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Week in Review: Cafritz, Heat and Obama Visit to UMd.

Here are the top headlines from July 18 to July 24.

The biggest news of the week of course was the presentation Monday in University Park.

After more than 300 people showed for the meeting, about the project, but the team behind the proposed development, which may include a Whole Foods, said that they were willing to work with residents and officials.

as well and concluded some necessary business.

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The new in Hyattsville's arts district opened.

We featured photos from a n over the weekend that demonstrated how women of that era kept up their households.

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Another major story of the week was the high temperatures and excessive heat warnings. The temperatures peaked Friday when it felt like it was 120 degrees outdoors. The thermometer actually read 103 degrees.

Some Parkdale High School students have been keeping busy this summer by attending .

Some members of the on the council in her final days before she officially leaves her post. The county council passed the controversial .

We caught up with a local barber, , who's been cutting hair for over 50 years.

We took photos at at Riversdale and photographer John Euill took photos of the .

And Friday marked , where he discussed the deficit issues and the debt ceiling, before of course all the headlines of the weekend -- which threaten of a default.

This week's great escape is a neighborhood favorite - the

Finally, University Park police will host their Monday night.


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