Accokeek News Archives

Leonardo N. Baty delivers the valedictory address at a graduation ceremony Monday for inmates who received diplomas after completing the general equivalency diploma, or GED, exam at the Prince George's County Department of Corrections in Upper Marlboro.

Jennifer Stevens, a buyer with Genuine Gold LLC, talks with Lisa Johnson of Accokeek on Friday at the Holiday Inn in Waldorf.

Piscataway Park in Accokeek is set to receive $1 million from the federal economic stimulus package to restore its eroding shores along the Potomac River.

Concert in the woods Randy Barrett Trio will perform a bluegrass concert at 8 p.m. July 11 at Hard Bargain Farm.

Prince George's County Police say a Fort Washington man was shot to death at a group home in Accokeek.

During the War of 1812, there was a famous battle in Baltimore, the 1814 "Battle of Fort McHenry." It wasn't really a battle at all - the fort didn't have cannons powerful enough to reach the British warships, so the fire was only incoming.