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Roberto Williams stands outside his townhouse in Landover, Maryland, less than a mile from FedEx Field, home of the Washington Commanders, on April 19. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPrince George's County

Prince George’s Residents Applaud $400M Investment Along Blue Line Metro Stations

by William J. Ford April 20, 2022April 20, 2022

Roberto Williams could hardly contain his excitement with the prospect of seeing an amphitheater, sports and entertainment facilities being built and beautifying Metro’s Blue Line corridor in Prince George’s County communities like his inside the Beltway.

A Red Line train prepares to leave the Glenmont Metro station in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 24. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Metro, Transit Agencies Lift Mask Requirements After Federal Mandate is Nixed

by WI Web Staff April 19, 2022April 19, 2022
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks during an April 13 press conference at the Largo Town Center Metro station in support of $400 million economic development project along Metro’s Blue Line corridor in Prince George’s County as County Executive Angela Alsobrooks listens. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPrince George's County

Hogan Visits Prince George’s County, Again, to Tout Economic Development

by William J. Ford April 13, 2022April 13, 2022
**FILE** The platform at Metro's Branch Avenue station is shown here. (Anthony TIlghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Metro Steps Up Patrols in Wake of NYC Subway Shooting

by WI Web Staff April 13, 2022April 13, 2022
The board in Maryland House of Delegates shows the April 6 vote to approve a $400 million economic development plan designated for Prince George's County. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPolitics

Maryland House of Delegates OKs $400M Economic Development Plan

by William J. Ford April 6, 2022April 6, 2022
A Red Line train prepares to leave the Glenmont Metro station in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 24. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Metro’s $4.5B Budget Has Fare Discounts, But No 7000-Series Trains ‘Until the Summer’

by William J. Ford March 24, 2022March 24, 2022
**FILE** A Metro employee spray-paints a crosswalk at the transit agency's Prince George’s Plaza rail station, which reopened Sept. 7. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Metro Board Expected to Approve $4.8B Budget

by William J. Ford March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Posted inCommunity

D.C. Council Ponders Bill to Give Residents $100 Monthly to Ride Metro

by James Wright Jr. February 24, 2022February 24, 2022
**FILE** Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld at the Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metrorail Station on May 20 (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Metro GM Paul Wiedefeld to Retire in Six Months

by William J. Ford January 18, 2022January 18, 2022
Metrobus officials say they will strive to get an "A" grade from D.C. riders. (Courtesy of WMATA)
Posted inCommunity

Metro Cuts Bus Service as Workforce Hampered by COVID Surge

by WI Web Staff January 11, 2022January 11, 2022

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