The Prince George’s County Council voted unanimously to pass the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business Act, a measure designed to give disabled veterans a competitive edge when bidding on county government...
A Middle Eastern-inspired coffee franchise that has drawn hundreds of thousands of views on social media has opened a new store in Laurel.
Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. opened May 15 in the Laurel Park...
For years, Prince George’s County runners had to travel out of the county to find a running store, until Haraka Run and Walk opened in Hyattsville.
The store, located at 5501 Baltimore Avenue, held...
In one of Laurel’s most crowded commercial sectors, new fitness center Powerhouse Gym is betting there’s still room to grow.
The gym recently celebrated its official grand opening inside the Corridor...
Queens Chapel barbershop, at 3108 Hamilton St. near the 711, has been operating for 85 years.
One customer, Melvin Franklin ("Frank") Key, has been coming for more than forty of those years, since...
The best way to keep a New Year’s resolution to get healthy is to start small, local fitness experts say.
A surefire way to fail at those resolutions by the middle of January is to set goals that...
Shoppers in College Park and across the DMV may need to stretch their holiday dollars further this year as retailers scale back discounts and federal workers continue to feel the effects of layoffs and...
The City of Hyattsville has introduced a new Open Rewards app designed to encourage more shopping at local businesses.
Part of the goal of the program, according to city staff , is to keep Hyattsville’s...
Heather Myers had just read August’s “Miss Floribunda” column about the pesky garden infection aster yellows before noticing something peculiar in her garden. Plant tests confirmed her suspicions...
By ZAYNE ALI
The gym at the Laurel Multiservice Center was abuzz with excitement June 28 as the last contestant in Quill and Company’s Next Bestseller competition finished their presentation and took...
By IMKE AHLF-WIEN
When I first moved to Hyattsville almost 20 years ago after three years of living in rural Morocco (where — you guessed it — fresh food is abundant), I had a hard time finding fresh...
By THADEAN THOMAS
For the first time in over 40 years, The Laurel Board of Trade is no longer based on Main Street. Though its new location on C St. is only four minutes away from its former offices,...
