A Cottage City woman who lived just off Route 1, neighboring Brentwood and Mount Rainier, invented the game that eventually was marketed as Monopoly, but her contribution was covered up for decades. Continue reading →

Prince George’s County may soon get permission to charge a five-cent fee on plastic bags in stores, joining Montgomery County and Washington, D.C. Continue reading →

Prince George’s County just loosened strict rules that hampered food trucks in the area, following the lead of several communities along the Route 1 corridor. Continue reading →

Property owners in Hyattsville have received more than a half million dollars in state tax credits for rehabilitating historic buildings. Since 1999, the Maryland Historic Trust has granted $552,471 in tax credits to property owners rehabilitating historic structures in Hyattsville, … Continue reading →

Hyattsville’s 122-year-old idea is back in the news. Back in 1892, Hyattsville garnered worldwide attention for a short-lived experiment in taxing only land, and not buildings. The land tax, or “single tax,” was based on an economic theory that taxing … Continue reading →