Category: Prince George’s County News

It was the first day of school. Students who had donned new outfits and new backpacks and were giddy at the notion of making new friends and getting reacquainted with old ones. Parents who had made sure their children had lunch money fed them a hot breakfast and put them on the school bus praying […]

It was the kind of crime that leaves people feeling that no place is safe, that the one space where everbody should feel safe—home—is vulnerable to invasion at any time. It was Aug. 22, 2012, a Wednesday—warm, as summer nights are in suburban Maryland in late summer. Amber D. Stanley, an honor student at Charles […]

A group of 16 housing advocacy organizations want the Prince George’s County Foreclosure Task Force to find ways to stem an alarming rise in housing foreclosures recently. Maryland is third in the nation for homes in foreclosure actions, lead largely by a flurry of foreclosure activity in Baltimore City and Prince George’s and Charles counties, […]

Prince George’s County Public School CEO Dr. Kevin Maxwell held the third and final pre-school year meet and greet since he was hired at DuVal High School in Lanham, Md. on Aug. 13 Maxwell held the previous two meet and greet events at Crossland High School and G James Gholson Middle School. DuVal’s High School […]

Kettering Baptist Church in Upper Marlboro, Maryland hosted a Check-Up/Church Picnic event, August 10 for church members and the public. Usually the “Check-Up” and “Church Picnic” events are done separately, but this year the church decided to combine the two and invite the public to come out and fellowship with them. During this occasion, KBC […]

The Prince George’s County, Md. public school system is adding more security, including the installation of electronic safety devices at all schools and the regular practice of emergency protocols. According to The (Gaithersburg, Md.) Gazette, Director of Security Michael Blow said the school system plans on investing $7.5 million of various devices including surveillance cameras, […]

The United Communities Against Poverty (UCAP), a Maryland-based charity, joined with the Prince George’s County Young Democrats and other groups to host the second annual “Help 4 Shepherd’s Cove” on July 27, a day of performances, support, and donations for the Shepherd’s Cove Homeless Shelter for Women and Children in Capitol Heights, Md. United Communities […]

Maryland Del. Aisha N. Braveboy (D-25) said she is ready to throw her hat in the ring by mid-September as a candidate for the next attorney general of Maryland. If she wins, the Prince George’s County-based delegate would be the state’s first African American woman attorney general. A native of Washington, D.C., Braveboy said an […]

Prince George’s residents from Beltsville to Brandywine were out in force Aug. 6 to celebrate the 30th annual National Night Out. Events were held at more than 80 locations around the county. The city of Glenarden sponsored a family-oriented celebration at city hall where many residents were introduced to the new mayor, Dennis Smith, while […]

Gov. Martin O’Malley on Monday announced a transportation package of nearly $650 million for Montgomery County. O’Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown also said Maryland will pursue the state’s first public-private partnership for transit to build the Purple Line. That’s a 16-mile light rail line with 21 stations between Bethesda and New Carrollton. It’s estimated […]

Lorenzo Solomon, 28, of Baltimore, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt to 188 months in prison June 24 in connection with a conspiracy to import cocaine from St. Vincent and distribute it in Maryland, according to an announcement by U. S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and other officials. […]

It all started behind closed doors, some sort of disagreement between Circuit Court Clerk Marilynn M. Bland and Chief Deputy Clerk David J. Billings III. By the time it was over, Bland had accused her second in command and long-time political supporter of assaulting her. According to what Bland told police, Billings came into her […]