Wednesday, July 13, 2011
About Lincolns, Bashoor and Cafritz.
Oh wondrous Wednesday! Here are five things you need to know today: 1. For those who heard about the July 18 City Council meeting, head’s up—that meeting has been rescheduled for July 25. There is, however, a meeting at University Park Town Hall this Monday and the plan is to discuss plans for the Cafritz property. 2. It’s getting closer to the Ward 1 special election! Do you know who you’re voting for? Expect profiles on two of the candidates later today. 3. Do you sew, mend or otherwise? Patch editor Sarah Nemeth is seeking someone to take a Patch t-shirt and make a little dog T-shirt out of it for Toby. If you’re interested, send her an email at sarahn@patch.com and she’ll set you up with a T-shirt to work with. Once the project is done…
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Acting Fire Chief Marc Bashoor participated in a consumer alert on the hazard of these repellents.
Marc Bashoor, acting fire chief for the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department, was on ABC's Good Morning America early Monday morning and spoke about the dangers of ceramic fire pots that burn gel fuel. The ceramic fire pots are used to repel insects. But last month a Long Island, NY, teen was burned when the flammable gel splattered from a ceramic fire pot that exploded. Now he's fighting for his life. The product that is at the center of this tragedy, as well as two others, is the FireBurners Ceramic Pot with fire gel fuel, both made by NAPA Home & Garden, according to GMA. The company issued a press release on June 12 announcing "it will issue a precautionary hold on sales of its gel burners and gel fuel in response to recent …
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
A memorial service was held to pay tribute to Hook, who died suddenly last week.
About 200 people filled Bunker Hill Volunteer Fire & Rescue Station on the evening of March 1 to remember a friend, father and firefighter — Deputy Chief Jimmy Hook, who died suddenly on Feb. 23. Hook was serving at the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department at the time of his death. He was 44. "He had a way of connecting with our junior officers," said HVFD Chief David Hang. "[He was] a natural born leader. He will truly be missed." Members of the Prince George's County, Hyattsville and Berwyn Heights fire departments shared stories about the man who made them laugh and always had their backs. Hyattsville Mayor William Gardiner expressed the condolences of the city who benefited vastly from Hook's work. "What he did was one of the highest …
