According to the Bowie Star, State Senator Doug Peters plans to file a bill with the Maryland General Assembly to allow a grocery store in Bowie to sell alcohol. The bill was initiated by Bowie City Manager David Deutsch and the City Council as a way of attracting a specialty grocery store like Trader Joe's to Bowie.
The spaces left vacant by Giant Food in Bowie Plaza and Pointer Ridge Plaza are both appropriate locations for a specialty grocery store.
Alcohol is prohibited for sale in Maryland grocery stores as a general rule, but exceptions exists, including exceptions for several stores in Prince George's County.
Trader Joe's said that opening a store in Bowie is not in their two year plan. Trader Joe's does not currently have a store in Prince George's County.
The Bowie Star article is not yet posted on-line, so you'll have to grab the paper from your driveway to read the article (Bowie pursues liquor license for specialty grocery story, Bowie Star, Thursday, November 24, 2011).
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
House Explosion in Pointer Ridge, January, 1974
A house at 902 Placid Court in Bowie's Pointer Ridge section exploded around noon on Sunday, January 20, 1974. The house was destroyed, but all eight occupants miraculously survived. According to the Washington Post, three nearby homes suffered serious damage, and nearly 30 homes suffered some damage. According to the Baltimore Sun, the blast was heard twelve miles away.
The cause of the blast was traced to a leaking propane tank. A resident in the home was running an auto body shop from the house's garage. According to the Baltimore Sun, the garage contained propane tanks, acetylene gas, gasoline and welding equipment.
The home was being rented at the time of the explosion.
Police recovered what they believed to be drugs from the scene, including 15 pounds of marijuana, hashish, LSD and amphetamines.
Click on one of the pictures to view a zoomed-in slide show.
These pictures were posted as part of the Bowie Blade Pic Project, I've been posting pictures taken by Arnie Miles for the Bowie Blade between 1973 and 1975.
Photos of Bowie Maryland 1973 through 1975 by Arnie Miles is licensed under a Creative
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The cause of the blast was traced to a leaking propane tank. A resident in the home was running an auto body shop from the house's garage. According to the Baltimore Sun, the garage contained propane tanks, acetylene gas, gasoline and welding equipment.
The home was being rented at the time of the explosion.
Police recovered what they believed to be drugs from the scene, including 15 pounds of marijuana, hashish, LSD and amphetamines.
Click on one of the pictures to view a zoomed-in slide show.
The rubble left after the house at 902 Placid Court in Bowie's Pointer Ridge section exploded.
902 Placid Court
902 Placid Court
902 Placid Court
902 Placid Court
902 Placid Court
902 Placid Court. Note the helicopter in the background. Some victims from the explosion were airlifted to local hospitals.
902 Placid Court
According to the Washington Post, three other houses were seriously damaged from the blast, and about 30 houses suffered some damage. No one was home at this colonial next door to the explosion.
904 Placid Court
902 Placid Court
902 Placid Court
Officials check for natural gas leaks before cause of the blast was determined.
These pictures were posted as part of the Bowie Blade Pic Project, I've been posting pictures taken by Arnie Miles for the Bowie Blade between 1973 and 1975.
Photos of Bowie Maryland 1973 through 1975 by Arnie Miles is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States
License
Other Bowie Blade Pic Project Posts
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