Know someone who's elderly or handicapped who needs their home fixed up?

Christmas in April is an annual, one-day project to repair the homes of the seniors of our community due to some type of disability and financial hardship who cannot do the work themselves ( Read more... )

They say 2 things you can always count on: death and taxes, well there's a third: CHANGE!

There's a lot of changing going on. Read the local news stories and you see the Jews and Muslims speaking to each other and finding Common Ground. There's certainly a lot of change in our neighborhoods with more trees being bulldozed down & developments ( Read more... )

"Change is going to come." I certainly am looking forward to a change. I'd like to see: the war in Iraq come to an end with no more war for oil or lies about terrorist connections, no more benefits to the rich and burdens for the middle and working class, sex education that's not abstinence-only since teens are getting pregnant too young and STDs ( Read more... )

The Prince George's County Department of Environmental Resources (DER) will host a FREE Shredding and Electronics Recycling Event on Sunday, May 4, 2008 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Surrattsville High School located at 6101 Garden Drive in Clinton ( Read more... )

Prince George's Co. is known for domestic violence issues and yet I called around and could find no classes that would encourage people to voluntarily attend a class before something so bad happened that it went to court. Co-dependent situations are very common and people will not admit to having anger issues or tempers (see what happened to Keith ( Read more... )

**** PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE & LOCATION- Sorry for any scheduling inconveniences****As one piece of Congressman Hoyer’s continued efforts to ensure that Prince George’s County receives its proportionate share of federal leased office space in the region he will be hosting the Prince George’s County Federal Leasing Forum with the U.S. General ( Read more... )

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From the Anti-Defamation League (ADL ( Read more... )

I was asked to "Please pass on to your membership the details of the attached PEPCO initiative.":

The CFL bulbs may be purchased at a discount from Home Depot and COTSCO. (Ace Hardware is expected to be an additional source in the near future). The discount is $1.50 per bulb and $3.00 per multipack. PEPCO estimates the cost saving per bulb as ( Read more... )

So what do you think about losing your dependent care tax credit if your child doesn't do homework, is suspended for being disrespectful in school, or is absent too much? Hmmm, aren't homeschooling parents allowed to get these tax credits? Of course, if you're rich or have a child who would never do these things, then you might not care. But what ( Read more... )