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From left: Maryland state Rep. Tony Knotts, state Sen. C. Anthony Muse and Prince George’s County School Board member David Murray speak during opening statements for a public forum about the county schools system at Southern Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Temple Hills on June 8. (Lateef Mangum/The Washington Informer)

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Prince George’s Schools Criticized at Forum

by William J. Ford June 14, 2017October 30, 2020

Anthony Garland (standing in center), international representative with the Amalgamated Transit Union, talks about Metro during a Prince George's County Council meeting in Upper Marlboro on June 13. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

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Metro to Update Prince George’s Council on SafeTrack, Agency

by William J. Ford June 13, 2017October 30, 2020

From left: Julie Lenzer, honoree; Dr. Debra Mahone, honoree; Sharon Lockwood, panelist; Muriel Garr, co-chair; Jim Coleman, president/CEO, PGCEDC; Monique Anderson Walker, co-chair; Sara Bahethi, honoree; Tammi Thomas, panelist; Marva Jo Camp, esq., vice chair, PGCEDC board; Sylvia Syphax, PGCEDC board; Shawn Wright, panelist; Dr. Gloria Mayfield Banks, keynote speaker; Lisa Liu, honoree (Courtesy of PGCEDC)

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Prince George’s EDC Honors ‘Wonder Women’ at Inaugural Luncheon

by WI Guest Author June 11, 2017October 30, 2020

Daniel Pearson (left), a seventh-grader at Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School in Laurel, Maryland, and his mother, Josephine Dallas, look at one of the new bicycles and helmets given by a local auto dealership during a June 8 school assembly as rewards to Pearson and fellow classmates for maintaining perfect attendance throughout the 2016-17 school year. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Local, Prince George's County, William J. Ford

Students Receive Free Bikes, Helmets for Perfect Attendance

by William J. Ford June 9, 2017October 30, 2020

Jack B. Johnson

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Jack Johnson, Former Prince George’s Exec, to be Released from Federal Custody

by WI Guest Author June 8, 2017October 30, 2020

Courtesy of princegeorgescountymd.gov

Homeownership, Prince George's County

Prince George’s Co. Hosts Annual Housing Fair

by William J. Ford June 7, 2017October 30, 2020

Courtesy of Prince George's County Department of Housing and Community Development

Homeownership, Prince George's County

Housing Trust Fund Approved in Prince George’s

by William J. Ford June 7, 2017October 30, 2020

Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III speaks before a confirmation hearing at the county administration building in Upper Marlboro on June 6. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

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Community Forum to Demand Changes in Prince George’s School System

by William J. Ford June 6, 2017October 30, 2020

Prince George's County

Candidates Seek Top Prosecutor Spot in Prince George’s

by William J. Ford May 31, 2017October 30, 2020

Bowie State University student Charnell Ferguson (right) and recent University of Maryland graduate Yanet Amanule (left) speak at a May 30 news conference in Upper Marlboro about recommendations to help eliminate hate crimes after the fatal stabbing of Bowie State student Richard Collins III on the Maryland campus. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Prince George's County

Md. Students Call for Change in Wake of Fatal Stabbing

by William J. Ford May 31, 2017October 30, 2020