Laurel

No Kings rally draws hundreds in Laurel

More than 500 people gathered in the City of Laurel on Saturday morning to join the “No Kings” rally, part of a planned national protest against the Trump administration and its policies. The event took place at Emancipation Park near the Laurel Branch Library before participants gathered along Route 198 dressed in costumes and toting…

By ASHANTI NOLLIE

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Crime

Youth club teaches girls about domestic violence and trafficking prevention

Sisters Mia and Makel Doughty learned that love and healthy relationships are not always like they appear in the movies. On Feb. 7, the siblings joined 17 girls at the Laurel Multiservice Center for the “Safe Hearts. Strong Minds.” event, which aimed to educate and empower girls ages 9 to 18 about teen dating violence,…

Local officials double down on ICE

U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey (Maryland District 4) and some state and county lawmakers representing this area are pushing to restrict how federal immigration agents operate. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a law on Feb. 17 prohibiting local law enforcement officers from making agreements to do civil immigration enforcement for the federal government.   That law was…

More than 40 Laurel vehicles were broken into Dec. 20-21

Dozens of residents in the Laurel area discovered the morning of Dec. 21 that their carshad been broken into overnight, in many cases with windows smashed. Laurel city police reported 45 vehicles had been entered, mostly in the Laurel Lakesarea. Many of the break-ins occurred in the 8300 and 8400 blocks of AshfordBoulevard, 14300 block…

History

BARC’s open space legally protected

By JOE MURCHISON Maryland elected officials believe that the Trump administration will not be able to sell the 6,000-acre Beltsville Agricultural Research Center to developers. They say the land will remain open space. State Sen. Jim Rosapepe (District 21) said that he and other state legislators from the county achieved passage of a state law…

Food

Md. winery breaking barriers is now breaking ground on something bigger

In 2023, Ifeoma Onyia opened Clyopatra Winery and Vineyard, one of a handful of vineyards operating in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Born in Nigeria and raised in London before establishing roots in the D.C. region, Onyia said she was the first African immigrant to open a winery in the U.S. Clyopatra is also the only…

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