Author Archives: Courtney Jacobs

After facing opponents from France, Burundi, Italy and Russia, Riverdale Park native Francis Tiafoe found himself in the last round of the tennis championship. In the all USA finals of the Orange Bowl Tennis Championships in December, Tiafoe’s 7-6 (7-3), 0-6, 6-3 victory over Stefan Kozlov put him in the history books as the youngest […]

If Prince George’s County government officials and business leaders have their way, the county’s 15-19 year-olds will not only have jobs this summer, but will be prepared to be the kind of workers employers will welcome. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III is teaming up with Prince George’s Community College (PGCC), the Greater […]

Prince George’s County’s middle school students are R-E-A-D-Y. The 14th Annual Prince George’s County Spelling Bee is back. Competition among the best middle school spellers in the county got underway on March 14 at the University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III planned […]

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III presented his FY 2015 budget to the County Council March 12. Baker’s $3.41 billion proposed FY 2015 budget calls for a 4.4 percent spending increase over last year’s budget. “Our focal point of this budget has always been the residents of this county,” Baker said as he […]

Milt Peterson, through the Peterson Family Foundation, donated $1 million to the Teach for America Program, designating the funds be used for Prince George’s County schools. “When you’re making a decision, you ask, ‘What are we investing in?’” Peterson, leading developer of the National Harbor said. “You say, ‘How much good is this investment going […]

On a frigid Saturday morning recently in Prince George’s County there was a gathering of a rare species in public schools: Male teachers. And while there were less than 100 people in Charles Herbert Flowers High School’s cavernous auditorium in Springdale, the meeting –dubbed The First Annual Male Educator Summit: Envisioning the Future of Prince […]

The Prince George’s County School Board on Feb. 25 unanimously approved a $1.75 billion budget that provides for increases in funding for full-day pre-kindergarten in a few high poverty communities, expanding art and foreign language programs and restoring some parent liaison positions to improve interaction between school administrators and parents. It was the first budget […]

Highland Park Christian Academy (HPCA) in Landover, Md. recently became one of only 300 schools worldwide to receive the Youth Touch Technology Integration System. The comprehensive package includes all of the tools necessary to integrate technology into 3rd through 8th grade classrooms. It is designed to provide students with a firmer understanding of ratios, area, […]

Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D) visited the Clarion Hotel in Oxon Hill on Feb.10 to host a Women-Owned Business Roundtable in Maryland’s 4th Congressional District. In June 2008, Edwards was sworn in as the first African-American woman to represent Maryland in the House of Representatives. In her tenure, she has introduced legislation to expand research and […]

The Prince George’s County Council held the first of several hearings on gaming and community benefits on Feb. 11. MGM Resorts International is planning on building a casino complex at National Harbor in Prince George’s County that could cost as much as $925 million. In their first hearing before the council, consultants John D. Simpson, […]