Vehicle slams into Laurel Tavern Donuts
BY BOB REILLY On Nov. 30, at approximately 8 a.m., a Honda traveling southbound on Route 1 in Laurel crashed…
DeMatha falls in WCAC football championship, 7-0
BY CHRIS MCMANES For the DeMatha football team, the only thing worse than the weather was the result. For the…
All-American Emmett Laws’ commitment to DeMatha is off the charts; Stags face Good Counsel for WCAC championship
By Chris McManes Emmett Laws makes a significant investment of time to attend and play football at DeMatha Catholic High…
Ofrenda at UMD offers space for collective grieving
BY LUKAS ROWE Students and community members can use the University of Maryland’s community ofrenda at the Department of Anthropology…
Bud Coombs’ career day leads DeMatha football into championship
By Chris McManes After rushing for a career-high 227 yards and scoring three touchdowns in DeMatha’s 21-3 victory over St….
Sydnor elected mayor; council adds 3 new members
By Melanie Dzwonchyk and Joe Murchison City councilmember Keith Sydnor was elected Laurel’s mayor on Nov. 7, coming out on…
Science of the City: To save lives, get serious about addressing speeding
BY: PAUL RUFFINS This fourth, and last, article in our series about traffic fatalities in Prince George’s County examines why…
Local Hyattsville distillery expands to Takoma Park
BY EMELY MIRANDA-AGUILAR Sangfroid Distilling’s owners Jeff Harner and Nate Groenendyk are expanding beyond Hyattsville. The owners bought a vacant…
Moe looks back at 21 years as mayor
By MELANIE DZWONCHYK After steering the city of Laurel over a landscape of cultural and societal change during the last…
College Park elections use new verification technology
BY ROBERT STEWART For College Park residents who voted in-person during the 2023 election, the process should have seemed relatively…
