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City celebrates Lunar New Year
More than 100 College Park families visited a crimson-tinged City Hall on Feb. 21 to celebrate Lunar New Year. The city’s second annual Lunar New Year festivities featured music, food and crafts from Asian cultures. Ryna Quiñones, communications and events manager, said the event celebrates the city’s diversity. “We’re showcasing so many different traditions that happen…
HPD Chief Towers discusses 2025 crime trends, license plate readers, and policing in the snow
While theft against private citizens increased in Hyattsville in 2025, theft from businesses…
Students of Mandarin celebrate Lunar New Year
Children sang in Mandarin and performed traditional Chinese dances during a Lunar New…
Local officials double down on ICE
By JALEN WADE, SHARON O’MALLEY and KIT SLACK U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey (Maryland…
New gym tests Laurel’s saturated fitness economy
In one of Laurel’s most crowded commercial sectors, new fitness center Powerhouse Gym…
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College Park
PGCPS faces criticism of FY27 proposed budget
The Prince George’s County Board of Education faced criticism at a virtual meeting Feb. 5, the first of two public hearings, from citizens concerned over proposed academic budget cuts totaling $12 million. The board, led by Brandon Jackson, chairman of the PGC’s Board of Education, discussed a $150 million budget hole and a plan to…
Hyattsville
Northwestern High School students walk out of school to protest ICE
Feb. 9 at 2pm, students poured out of Northwestern High School with a boom box, a megaphone and handmade signs. They were protesting Immigrations and Customs Enforcement activity. Students circled the bus lot in front of the school, stopping spontaneously to cheer. Students Miriam and Jovanna said they found out about the planned walkout via…
The Laurel Independent
Md. winery breaking barriers is now breaking ground on something bigger
In 2023, Ifeoma Onyia opened Clyopatra Winery and Vineyard, one of a handful of vineyards operating in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Born in Nigeria and raised in London before establishing roots in the D.C. region, Onyia said she was the first African immigrant to open a winery in the U.S. Clyopatra is also the only…
