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Laurel High School choir joins multi-city tour to mark Freedom Rides 65th anniversary
The Laurel High School choir will lend its voices to help kick off a multi-city concert tour retracing the historic route of the 1961 Freedom Rides. The choir will take the stage March 21 at First Lutheran Church in Ellicott City, performing with the North Carolina-based Lenoir-Rhyne University A Cappella Choir. The performance will be…
Town Center Market may continue serving drinks on-site
The Prince George’s County Board of License Commissioners ruled March 11 that Town…
$5.9B budget proposed for Prince George’s County
A balanced budget could be on its way to Prince George’s County after…
County’s first running store opens in Hyattsville
For years, Prince George’s County runners had to travel out of the county…
Council weighs change to grass height limit
By LIAD MUSSAFFI The College Park City Council on Feb. 10 discussed a…
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College Park
Need money for college or job training after high school? Local organizations want to help
As high school graduations approach, area students are looking for scholarships and financial aid. Organizations in our area offer scholarships for locals, and the deadlines to apply are coming up! Here’s our list of scholarships specifically for local high school seniors, with deadlines and links to find out more. This is our first year providing…
Hyattsville
Hyattsville spent over $500,000 on software that won’t work
In a meeting Jan. 27, Treasurer Ron Brooks told the Hyattsville City Council that a five-year effort to update the city’s record-keeping software must be abandoned and begun again. The failed effort will cost the city $524,000 in payments to a contractor called BC Systems, Brooks said in an interview. The city spent much more…
The Laurel Independent
Laurel vies for North America’s ‘Strongest Town’ title
Is Laurel North America’s strongest town? That’s the question a group of residents and elected officials in the City of Laurel are trying to answer after Laurel was nominated, along with 15 other cities across North America, for the 11th annual Strongest Town Contest. The contest is organized by the Strong Towns nonprofit, a movement-based…
