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Laurel

Voting off to a slow start at Laurel polling locations

Voter turnout was slow across polling locations throughout the Laurel area Tuesday morning as residents headed to the polls to cast ballots in Maryland’s primary election. Editorial teams from The Laurel Independent reported from polling locations throughout the greater Laurel area in Prince George’s, Howard and Anne Arundel counties and found turnout remained light across…

By JALEN WADE & RORY CAHILL

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College Park

Owner of Piano Man building seeks new use for landmark

A real estate adviser for the owner of the long-vacant Piano Man Superstore building has asked the College Park City Council to suggest a new use for the Baltimore Avenue landmark. “We don’t actually have anything in mind at the moment,” Ben Wilson, a senior managing director at Bethesda commercial real estate firm Greysteel, told…

Hyattsville

Video: Author Sonya Womack Miranda encourages Hyattsville to trace their roots this Juneteenth

The Hyattsville Branch of the Prince George’s Memorial Library System  hosted a series of events this past week in honor of Juneteenth, including a presentation by Sonya Womack- Miranda, on tracing family lineage and discovering tools and resources for tracing African American ancestry. Womack-Miranda shared with participants her journey tracing her own ancestry across seven…

The Laurel Independent

Howard County Voter Guide: Who’s Running in the June 23 Primary?

While national politics continue to dominate our news feeds, it can be challenging to find out who’s running for office in our own backyards and where they stand on the issues. That’s why Streetcar Suburbs Publishing and The Laurel Independent have taken the time to pull together voter guides on key elections happening in our…

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