Colmar Manor News

Port Towns residents want healthier restaurants, more affordable housing and increased pedestrian access.

There's justice for the family of a Prince George's County father and business owner killed on the job.

A Langley Park man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the murder of his former employer.

Ride starts @ Arrow, out through the Beltsville Agriculturalal Reasearch Center and back to the store. via TheWashCycle

“The council is going to have to work with the state. They're going to have to hammer it out.”

Andrea Harrison celebrates her win in the County Council District 5 special election Tuesday evening at La Fontaine Bleu in New Carrollton with a hug from Terry L. Speigner of Mitchellville, chairman of the ... via Gazette.Net

“I have been working with you and for you for the last five years”

By Rosalind S. Helderman and Nelson Hernandez Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, March 27, 2008; Page PG03 Voters in council District 5 go to the polls Tuesday for a Democratic primary to fill one of nine ... via The Washington Post

“It has to involve people who build communities as well as those who bring food into the communities.”

Joanne S. Lawton Weighty topic: Celeste James, a regional director for Kaiser Permanente’s community health program, is working with philanthropists and others in the Port Towns area to encourage healthier ... via Washington Business Journal

The five candidates vying for the District 5 County Council seat are familiar faces in Prince George's County. via Gazette.Net

Police said Monday thieves were kidnapping senior citizens and forcing them to go to ATMs. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

Prince George's County Police believe the same two people are responsible for two abductions of senior citizens from grocery store parking lots. via WUSA9.com Washington, DC

Harrington starts work in state Senate, replacing Britt -- Janel Davis and Daniel Valentine Loading... The Prince George's County Council agreed Monday to hold a special election to replace former Council ... via Gazette.Net

LONG AGO , large ships could travel up the Anacostia River and dock at Bladensburg , just across the D.C.-Maryland line in Prince George's County . via Express

A convenience store owner in Prince George's County has been accused of stealing elderly customer's identities in a lottery scheme, News4's Darcy Spencer reported. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

A man who owns and operates a Colmar Manor convenience store pleaded guilty to three counts of lottery tax evasion Nov. via Gazette.Net

“My father was a remarkable man. He built our house, fixed the brakes on a car -- there was nothing my dad couldn't do. Although he never said it, everything he did showed me that he loved me.”

Pictures of famous politicians are easy to find, but a mint condition black and white photograph of your own father shaking hands with Robert F. Kennedy is a rarity. Robert Yost Jr., a former English teacher and chess coach at West Charlotte High School, is the proud owner of this historic and personal artifact.

The image, probably captured within a year of Kennedy's assassination, is testimony to a friendly exchange between two politicians -- one a Democrat, one a Republican -- in the late 1960s. It is also the prized possession of a son who lost his father to cancer just a few years later, in 1971. Read more

Issue date: 9/25/07 Section: News Prince George's County Police arrested a man Monday for masturbating in a car on Knox Road, but police said he is not the Peeping Tom who sexually assaulted two women and ... via The Diamondback