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Here is what’s happening on the Route 1 Corridor
Council weighs change to grass height limit
By LIAD MUSSAFFI The College Park City Council on Feb. 10 discussed a proposal to do away with a long-standing 12-inch height limit on lawns to accommodate residents wishing to replace their grass with pollinator gardens that attract bees and other insects. Members of the Committee for a Better Environment and the local chapter of…
Need money for College? Local organizations want to help
As the college admissions season kicks into gear, area students are looking for…
Laurel vies for North America’s ‘Strongest Town’ title
Is Laurel North America’s strongest town? That’s the question a group of residents…
MOM’s employee asks for 2nd vote on mandatory union dues
An employee of MOM’s Organic Market at the Hollywood Shopping Center has asked…
State’s highest-ranking woman says job is still about helping
Before she was the speaker of Maryland’s House of Delegates and before she…
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College Park
Candidates line up for county council election
By SHARON O’MALLEY Three candidates are running for the District 1 Prince George’s County Council seat left open by four-term Councilmember Tom Dernoga, including Dernoga’s chief of staff and a former Laurel City Councilmember who was convicted of misdemeanor assault in 2014. Primary Election Day is June 23. District 1 covers North College Park, Laurel…
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 AA group seeks new home after fire
Members of the Laurel Alcoholics Anonymous community could soon have a new centralized place to attend 12-step meetings — an effort that began after a building used by the recovery community burned down late last year. Laurel Recovery, the city’s oldest continuous 12-step group since its founding 55 years ago, had been holding 20 AA…
