News across Prince George's County
Name the Teen Center!
We are looking for a name for the new Hyattsville Teen Center at 5812 40th Avenue! The Center provides a safe, welcoming space for Hyattsville’s youth to connect, explore their interests, discover new passions, and build valuable skills.
WSSC Essential Water Use Only Lifted
WSSC Water has lifted its essential-water-use-only request for all customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, effective 5 pm today.
City administrator under fire after treasurer resignation
Hyattsville’s treasurer, Ron Brooks, resigned Sept. 2 following controversy over the city having less money than he had claimed. Councilmember Danny Schaible (Ward 2) said Sept. 22 that he would ask the city council to end City Administrator Tracey Douglas’ employment at its Oct.…
WSSC Essential-Water-Use-Only Request Remains in Effect
Police search for two drivers in fatal Laurel hit-and-run
Police are searching for two drivers who fled the scene of a fatal hit-and-run that killed a 52-year-old Laurel man early Sunday morning. A preliminary investigation suggests Ernesto Chocoj Caal was struck by two vehicles in the southbound lanes of Laurel Bowie Road near…
WSSC Water Update: Essential Water Use Only Remains in Effect
We remain in Essential Water Use Only. WSSC water plant operations have resumed, and water reserves are recovering, but continued conservation is essential while WSSC Water restores the system and completes permanent electrical repairs.
Is College Park ready to quantum?
Gov. Wes Moore calls it the Capital of Quantum. He has steered more than a billion dollars toward making College Park and the University of Maryland’s (UMD) Discovery District a world hub for quantum computing, which harnesses the strange rules of physics at the smallest scale to…
Paint Branch 4th graders sing for first lady
Four fourth-graders from Paint Branch Elementary School in College Park helped serenade first lady Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan, the first lady of China, on Sept. 24 at the National Museum of Asian Art. The concert was a stop on Peng’s day out with her American counterpart…
Latina aviators gather at museum for festival
Latina aviators told elementary and high school STEM students in September that they can do anything they set their minds to. The College Park Aviation Museum welcomed more than 100 visitors on Sept. 26 for the sixth annual Latinas in Aviation Global Festival. “Taking off is…
UMD prof explains ‘weird’ quantum mechanics to lay audience
Red balls and blue balls. A penny in Maryland and another in California. The same atom in two points on a graph at the same time. University of Maryland (UMD) physics professor Steve Rolston tried to explain quantum mechanics to a standing-room-only crowd of more than 50 people…
WSSC Water Asks Customers to Use Water for Essential Purposes Only
UPDATE (4:55 pm): WSSC Essential Water Use Only Remains in Effect
WSSC Water's Potomac Water Filtration Plant has resumed limited water production following an emergency electrical issue. This remains a serious situation. WSSC's Essential Water Use Only request remains in effect.