06/23/11 News that Prince George's County is trying to persuade the Washington Redskins football team to move its headquarters and training camp from northern Virginia to county-owned land near Bowie State University has the city's tentative support.
06/17/11 Power is being restored after storms battered the Washington region overnight. As of 10:15 a.m., Pepco was reporting about 227 outages in Prince George's County and 157 outages in Washington. An additional 76 outages were reported in Montgomery County. That's down from about 1,500 Pepco outages this morning. Baltimore Gas and Electric was reporting about 230 outages, most of them in the ...
06/17/11 Miss Maryland, Miss Virginia, and Miss D.C. chat about their chances in Sunday's national pageant.
06/17/11 While Justice Department approval of Virginia's new districts clears the way for legislative primary elections on Aug. 23 and general elections on Nov. 8, it will have little impact in the Richmond area because few contested elections are likely to take place.
06/16/11 Akonni Biosystems of Frederick named Jan Smilek CFO. Previously, Smilek was CFO and treasurer of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, senior director-finance for Vanda Pharmaceuticals and senior manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers.
06/11/11 Twenty years after he founded the Mission of Love Charities, or MOLC, in Capitol Heights, Douglas Edwards can still recall challenges from the organization's early days, when he paid staff $25 every two weeks to driving a donated van to deliver furniture to needy people.
06/11/11 Nutrition Inc. was responsible for more than 13,000 meals a day in DC, Alexandria, and Montgomery and Prince George's counties.
06/11/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press WASHINGTON A contractor that provides meals to home-bound elderly residents in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia has shut down operations. The vendor, Nutrition Inc., was responsible for more than 13,000 meals a day in DC, Alexandria, and Montgomery and Prince George's counties and has served the region since 1976. It notified the D.C ...
06/11/11 Not so long ago in this quaint bayside village, a scribe for the local paper came upon a solitary shoe perched atop a brick wall. Humpty Dumpty was nowhere to be seen, and besides, the sleek Ann Taylor Loft size 7M high-heeled strappy sandal wasn't consistent with the portly egg's wardrobe. The scribe assumed the footwear must belong to the fabled Cinderella and must have been lost in her rush ...
06/11/11 Here is the full set of lists of the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours recipients:
06/11/11 Boys lacrosse STATE TOURNAMENT at Chanhassen Tuesday's semifinals Benilde-St. Margaret's 11, Burnsville 10 Eden Prairie 5, White
06/09/11 Morgan-Keller Construction of Frederick named Taylor Davis a business development manager. Viva Creative of Rockville named Scott Kerr executive vice president, business development in its New York office.
06/04/11 -- TNA Wrestling has announced an IMPACT Wrestling World Tour date for Saturday, September 3 at the Shenandoan County Fairgrounds in Woodstock, Virginia.
06/03/11 Canada's Chris Baryla fired a season-best 7-under 64 yesterday to take the first-round lead at the Melwood Prince George's County Open. Baryla chalked up nine birdies at the University of Maryland Golf Course and leads by one stroke over Michael Thompson and England's Greg Owen. Steve Wheatcroft, Josh Geary, Nicholas Thompson and South Georgia Classic winner Ted Potter Jr. share fourth place ...
05/28/11 Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, is the latest in a long line of tourists, from British prime ministers and royalty to Japanese students, who is expected to travel to Prince Edward Island because of Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 classic "Anne of Green Gables."
05/28/11 Jackie Martinez led Westfield by collecting two hits and reaching base four times as her team beat Chantilly, 6-3, to win its second consecutive Concorde District championship on Monday night.
05/27/11 When the Brewers summoned Jonathan Lucroy from Class AAA Nashville last May, they weren't looking for offensive help. Starting catcher Gregg Zaun was lost for the season with a shoulder injury and the team needed somebody to share time behind the plate with George Kottaras. Lucroy went on to play 75 games for Milwaukee, finishing with a respectable .253 average, four home runs and 26 RBI. Not ...
05/27/11 The Tri-Cities saw an overall drop in serious crimes last year, led by a big decline in the number of incidents reported in Petersburg, but three localities saw total crime rise, and the region as a whole saw increases in some of the most violent crime c
05/27/11 PETERSBURG - The Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest travel days of the year. With more cars on the road, it increases the chance of an accident, which is why police and other law enforcement bodies will be out in force - especially along the U.S.
05/27/11 Williamsburg, James City County, Franklin, Surry in watch zone The National Weather Service Wakefield has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for areas in central and southeastern Virginia. At present Surry, Franklin, Williamsburg, James City County, York County and Richmond are included in the watch which is in effect until 7 p.m. |