Calverton News

With the new budget year starting, the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department is trying to do more with less.

Sixth-grader Tyra Molina , 12, of Beltsville listens Friday as first-grader Miracle Kanu, 7, also of Beltsville, talks about her interests as part of a writing exercise during Celebrate Writing Day at Calverton Elementary School in Beltsville.

Washington Adventist Hospital has filed for state approval to move its hospital from Takoma Park to Calverton/White Oak.

State laws that prohibit people under the age of 21 from buying or possessing alcohol, and from driving with any amount of alcohol in their system, save 732 lives each year in the United States, according to a study examining 23 years of research on the subject.

Underage drinking laws reduce fatal accidents, saving an estimated 732 lives per year, U.S. researchers said.

William M. Shipp and John P. Davey are both lawyers with O'Malley, Miles, Nylen & Gilmore who have been accredited for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards by the U.S. Green Building Council Certification Institute.

Beltsville Elementary School second-grader Destiny Jones, 8, answers questions asked by Bowie resident and Beltsville Agricultural Research Center scientist John Cole on Feb.

Montgomery County Fire Rescue Chief Richard Bowers holds the door as he enters the Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home in Silver Spring to pay his respects to the family of Montgomery County Councilman Don Praisner.

Almost a year after his wife's passing, Montgomery County Councilmember Don Praisner, 76, died Friday, Jan.

Students at Calverton Elementary School in Beltsville have spent the past four weeks gathering food to be sent to American soldiers serving in Iraq.