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BC City Bug
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Canadian Forest Industries
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April 1, 2008
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- Sorensen, Jean
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Prince George based TDB Consultants has small gear but a big appetite for helping communities with their beetle battles.
The mountain pine beetle (MPB) has ravaged Interior BC high-elevation pine forests, but the tiny insect with the boring disposition is also hitting stands within city boundaries. BC, Alberta and even US cities - many reliant upon tourism - are expected to be hit, creating not only an eye-sore, but a potentially deadly situation where these dying or expired trees are able to candle a fire into heavily populated areas from forests outside. Cities such as Prince George, which has 33,000 ha of forested and developed land within its boundary, have instituted a community fire ...
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The Power Brokers Of Prince George's;Political Prowess Brings Influence to...
The Washington Post;
April 3, 1989 ;
Jo-Ann Armao;Retha Hill;
787 words
......suburbs, lawmakers from Montgomery and Prince George's counties reacted quite differently...quote one, "almost flipped out." But Prince George's lawmakers, as one delegate put it...23 delegates and eight senators from Prince George's, confident of their power and influence...
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Variety of housing, commerce close to city.(Friday Home Guide)(Prince...
The Washington Times;
October 20, 2000 ;
Thompson, Liz;
787 words
......Civil War, urban growth expanded into Prince George's. Huge government installations...of County Executive Wayne Curry, Prince George's has become the second-largest jurisdiction...economic development office. The Prince George's County Chamber of Commerce applauds...county. Despite ...
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Counties' Changing Faces; Migration Alters Prince George's, Calvert
The Washington Post;
December 9, 1991 ;
Eugene L. Meyer;
787 words
......1970s from the town of Cheverly in Prince George's County to the Shores of Calvert subdivision...a process repeated over and over as Prince George's evolved during the last two decades...whites who have migrated since 1970 from Prince George's to Calvert County, a nearby peninsula...
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Big steps in housing,commercial growth.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(FOCUS:...
The Washington Times;
October 21, 2005 ;
787 words
......Maryland to build a country estate than Prince George's County. With enough rich soil to...luxury are once again a prime lure for Prince George's County, where land is still a relative...sells for $321,000, according to the Prince George's County Association of Realtors. ...
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Slayings Surge In Prince George's; Homicide Numbers Nearing 1995 Tally...
The Washington Post;
October 17, 2004 ;
Jamie Stockwell;
787 words
...Prince George's County police have recorded an average...when 145 homicides were committed in Prince George's, has the county inched this close...have occurred in communities near the Prince George's-District border, no common factors...
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Prince George's Classic Moves into Full Swing
Washington Informer;
August 11, 2004 ;
Wells, Mary;
787 words
......08-11-2004 Mike Little, president of Prince George's Classic, and Hubert "Petey" Greene, president and CEO of the Prince George's Black Chamber of Commerce...allowed them to hold the inaugural Prince George's Classic Football game with...
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Variety of housing, commerce close to city.(F)(Friday Home Guide)(Focus:...
The Washington Times;
July 20, 2001 ;
Thompson, Liz;
787 words
......shipping and trading flourish in Prince George's, tobacco farming was the county...Civil War, urban growth expanded into Prince George's. Huge government installations...15.4 percent over 1990's census.) Prince George's has become the second-largest jurisdiction...county. Despite the ...
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2nd Annual Prince George's Football Classic
Atlanta Inquirer;
October 1, 2005 ;
460 words
......2005 On Monday, July 25, 2005, the Prince George's Black Chamber of Commerce (PGBCC) announced the details for the 2nd Annual Prince George's Classic, a three day celebration...said Mike Little, President of the Prince George's Classic. "The Prince George's Classic...
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What Leadership Has Brought to Prince George's County
The Washington Post;
February 23, 2002 ;
449 words
......longest-serving chief administrative officer in Prince George's County history, I've often had to grit my...Northwest Washington. But he doesn't know Prince George's County. Prince George's County is the only county in America in...
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Baltimore, Prince George's reign as Maryland's murder capitals
Capital (Annapolis);
April 25, 2007 ;
SCOTT SHEWFELT Capital News Service;
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...WASHINGTON - Baltimore City and Prince George's County accounted for over 75 percent...are happening daily in Baltimore and Prince George's. But statistics have shown that murder...nearly 16 of every 100,000 citizens in Prince George's were murdered, up from 15 in 1990...
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Business Ambassadors Welcomed in Prince George's
Washington Informer;
November 16, 2005 ;
Wells, Mary;
583 words
......Washington Informer 11-16-2005 Gold in Prince George 's County? It's possible that a company...the globe recently were welcomed to Prince George 's County for the first Ambassadors...Kwasi Holman, the President and CEO of Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation...
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Investing Big Money, Lending Their Fame; Celebrities Bolster Business in...
The Washington Post;
October 4, 2004 ;
Krissah Williams;
787 words
......caught his eye. The story said that Prince George's County had a median household income...restaurants in Atlanta, arranged to tour Prince George's, a trip that convinced him to open...season, also has his sights set on Prince George's. He is partnering with longtime county...
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Curry Makes Solid Case For Prince George's County
The Washington Post;
July 17, 1995 ;
Rudolph A. Pyatt Jr.;
787 words
......Inc. to open a store any time soon in Prince George's County as a result of last Wednesday...Cincinnati and making a solid case for Prince George's County as a strong consumer market...objectives. It's the attractiveness of Prince George's County as a place to invest that...
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Prince George's Tax Bite: Moving May Not Be the Answer
The Washington Post;
August 18, 1996 ;
Terry M. Neal;
787 words
......cap on property taxes is repealed by Prince George's voters in November, Judy Robinson...leaders of an anti-tax movement in Prince George's, were to buy a similar house in many...inflamed and divided the people of Prince George's. In all likelihood, county voters...
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