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updated: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:07 pm

Cottage City News

Local news for Cottage City, MD continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Wednesday Jul 2 | Gazette.Net

Port Towns looks to the future

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

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Thu Apr 24, 2008

Gazette.Net

Prince George's District 5 council candidates tout political differences

Andrea Fletcher Harrison and Steven W. Johnson are both running for the District 5 County Council seat in Prince George's in a special election on May 6. Loading... Andrea Fletcher Harrison and Steven W. ... via Gazette.Net

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Wed Apr 16, 2008

Bay Weekly

Way Downstream

“Our public land will continue to be managed for the essential environmental, recreational and economic values they provide for all of Maryland's families and future generations”

Way Downstream Along the Potomac River, 5,000 volunteers carried away 130 tons of trash. via Bay Weekly

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Thu Mar 27, 2008

The Washington Post

Democratic Primary for District 5 Seat Is Crowded

“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

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Fri Mar 21, 2008

Washington Business Journal

Kaiser Permanente's national obesity program signs up Prince George's

“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

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Wed Mar 05, 2008

Gazette.Net

Five vie for Dist. 5 seat

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

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Wed Jan 02, 2008

The Washington Post

Pr. George's Woman Freed from Father's Chimney

“She left her wallet inside my house and she was supposed to get her wallet because her ID was inside. . . . She got stuck inside. . . . She was with someone else who saw that she was trapped and called.”

By Nelson Hernandez Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 31, 2007; 4:28 PM Prince George's County firefighters rescued a young woman who was trapped in her father's chimney for at least an hour and a ... via The Washington Post

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Mon Dec 31, 2007

NewsChannel 8

Maryland Woman Gets Stuck in Chimney

Cottage City, Md. No, it wasn't Santa Claus. A 19-year-old Cottage City, Maryland, woman got stuck in a chimney at her father's tire store because apparently she had forgotten her keys and was locked out. via NewsChannel 8

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Mon Dec 10, 2007

Gazette.Net

Arrest made in connection with Bladensburg Road homicide

Police arrested a man early Dec. 8 in connection with a Dec. 6 homicide inside a tire business on Bladensburg Road in Cottage City. via Gazette.Net

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Sat Dec 08, 2007

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

Family Grieves, Police Investigate Murder of Business Owner

Prince George's County Police are searching for the person who fatally stabbed the operator of a Cottage City tire shop during an apparent robbery Thursday night. via WUSA9.com Washington, DC

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Thu Nov 29, 2007

Express

Developers Prep 'People's Harbor' in Pr. George's

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

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Fri Sep 21, 2007

Village Voice

The Stunning Comeback of Electroshock and Other Harrowing Treatments for the Mentally Ill

“If you only see portrayals like [ One Flew Over the ] Cuckoo's Nest , naturally people would be afraid”

News The things that have been done to Colleen Kelley's brain sound like scenes out of a retro psych ward where ice-pick lobotomies are still the norm and Nurse Ratched doles out electroshock. via Village Voice

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Wed Sep 19, 2007

NewsChannel 8

West Nile Virus Found in Maryland

Mosquitos carrying West Nile Virus have been found for one of the first times this year in Maryland - they're in Prince George's County. via NewsChannel 8

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