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Here is what’s happening on the Route 1 Corridor
Youth basketball league keeps winning on and off the court
On any given Saturday morning during the winter, you can walk into a community center in the City of Laurel and see gyms filled with young athletes playing basketball. It’s a familiar sight across the city — kids learning the game, building confidence and competing in a structured, positive environment. Behind the three-pointers and jump…
Police identify suspects in Laurel stabbing, shooting incidents
Police have identified suspects in separate stabbing and shooting incidents at a shopping…
3 shot, 2 stabbed near Laurel shopping center
At least three people were shot and two others stabbed in two separate…
Will county lose its way on ag research?
I’m guessing it’ll be early April. No, that last warm snap makes it…
Laurel Main Street Festival continues to draw a crowd
Few traditions in Laurel have endured like the annual Main Street Festival. Since…
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College Park
County government takes on student attendance
The county announced April 27 that it is launching a new program to help tackle one of education’s most persistent problems. More than a third of county high schoolers are chronically absent, defined as missing more than 10% of school days. The problem is not only in Prince George’s County. In Maryland, 35% of high…
Hyattsville
From Where I Stand: Let’s push for a financially stronger Hyattsville
On April 8, the City of Hyattsville released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2027. The next day, I started transcribing that budget into a Google sheet, an interactive tool for my neighbors to visualize how the city intends to spend its tax dollars this coming year. My intention was to follow in the footsteps…
The Laurel Independent
Let’s Eat Laurel: Olive On Main continues to charm
At Olive On Main, warm pita hits the table before you’ve even settled in—soft, steaming and impossible to ignore. That first bite tells you everything you need to know: this place isn’t trying to impress you. It already knows it will. Since opening in 2014, the Mediterranean-American restaurant has become a staple on Main Street…
