<div>In the same week that Safeway pulled out of the Route 1 corridor, Whole Foods moved a giant step closer to opening its first Prince George's County store in the same region. In its February issue, the <i>Hyattsville Life and Times</i> covers the Planning Board's unanimous approval of the Cafritz rezoning proposal that would allow for the new, upscale grocery:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://issuu.com/hyattsvillelifeandtimes/docs/hlt2012feb">http://issuu.com/hyattsvillelifeandtimes/docs/hlt2012feb</a></div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, an editorial by yours truly mourns the departure of Safeway and what it signifies about the end of an American way of life. And on a less elegiac note, Hyattsville author Richard Morris marks Black History Month by reminding Prince Georgians of an uglier side of their past: lynchings of African-American residents in the 19th and 20th Centuries. </div>
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<div><br></div><div><a href="http://issuu.com/hyattsvillelifeandtimes/docs/hlt2012feb">http://issuu.com/hyattsvillelifeandtimes/docs/hlt2012feb</a></div><div><br></div><div>Chris Currie</div><div>Hyattsville</div><div><br>
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