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A Primer on Purple Line Land Issues
Attorney Harry Lerch discusses eminent domain, proximity damage, and more in the Washington Post.

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John was born and raised just outside of Baltimore. He graduated in 2008 from Columbia University, where he served as editor in chief of the Columbia Daily Spectator. He then interned at Talking Points Memo and the Baltimore Examiner and was a contributing writer for Who Runs Gov. John joined Patch in February 2010, initially working as an editor in Southbury and Darien, Connecticut. He transferred to Maryland in November 2011, where he covered the towns of Riverdale Park and University Park. He was later named editor of College Park Patch and Laurel Patch.
Attorney Harry Lerch discusses eminent domain, proximity damage, and more in the Washington Post.

An overview of media coverage following last week's planning board vote.
A revised site plan for M Square and possible revisions to the town's ethics ordinance.
A roundup of this weekend's local open houses.
Thursday's planning board vote gave the project a major boost, but the District Council lies ahead.
The organization offers non-food necessities to those unable to afford them.
A similar fee in Washington, D.C. has already reduced the amount of trash in the river, according to environmental advocates.
Greater Greater Washington's Bradley Heard writes that the proposed mixed-use development will have 'mediocre' access to transit options.
After 15 hours of testimony and discussion, board members voted to back the hotly debated plan.
Greater Greater Washington's Bradley Heard writes that the proposed mixed-use development will have 'mediocre' access to transit options.
Andrew Powell is a ten year veteran of the Riverdale Park Police Department.
Cafritz, the Purple Line, and possible revisions to the town's ethics ordinance.
In this week's log: a stolen vehicle recovered on Patterson Road and a breaking & entering incident on Powhatan Road.
A roundup of this weekend's local open houses.
The event, which marks the program's one-year anniversary, runs from 1-4 p.m. at University Park Elementary.
The council's opposition to the Cafritz project seems inconsistent with its openness to a similar development less than a mile away, the paper writes.
A draft list of affected addresses was published Wednesday in the Washington Post.
Gerard McBurnie Dixon, Jr., 23, of Bladensburg was arrested Wednesday by out-of-state law enforcement.
Meanwhile, STEP-UP participants are seeing a 15% decrease in energy bills.
One of the 21 planned stops on the 16-mile route would be located in Riverdale Park.