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College Park

Board of Ed member resigns unexpectedly

The Prince Georgeโ€™s County Board of Education member who represented College Park since 2022 resigned in June with five months left in his term and without giving a reason. College Park Here & Now was unable to reach Jonathan Briggs, who lives in Greenbelt and served District 2, which also includes Greenbelt, Berwyn Heights, Riverdaleโ€ฆ

by SHARON O'MALLEY

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College Park

Lakelanders called to join ‘legacy’ program

Leaders of College Parkโ€™s historically Black Lakeland community are looking for neighbors who lived in the city before a federal urban renewal project destroyed more than two-thirds of the areaโ€™s homes between 1969 and 1981. Those displaced homeowners, along with their children and grandchildren, are eligible to join a newly formed Lakeland Legacy Member Program,โ€ฆ

Hyattsville

From where I stand: Shakespeare on the porch

I plunked down a box on the porch, wearied by my familyโ€™s third move in a year, but thankful to be settling down in Hyattsville. As I turned and looked out, it seemed there was an empty auditorium beneath me, and I could not restrain myself; I began to recite, โ€œAll the worldโ€™s a stageโ€ฆ

The Laurel Independent

At age 91, longtime Laurel Turkey Trot runner keeps going

Bill Beydler has run in most of the 21 Laurel Turkey Trots since the annual Thanksgiving Day 5K fundraiser began in 2004. For the past 14 years, he has finished first in his age group. Actually, he has not had much competition during that time, perhaps because he was running in his 80s and 90s.โ€ฆ

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