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College Park

Town Center Market may continue serving drinks on-site

The Prince George’s County Board of License Commissioners ruled March 11 that Town Center Market may continue to serve alcohol for customers to drink at the store. The liquor board had challenged the market’s long-standing practice of selling draft beer and cocktails to customers for on-site consumption at the Riverdale Park location, saying holders of…

by SHARON O'MALLEY

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College Park

MOM’s employee asks for 2nd vote on mandatory union dues

An employee of MOM’s Organic Market at the Hollywood Shopping Center has asked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to throw out the result of a Jan. 13 ballot that failed to stop the local union from collecting mandatory dues and allowing the store to fire those who refuse. In a Jan. 27 filing, employee…

Hyattsville

Hyattsville spent over $500,000 on software that won’t work

In a meeting Jan. 27, Treasurer Ron Brooks told the Hyattsville City Council that a five-year effort to update the city’s record-keeping software must be abandoned and begun again.  The failed effort will cost the city $524,000 in payments to a contractor called BC Systems, Brooks said in an interview.  The city spent much more…

The Laurel Independent

Laurel vies for North America’s ‘Strongest Town’ title

Is Laurel North America’s strongest town? That’s the question a group of residents and elected officials in the City of Laurel are trying to answer after Laurel was nominated, along with 15 other cities across North America, for the 11th annual Strongest Town Contest. The contest is organized by the Strong Towns nonprofit, a movement-based…

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