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Here is what’s happening on the Route 1 Corridor
Former Laurel High guard leaps into college game
Amadou Kaloga was a key piece of Laurel High School’s basketball championship run in March 2025. This past season, he completed his freshman year of college basketball at Bowie State University — one defined less by numbers and more by steady growth. The Laurel native appeared in 22 games and made four starts for the…
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Laurel’s mayor, in planning the city’s $45 million budget, has told us he…
Task force finds ‘crisis-level’ affordable housing gap
College Park faces a shortage of 1,265 affordable units for its lowest-income renters,…
District 1 candidates vie for County Council seat
The race for Prince George’s County Council District 1 is heating up after…
Community survey names crime prevention as top priority
In separate surveys, College Park residents said the city’s greatest priority should be…
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College Park
Price of Easter candy hops
If your Easter basket isn’t full, it could be because candy inflation has outpaced your budget for peanut butter-filled chocolate eggs and Cadbury bunnies. A price analysis of Target’s five top-selling Easter candies from 2020 to 2026 showed prices have risen 67%, while the average family of four is spending 15% more on filling the…
Hyattsville
It’s going to get worse: Why Hyattsville must fund emergency immigrant relief
What is happening in Hyattsville right now is horrifying. Neighbors are being ripped from their families during botched U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids with guns drawn and children watching. A mother was taken during an asylum hearing, leaving behind a 1-year-old and a 4-year-old. Families are terrified to leave their homes, even to…
The Laurel Independent
History-maker Olivia Crosby rises with girls wrestling
Stuck between the sweat-stained mat and her male opponent for almost all of the Prince George’s County wrestling tournament semifinal match, Olivia Crosby, 17, refused to yield. After a speeding escape forced Amari Points into a technical violation, Crosby looked up from the mat laughing. It was then that her coaches knew she could make…
