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3 days ago · The county was created in 1695 and named for Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne of England. It contains northeastern and eastern suburbs of Washington, D.C., including Hyattsville, College Park (seat of the University of Maryland ), New Carrollton, and Greenbelt, a planned-community experiment undertaken and then sold by the ...
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3 days ago · By James Matheson Prince George’s County has long been considered the poor step-sibling of the Washington area’s more affluent and business-savvy counties. But that image is starting to change as the county becomes an increasingly attractive location for new companies, including many that are developing innovative products and services. Business leaders say the county is […]
2 days ago · Business leaders say the county is seeing growth in many types of companies, including high technology, cybersecurity and bio-health firms. Some of the new firms are offspring of business incubators and entrepreneurial support centers at the University of Maryland, Bowie State University and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, according to the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corp.
1 day ago · A former top fire department official in both Prince George’s County in Maryland and the City of Alexandria in Virginia is the pick to be the next fire chief in Montgomery County, Maryland.
2 days ago · As of the 2010 census, there were 71,452 residents, 28,603 total households, and 15,684 families residing in the Silver Spring CDP. [19] The population density was 9,021.7 inhabitants per square mile (3,483.3/km 2 ). There were 30,522 housing units at an average density of 3,853.8 per square mile (1,488.0/km 2 ).
1 day ago · As of July 2017, 66 percent of the state's population resides in these six jurisdictions, most of which contain large, traditionally Democratic voting blocs: African Americans in Baltimore City and Prince George's; federal employees in Prince George's, Anne Arundel, and Montgomery; and post-graduates in Montgomery.
5 days ago · Updated: May 24, 2024 / 07:26 PM EDT. PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. ( DC News Now) — The Prince George’s County Fire Department (PGFD) was asking if anyone recognized a dog that visited one of its stations Friday. PGFD said the dog visited its Company 832 station on Allentown Road. “He’s been hanging out in the shade & enjoying some ...
