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Education & Parenting

County students show academic gains mid-year

A school board committee met April 20 to review data on academic achievement from mid-year assessments. The committee discussed Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skill (DIBELS), a universal screening tool used to help identify students at risk for reading difficulties. The screener measures early literacy skills in students from kindergarten through third grade, including…

By LIAD MUSSAFFI

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College Park

Letter to the Editor: Change vs. more of the same

My historic candidacy for District 1 County Council clearly has the establishment, who want to control this seat, running scared. The two incumbents who have held this seat for the last 24 straight years wrote a deceptive editorial alleging that I have wrongly claimed that they have endorsed my campaign. This is false. I have…

Hyattsville

Appeals court requires hearing on any new townhouses by Driskell Park

This March, a Maryland appeals court said the county council would have to hold a public hearing for any further townhouse development on contested land near Driskell Park.  Werrlein Properties owns land on the hillside above Driskell Park, as well as a large former parking lot east of the playground.  In June 2025, the city…

The Laurel Independent

Decades in the making, North Laurel pool opens to public

The North Laurel Community Center just wrapped up a major expansion with the completion of two indoor pools that will expand public swimming access across Howard County. The $22 million renovated space opened for public use in March with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The facility, which opened in 2011 and sits along Whiskey Bottom Road, now…

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