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Urban Eats opens in Mount Rainier

One door closes, another opens: Urban Eats, a new restaurant and coffee shop in Mount Rainier, has just opened in the space (3311 Rhode Island Ave.) formerly occupied by Artmosphere. Early reports on...

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July 4th at the PG Pool

Nice photo feature on the July 4th activities at the PG Pool. Of course, since it's from the Hyattsville Patch the headline implies everyone came from there, but the captions reveal that PG Pool draws...

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Shakespeare's As You Like It at Magruder Park, July 13

On Wednesday, July 13, at 7:00 PM (kids' pre-show begins at 6:20)  the Maryland Shakespeare Festival's 2011 Good Will Tour will be performing As You Like It at the Magruder Park (40th Ave. &...

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The Hyattsville Jam will be held indoors tonight

The Hyattsville Jam will still be held  tonight but INDOORS due to forecast rain storms. Jimmy Buffet tribute band The Beach Bumz will be playing, Mandy the Clown, and a facepainter will be on hand,...

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Whole Foods in Riverdale by 2014?

The Washington Examiner reports that Whole Foods has agreed to be one of the anchors in the Cafritz property's planned development on Route 1 in Riverdale Park.  The grocery would be located within a...

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Leslie Johnson stripped of her county car, phone, laptop. Loses parking pass,...

Miranda S. Spivack, writing in the WaPo's Maryland Politics blog, reports that Leslie Johnson appears to be  sticking with her plan to stay in office until July 31, but on Friday she complied with her...

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Great sunscreen information

As I write this, a strong sun is beating down and I'm considering going for a bike ride.  Just in time the Information is Beautiful site has published a great infographic synthesizing everything you...

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Busboys and Poets *hopes* to open next week (July 19)

Busboys and Poets is hoping their Hyattsville location 'soft opening' (an unannounced, unpromoted launch) will be next Tuesday, July 19, but given Princes Georges County's elephantine business permit...

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Yes! Organic Market job fair this Friday, July 22.

Just down (south) the street from the Busboys and Poets opening today will be the new Yes! Organic Market.  They're hoping to open in the middle of August, but they're having a job fair this Friday,...

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Borders is liquidating; closing its remaining 399 stores

The end of Borders.  Yeah, not much to do with Mount Rainier, but it's still sad. I love a bookstore, even a corporate chain, and for a chain Borders was pretty good: deep, quality inventory and...

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Purple [Metro] Line inches forward

You'll recall that the Purple Line is that proposed 'light rail' (think: trolley) line that wouldrun from Bethesda to New Carrolton, passing through Silver Spring, Takoma Park, and College Park. The...

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Mt Rainier area cooling centers

It's supposed to stay real ugly hot the rest of the week, with possibly a 110 heat index on Friday.  My reaction aligns with Clay Davis'.   Brent Bolin has posted a list of the local Mount Rainier...

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Bicyclist held up at gunpoint on Metropolitan Branch Trail

Another pistol-point mugging on the MBT, two days after a couple of other hold-ups, which were just a few weeks aftera rash of earlier ones.  I see where the Metropolitan Police Department is doing its...

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