it would take more than teachers to boost the school's test scores.
The gym will totally still be there after you finish that creme brulee.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:29:21 -0800
Japanese BENIHANA VILLAGE Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road, 732-5821. Japanese tabletop cooking at its finest. The chefs deliver great steaming-hot food, as well as an entertaining show.
With Vida Senior Residences, abuelitos get a new lease on their golden years
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:55:03 -0800
Luz Onofre has lived in the District since 1963, but she struggles to pay the below-market rent of $900 a month for her Mount Pleasant apartment. “Rent is so expensive nowadays, and the pension I get is not enough,” the retired teacher said. Born in Peru, Onofre, 72, hopes to land one of 36 furnished studio apartments at the new Vida Senior Residences at Brightwood on Missouri Avenue NW, where ...
Nancy Lee Murphy, state senator who represented Catonsville
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:29:20 -0800
Democrat retired last year from the Maryland Parole Commission Nancy Lee Murphy, a veteran Baltimore County Democratic legislator who served in Maryland's House of Delegates and Senate, died Dec. 30 of a heart attack at St. Agnes Hospital the day before her 82nd birthday.
D.C. Area Chinese New Year Traditions, Specials (PHOTOS)
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:53:32 -0800
WASHINGTON -- The most important day in Chinese culture, Chinese New Year, kicked off Jan. 23 and families across the area will continue to celebrate the holiday through Feb. 6. It's the Year of the Dragon, considered to be the luckiest year in the Chinese zodiac.
Construction crews start on new $7.2M presidential mansion
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:26:47 -0800
By: Rebecca LuryeSome question timing given cutting of eight university sports teams Many students and state officials, however, have questioned the undertaking in the face of shrinking university funds and university President Wallace Loh's decision to cut eight varsity s...
Discount Grocer Save-A-Lot to Take Old Brentwood Safeway Space
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:52:24 -0800
Folks who've been without groceries for nearly two years since Safeway closed its location across from the Metro station on Rhode Island Avenue will soon be able to shop again: Discount chain store Save-A-Lot has just signed a lease, and hopes to open by late spring or early summer.
Year In Review – TOP STORIES –
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:02:17 -0800
Fulton County began 2011 much in the same way as 2010 ended, with a sluggish economy and unemployment wavering between single and double digits that continued throughout the year. In November, Fulton County was in the 61st spot out of 67 counties.