It didn’t take long for the new Denny’s on Bladensburg Road NE to impact Capital City Diner, the historic 1940s-era diner that owner Matt Ashburn bought off eBay for $20,000 and dragged down from Avoca, N.Y . to his underserved Trinidad neighborhood. Read full article > >

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Capital City owner talks about the closing of his beloved diner

While many entrepreneurs stalled or failed in the recession, Craig Appelbaum defied convention. He launched his first business — a design gallery — from a most unlikely corner: Trinidad, the hardscrabble neighborhood in Northeast Washington. Within a year, he managed to shake up the elite world of contemporary design and turn the luxury-furniture market business model on its head. Read full article > >

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Craig Appelbaum’s Industry Gallery, District’s home for 21st-century design

While many entrepreneurs stalled or failed in the recession, Craig Appelbaum defied convention. He launched his first business — a design gallery — from a most unlikely corner: Trinidad, the hardscrabble neighborhood in Northeast Washington. Within a year, he managed to shake up the elite world of contemporary design and turn the luxury-furniture market business model on its head. Read full article > >

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Craig Appelbaum’s Industry Gallery, District’s home for 21st-century design

Three of the five men charged with murder and other crimes related to a series of July 2008 drive-by shootings in the District’s Trinidad neighborhood were acquitted by a D.C. Superior Court jury Tuesday.

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3 men not guilty in ’08 drive-by shootings in D.C.’s Trinidad neighborhood

A team of medics in Scotland are creating new ears for a 15 year old girl from Trinidad

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Sunderland’s Trinidad and Tobago international striker Kenwyne Jones is to undergo a medical at Stoke ahead of a possible transfer.

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