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Five Things You Need to Know in Hyattsville Today (the Hy-Five)

Check out these Facebook updates.

It’s Facebook Friday, Hyattsville! Here are five Facebook updates you need to read today:

1. City of Hyattsville: “Reasons to visit The Mall at Prince Georges: jump start on holiday shopping, restock various household goods, check out local artwork by area students. Yup, really! You can get gifts, goods, and cultural edification under one roof.”

2. Starbucks: “Starting this month, Starbucks K-Cup Packs are now available where you buy groceries in the US! Who has two thumbs and is excited?”

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3. PGC Dep. of Parks and Recreation: “Walk, run, have some fun! Come cheer the Jug Bay "Run for Wildlife" participants, or sign up to run with them, along the banks of the Patuxent River. Saturday, November 5, 9 am http://ow.ly/7ilLk”

4. Anacostia Watershed Society: “Steve Vermillion, an avid rower on the Anacostia River, was unaware of the risky location of his old boathouse wedged between two toxic sites (Navy Yard and Washington Gas & Light) and that the groundwater and sediments there were contaminated with carcinogenic materials. In November of 2008 he went to the doctor for what he thought was the flu and instead was diagnosed with AML leukemia.”

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5. Steny Hoyer: “One year from now, voters will head to the polls for the 2012 presidential election. What does the right to vote mean to you? I’ll re-post some of your answers later today.”


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