Chillum
BY REBECCA BENNETT — The Prince George’s County Fire and Rescue (PGFD) Bomb Squad gave the all clear around 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon after investigating a suspicious package in the 3100 block of Queens Chapel Road in Chillum, according to PGFD Spokesperson Mark Brady. Around noon Tuesday,
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BY REBECCA BENNETT — The Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department (HVFD) says their yearly Santa Run has expanded from one nights to three! Santa will cover 30 miles total from 6 to 8 p.m on Dec. 13, 19, and 20. “This is our first year expanding this beyond a one-night program so please bear
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BY REBECCA BENNETT — The Shops at Queens Chillum shopping center announced it is looking for participants in free nutritional tours at the Queens Chapel Road Price Rite. Shopping center officials say the program is a collaboration between Cooking Matters and the Food and Nutrition Club at the
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BY KIT SLACK — “Are you Precious? . . . Or Miracle?” asks a teacher, looking down at one of two twin five-year-olds in matching clothes, ponytails, and princess backpacks. It is 7:20 a.m., and the girl has broken out of a line where she was waiting to go into class; she needs to go to the
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BY REBECCA BENNETT — Charles Amofa of Chillum was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2012 abduction and sexual abuse of two girls on two separate occasions, according to WJLA. The incidents took place in Lewisdale and the City of Hyattsville. The 27-year-old plead guilty in April to
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BY KATY JUNE-FRIESEN — The following is an excerpt from an Aug. 18, 2014, interview with Frank Key, who has lived in the Hyattsville area since he was a boy. He and his wife Liz bought their home on 32nd Avenue in 1970. Katy June-Friesen edited the text for length and clarity. I grew up here. My
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BY ROSANNA LANDIS WEAVER — There are formalities to be resolved and approvals to be granted, but it appears that Hyattsville’s new, as-yet-unnamed elementary school may be the first in the county with an emphasis on arts education. The Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS)
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BY GRETCHEN BRODTMAN — Many of us wonder what’s next for some of the recently vacated spaces in our community, anticipating what is being built behind the paper in the windows. Shoppers looking through the windows of the former home of Fleisher’s Jewelers, 3108 Queens Chapel Road, on
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