Archive for May, 2010

Prince George’s Leads Region In Home Sales Surge

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Report cites federal tax credit to 86 percent increase in sales over past year. After always hearing negative news about the housing industry, here is finally a glimmer of hope.  Prince George’s county home sales grew the fastest of all counties in the mid-Atlantic region over the past year.  This region includes Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC and parts of Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia. Home sales escalated

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Census Numbers Show Marylanders Stepping Up

Monday, May 10th, 2010
Prince George’s County participation rate so far stays steady at 71 percent. Maryland’s participation rate in the 2010 Census was 74 percent, which matched the state’s rate in the 2000 count of population, according to the U. S. Census Bureau’s report last week. Maryland’s rate is higher than the national rate of 72 percent and tied for 15th place among U.S. states. The participation rate is the percentage o

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Grant To Allow Hyattsville Library To Help Job Seekers

Friday, May 7th, 2010
The Hyattsville branch will launch a pilot program this summer to offer computer, interview training in English and Spanish. Thanks to a $5,000 grant, the Hyattsville library branch will be able to better equip area jobseekers with the computer and interviewing skills needed to find gainful employment. The Hyattsville branch will use the grant to launch a pilot program this summer, which will train area residents in resume writing, basic comp

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Farmers’ Markets Sprouting Up All Over Maryland

Friday, May 7th, 2010
LA PLATA - The farmers' market has been a part of La Plata's community for 33 years, and Charles Bowling has been a vendor since the start. Located in the center of town, the relatively small market fits the rural community well. With just eight to 10 vendors during the peak summer months, Bowling has become an established figure within the community. He knows almost all of his customers by name, and is there so often that some of his regular

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Mount Rainier Celebrates Its Centennial

Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Incorporated in 1910, Mount Rainier has begun staging activities to celebrate its centennial. Jimmie Rice has seen a lot in the nearly 80 years since the Great Depression forced his family to move from University Park to the more affordable Mount Rainier, which is celebrating its centennial this year. He has seen dirt roads turned into pavement, the advent of metal piping and the city age and be revitalized. "I've been in lots of places in

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Calverton Elementary School Environmental Club Wins Acclaim

Thursday, May 6th, 2010
This year, the EPA selected Calverton as the Mid-Atlantic elementary school recipient of its 2009 President's Environmental Youth Award, given each year to a school group that positively affects the environment. In 2006, Katie Swanson, a teacher at Calverton Elementary School in Beltsville, asked her third-grade students to list some of the world's biggest environmental problems, and explain how the students could personally help solve them.

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Promoting Farms Is Priority For New Agriculture Group

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
After a two-year hiatus, a Prince George's County agricultural group reconvened this month and vowed not to let controversial land-use issues consume its efforts as they once did. The group's renewed focus will instead be on marketing local farms and locally grown products — from eggplants and fresh-cut flowers to vineyards and livestock — and supporting urban gardening initiatives. "Farmers — we're terrible at coming

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Neighborhood Funds Solar Plant

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Residents of a Prince George's County neighborhood are tacking solar panels on the roof of a local church and expecting to reap more than $50,000 in the first year from the effort. UNIVERSITY PARK, Md. (AP) - Residents of a Prince George's County neighborhood are tacking solar panels on the roof of a local church and expecting to reap more than $50,000 in the first year from the effort. The University Park Community has created a limited liab

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