Some comments and instructions in this page are for audio browsers and users who browse this site with screen readers. If you can see this paragraph and you are not using a text-only or screen reader browser, either the style sheet for screen viewing didn't load (if so, click on "refresh" to reload the style sheet), or you need to use a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards-supporting browser that has full XHTML 1.0 Transitional and Strict and cascading style sheet (CSS) level 2 support. (For information about these browsers, see Standards-supporting browsers.)

For additional information, see the Accessibility Design and Features page.

Skip navigation

 
 
The following is the main content for the page. 
 

 
by Cynthia A. Lockley
a woman for all seasons

Neighborhood resources

This list of neighbors offering professional and helpful services is taken from Around the Block newsletters between February 1992 and March 1995. (A few resources are no longer in service and are not included in this list.) Those shown with an asterisk (*) are names that neighbors recommended for inclusion in the newsletter. Multiple entries are shown in alphabetical order under the headings.


Resources

House Painter
Charles Holland *
University Park
Home: 301-699-5776

Ice Cream (Baskin Robbins)
Jack & Bobbie Cooper
2805 Curry Drive
Home: 301-422-1044
Work: 703-280-8367
(they will bring orders home with them)

Lawn Service
Ramon Ramirez *
8538 Adelphi Road
Home: 301-422-1081
(also landscaping, light hauling, gutter
cleaning, and tree cutting)
Plumber
J & J Plumbing & Heating * (Mike Jackson)
8326 26th Avenue
Home: 301-422-6995

Tile Work
Mike Del Borrell
2708 Curry Drive
Home: 301-422-7795
Work: 277-0002

Tree Cutting
Ed's Tree Service, Inc. *
10917 Montgomery Road
Beltsville MD 20705
Work: 301-937-6269