Category: Prince George’s County News

The Ralph J. Bunche Community Center, located on 374 Mill Swamp Road,  in Edgewater, Md. will hold its fourth annual Black History Breakfast on Feb. 28 at 10 a.m.  The Rev. Jeffrey Smith, pastor at Calvert Christian Fellowship in Huntingtown, Md. will be the guest speaker. Tickets cost $15 per person and $7 for children […]

The Prince George’s County Delta Alumnae Foundation will host “Diamonds & Denim,” an old school hand dance, line Dance, and Card Party on Feb. 20 from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at the Prince George’s Ballroom in Landover, Md. It’s that time again to Hand Dance to the music of yesterday, Line Dance to the […]

Prince George’s County residents filled a small room within the Vista Gardens shopping center in Bowie on Feb. 4 for a town hall to discuss housing concerns in the community. The topics included identifying the entity responsible for devaluing property in Prince George’s County and perpetuating the fabrication that homes in the county are not […]

Prince George’s County and Montgomery County in Maryland are working together to build a 16-mile Purple Line that would run from Bethesda to College Park. The $2.4 billion public/private project is estimated to create 27,000 permanent jobs and increase property values along the route by nearly $10billion. It will provide another transportation option to help […]

The National Crimes Victims’ Rights Coalition of Prince George’s County is encouraging youth to submit their original artwork that showcases the plight of persons affected by violence and crime. Artists should depict how they define a survivor in their pieces. The contest is open to all Prince George’s County, Md. middle and high school students. […]

Two Prince George’s County criminals were sentenced Jan. 30 for 2014 crimes resulting in the loss of two lives. Liam Adepo was sentenced to 10 years, all but 2 years suspended, and three years of supervised probation, after pleading guilty to failure to remain at the scene of a collision involving death for an incident […]

Seven nonprofit member organizations in Prince George’s County will start February off in a new light after receiving over $100,000 in grants from the United Way NCA. For the past 40 years, United Way NCA has raised approximately $30 million each year to address the needs of the community, focusing on the areas of education, […]

Avalaura Gaither Beharry, owner of Avalaura’s Healing Center. (Photo by courtesy of Avalaura Gaither Beharry) For the past nine years, Avalaura Gaither Beharry has been transforming the lives of women in the D.C. metro area through her company, Avalaura’s Healing Center. Beharry works primarily with women who are high-powered leaders. She likes to refer to […]

Prince George’s County Police have charged a 16-year old boy with attempted murder after they say he shot two fellow classmates following an argument. Police say the teen was playing video games at his Clinton home with two friends, ages 16 and 17, on Sunday when they got into a fight. That’s when police say […]

The Maryland State Department of Education says newly released data shows that more Maryland high school students are graduating than ever before. The state says the dropout rate in the state has declined, while the graduation rate climbed to over 86 percent in 2014, four percentage points up from 2013’s 82 percent graduation rate. The […]

Tow truck workers prepare to pull out the car who was swallowed by a sinkhole that occurred after a water main break in Bladensburg, Md., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. A water main break caused a sinkhole in a suburban Washington, D.C. neighborhood, swallowing up a family’s car just after they escaped in Bladensburg Maryland on […]

Panelists Alejandro Negron, Stan Richards and Faith Holmes participate in the First Baptist Church of Glenarden’s “Beyond the Color of Our Skin” discussion. (Photo by Courtney Jacobs) In honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., First Baptist Church of Glenarden hosted a panel discussion on diversity and racial tolerance. The […]