Laurel athletes excel
By JOE MURCHISON For Laurel High School’s athletic program, the first week of March was a good week. Junior Alexandra…
Laurel students recognized for academic achievements
Zoe Schneider and Nikki Dent were named to the fall 2023 dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology, in New…
Local sculptor honors father’s memory
By KATIE V. JONES Local sculptor Tiffany Carmouché, who works primarily in bronze, clay and plaster, creates her art in…
Laurel police investigating multiple shootings
Two people are dead and one injured after an early morning shooting in the 600 block of Lafayette Avenue in…
Transportation at top of mind in PGCPS school board meeting
BY JESS DANINHIRSCH Findings in an audit of transportation at Prince George’s County Public Schools, presented in the school board…
New signs mark county Civil Rights Trail
Since the last Black History Month in 2023, several locations along Prince George County’s Civil Rights Trail have received new signage and markers to help residents and visitors better understand what life was like from the 1940s to the 1960s when the county was legally segregated.
New subdivision for 302 homes proposed
By JOE MURCHISON An Atlanta-based home builder submitted a subdivision plan to the city of Laurel on Jan. 29 to…
Native Gardening with Jimmy: Plant invaders along the Patuxent
By JIMMY ROGERS Have you visited Riverfront Park, just behind Main Street in Old Town Laurel? The quiet Patuxent River…
The Laurel Inner Space: Be part of something big: The joy of citizen science
By AGNES PASCO CONATY This April 22nd —Earth Day — marks the GLOBE program’s 30th birthday. GLOBE, which stands for…
Nonprofits seek share of county’s cash
By Sharon O’Malley Firefighters, animal rescue workers and representatives of more than a dozen nonprofits asked Prince George’s County Executive…