Category: Prince George’s County News

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Police in Prince George’s County are investigating the shooting death of a man in Suitland. Police say it happened Friday night around 7:30 p.m. Patrol officers were called to the 3300 block of Curtis Drive for a report of a shooting. Police say when they arrived they found 27-year-old Maurice […]

Dimensions Healthcare System Chief Operating Officer and President of Prince George’s Hospital Center John A. O’Brien, will retire May 15 from the hospital post after nearly a decade on the job, according to President and Chief Executive Officer Neil J. Moore. O’Brien joined Dimensions Healthcare System (DHS) in 2005 and was one of the longest […]

Nicholas A. Majett, a D.C. native who has held key D.C. government administrative posts in a 25-year career, has been named acting chief administrative officer (CAO) for Prince George’s County, replacing Bradford Seamon effective May 5, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III announced April 22. Seamon announced that he would be leaving the […]

Three Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) students from Oxon Hill High School received a full four-year scholarship as part of the University of Maryland Incentive Awards Program. These students were recently honored for their academic excellence and achievement. “This is unprecedented for our county”, said Dr. Jean Paul Cadet, Principal of Oxon Hill High […]

The Harlem Remembrance Foundation of Prince George’s County will host its annual Harlem Renaissance Festival on May 3. The event, which will take place at the Columbia Park/Kentland Community Center in Landover, will include musical performances, health screenings, craft and food vendors, children’s activities and more. This year, a march for increased literature in African […]

The 10,000-seat sanctuary on Resurrection Sunday wasn’t filled anywhere close to capacity. The main floor was full, and there was a smattering of congregants seated in the lower balcony. But the upper tiers were empty and cordoned off behind heavy blue drapes. Both inside and outside the church, uniformed security was conspicuously present among the […]

Even as the recovering housing market nationally appears to be brightening, foreclosure filings in Maryland are once again increasing, according to the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BINA). After a period of high foreclosure rates in 2009, the number of property foreclosures in Maryland decreased significantly from 42,446 in 2010 to 14,321 in 2011. According to […]

This is the second in a series of seven articles that examines Maryland gubernatorial candidates’ positions on major issues. ANNAPOLIS- Maryland’s Democratic gubernatorial candidates all agree that alternative energy resources are important for growing a sustainable economy. But Attorney General Doug Gansler and Del. Heather Mizeur, D-Montgomery, are calling for the state to develop more […]

The ninth annual Heritage Film Festival is set for April 17 to 19 at the South Bowie Library in Bowie, Md. The festival will showcase independent films with an independent spirit from local, national, international, novice and experienced filmmakers. The three-day event offers three distinctive programs and is free to the public, although organizers asked […]

This is the first in a series of seven articles that examines Maryland gubernatorial candidates’ positions on major issues. ANNAPOLIS – When Gov. Martin O’Malley claimed a minimum wage increase as his top priority of the 2014 legislative session, his final as governor, he sparked a firestorm of debate between lawmakers in Annapolis and the […]

A Silver Spring man was sentenced on April 11 to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman in 2010. In December 2010, a jury found Glenn A. Smith, 37, guilty of two counts of first-degree sexual assault. According to the government’s sentencing memo, at approximately 2:30 a.m. June 13, 2010, the victim […]

A rally and candlelight vigil recognizing survivors of sexual assault and abuse was held April 10 as part of Dimensions Healthcare System’s annual drive at Prince George’s Hospital to “Take Back the Night” from sexual predators. The event is held in observance of President Obama’s designation in 2010 of April as National Sexual Assault Awareness […]