County holds listening session on budget
By SHARON O’MALLEY Firefighters, animal rescue workers and representatives of more than a dozen nonprofits asked Prince George’s County Executive…
New tiny park planned in Berwyn
By EMELY MIRANDA-AGUILAR Hidden under overgrown shrubs and trees in Berwyn is a plot of land that many in the…
Bicycle advocates roll out 2024 agenda
By PAUL RUFFINS On Jan. 16, Seth Grimes, Maryland organizer for the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA), introduced the group’s…
Fentanyl ring busted in South Laurel
By KATIE JONES In a Jan.18 press release, the Prince George’s County Police Department announced the arrest that day of…
Buddhist temple plan sent back
By JOE MURCHISON A Buddhist congregation suffered a setback in its plan of building a temple in South Laurel on…
State spotlight: State legislative preview
The Maryland General Assembly will be in session from Jan. 8 to April 10. We thought our readers would want…
Neighbors oppose Buddhist temple
By JOE MURCHISON A Vietnamese Buddhist congregation is planning to build a temple in South Laurel, but they have run…
New laws effective Jan. 1, 2024
BY JIMMY TARLAU AND STEPHANIE STULLICH Plastic bag ban Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties have both instituted plastic bag…
New chapter in affordable housing
By EMELY MIRANDA-AGUILAR Shortly after being elected in 2019, Councilmember Danny Schaible (Ward 2) was told by a constituent that…
From the Editor: Tragedies, trials and happy trails: 2023 in review
BY HEATHER WRIGHT As we enter 2024, we cast a look back to reflect and review — to remember the…