Author Archives: George Barnette

All over Prince George’s County, people are moving into foreclosed homes for prices cheaper than many other people paid for their homes. And, for the most part, Prince George’s homeowners are perfectly fine with it. In some areas of the country, government assistance, aimed at keeping and getting people into foreclosed homes, is really angering […]

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker released his proposed budget on March 14 for the Prince George’s County Council’s review. In the budget, Baker said he tried to fund key programs even though the county’s economy is still in a downturn. “In order to move Prince George’s County along the path to greatness, we had […]

The Prince George’s Community College Communication and Theatre Department is currently in rehearsals of August Wilson’s play, Two Trains Running, a story about civil rights era Pittsburgh. “August Wilson didn’t write about famous people,” said Charles Weldon, the director of the play. “He wrote about people you’ve never heard of, who live in the house […]

Seven members of the University of Maryland chapter of Zeta Phi Beta have been criminally charged after a former pledge went to the police, alleging abuse on-line. Amber Bijou, 22, Montressa Hammond 24, Monika Young, 23, Tymesha Pendleton, 26, Kandyce Jackson, 20, Tymesha Pendleton, 26, and Bridget Blount, 24, have all been charged with second-degree […]

In 1974, Clarence and Betty Johnson bought a house on the 600 block of Clovis Avenue in Capitol Heights. Over 35 years later, the couple is out of that house, as the foreclosure crisis engulfed their dream of owning their home outright. While many in the county fell prey to sub-prime mortgages and predatory lender, […]

After the Maryland Senate passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, most in the state thought the measure’s fate in the House similarly was a done deal. After two co-sponsors of the bill walked off the floor during a committee vote, its prospects became a bit murkier. Del. Tiffany Alston, D-Dist. 24, and Del. Jill […]

The Prince George’s County Council held a town hall budget meeting at Prince George’s Community College on Feb. 28. The purpose of the meeting was to inform the public on the budget process, but it quickly turned into a session to save busing for magnet programs in Prince George’s County. The school that showed up […]

On Nov. 19, 2009, James F. Johnson, no relation to Jack Johnson, was officially sworn in as director of the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) after serving in that role as interim head for a year. On that day, there was nothing but effusive praise for a man who was a close friend […]

A bill being discussed in the Maryland Senate could place accountability for the state of foreclosed properties on the owners – the banks. The bill, sponsored by the Prince George’s County’s delegation, would give the County Council authority to collect a $75 registration fee each year from owners of abandoned foreclosed property in the county. […]

A proposed development in Brandywine is receiving a great deal of scrutiny as residents attempt to deal with growth issues and whether rules are being bent to allow the plan to come to fruition. The first issue was the Prince George’s County Planning Board hearing a reconsideration case on behalf of the developer to waive […]