Category: Services
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Legal Sports Betting Now Happening in Maryland
https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/12/09/sports-betting-is-now-legal-in-maryland/ Turn your love of sports into some cash in Maryland! Legally! Virtual and/or in-person sports gambling has been legalized in Maryland. This includes betting on football, basketball, and more at casinos and racetracks. MGM National Harbor now includes the BetMGM Sportsbook & Lounge. It has stadium-style and lounge seating for 350 customers, 20 plus…
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Maryland Department of Health Cyberattack Yesterday
Today, the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) has been offline due to a cyberattack that occurred yesterday. https://patch.com/maryland/baltimore/cyberattack-targets-maryland-department-health As a result, the state could not complete its daily coronavirus update. Luckily, no data appears to have been compromised. The FBI is investigating. Meanwhile, MDH employees were instructed not to use their work issued devices or…
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Black Owned Businesses- National Harbor- Prince Georges, MD
I was pleasantly surprised by the long list of black owned businesses at the National Harbor! I love this! Here goes: Mahogany Books CommUnity Love- positive conscious apparel Furlough Cheesecake Messy Treatz (inside of the Westin) The Agency (Financial Education Services) Ashton Global Strategies, LLC- a strategic management consulting firm ZAAF Collection- Handbags, Jewelry, Clothing…
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Huge Liberty Sports Park Coming to PG County- Spring 2022
Get ready! The 76 acre site near the intersection of Routes 214 and 301 (across from Wawa) is going to be awesome! It’s labeled as a premiere sports vacation destination! https://www.prweb.com/releases/2021/10/prweb18281219.htm From the article: Check out the home page for Liberty Sports Park! https://www.libertysportspark.com/
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Prescription Drug Take Back Day- PG County Drop Off Spots- Oct. 23rd
This is a twice a year event by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in cooperation with law enforcement agencies. You can turn in your expired and unused prescription and over the counter meds anonymously and free of charge! The goal is to prevent the misuse of these medications. Acceptable items include: Prescription meds Over…
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American Job Center To Open At National Harbor- Oct. 25th
The Center is the Labor Department’s first American Job Center to open since 2008. It is located at The National Harbor branch at Tanger Outlets. At National Harbor, a unique partnership connects people to jobs and training The site expects to help connect 10,000 local businesses and residents a year to training and jobs, from…
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Blurred Lines: Black Owned Versus Black Founded Businesses
Why is it so difficult to find a database of businesses that are truly black owned? I’ve heard from neighbors and friends that businesses listed online as black owned are too often misrepresented as such. This was a bit frustrating for me, so I decided to do a little research. I ran across an article…
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Hyattsville Is The First in MD to Use A Fully Electric Trash Truck! Go PG County!
Hyattsville Begins Operation of First Fully-Electric Trash Truck in Maryland This is a fully electric, zero emissions refuse truck that is scheduled for use this month. It is the first of its kind in MD. And, Hyattsville is the first city in the nation to have this model Build Your Dreams (BYD) garbage truck, which…
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Shame on McD’s!
A lawsuit filed in May 2021 accused McD’s of discriminating against black-owned media companies. See article: https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/554761-lawsuit-accuses-mcdonalds-of-discriminating-against Per the article, the legal complaint states that in 2019, McD’s spent less than 1% of its advertising dollars on black-owned media companies. This is bad enough on its own, but this is hugely disproportionate to their customer…
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Have you wondered why we can’t recycle plastic bags in PG County?
I certainly have! So I finally decided to google it! The instructions on our recycle bin clearly state that plastic bags should not be thrown in there. But why? Especially when we often hear how harmful these bags are to the environment. According to the article below regarding recycling plastic bags, there is not an…
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Grab A Friend and Support Mahogany Bookstore!
One of my thoughtful friends organized a shopping excursion to Mahogany Books at The National Harbor. Yay! This is a fabulous black owned bookstore for books written by black people. They carry books for children and adults, as well as gift items such as puzzles, comics, paraphernalia, t-shirts, and more! I was more than happy…
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Investing For Hotties! From Megan Thee Stallion!
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9595051/megan-thee-stallion-investing-for-hotties-video-series-giving-away-one-million-stock Megan and her empire, Hot Girl Enterprises, teamed up with Cash App to deliver investment tutorials for hot girls and hot guys too! She’s also giving away stock to winning fans! Gotta love her confidence! And she wants you to have it too! Kudos to Megan for her community goals and her success!
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Where does a man do the “cha cha slide” on stilts? In PG County of course!
My husband and I took the baby dog to the 1st annual Festival in Old Bowie, MD today. Yay! We got there at the tail end of the event, but still had a great time! There was a wide variety of arts and crafts vendors and entertainment for all! One of the first things we…
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Maryland Lawyer Developed a Database of Black Lawyers
Excerpt from the article (Source WTOP & Maryland Matters):
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Fabulous Pop Up Event Today- Women Business Owners
Today I went to an amazing pop up event in Upper Marlboro for a small group of women business owners. They are friendly and talented women offering quality products. They had Caribbean goodies, stylish accessories, candles, lashes, eyeglasses and more. I will feature each of the businesses individually on this blog site under the “Lifestyle…
Andy Girl Is In Da Streets! 