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When a controversial development like the Cafritz property pops up, the conversation frequently turns to issues like traffic and aesthetic appropriateness.

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It was a good week for the University of Maryland Police department, who saw one man charged for a December armed robbery, and the arrest of a suspect in a recent cell phone theft .

Syracuse fans who want to get a little sneak peak at one of the Orange's top recruits will get a chance to watch 6'7" high school senior Jerami Grant tonight on ESPN.

National Signing Day is barely in the rearview mirror, and everything in the recruiting world has already moved toward the future.

The man charged in the January 2011 fatal shooting of a University of Maryland student is scheduled to appear in court for a plea hearing Friday afternoon.

You might not know it, but Yes! Organic Market actually has two entrances.A There's the one you are familiar with, facing the parking lot in the rear of the block.

A Mount Rainier city police officer is nursing injuries at home after being hit twice by a car during a traffic stop on Tuesday evening.A The incident began at around 10 p.m. on Feb.

A man pleaded guilty yesterday to setting his ex-girlfriend's car on fire, endangering the lives of six people inside an Edgewater home last summer.

Hyattsville has a new human resources director. After a two-hour-long closed session on Monday, the council returned to open session late in the night and unanimously approved an employment contract with Chris Vermillion, currently the director of human resources for Alpha Corporation, a national construction company with between 200-500 ... (more)

During last night's City Council meeting , Hyattsville bicycle shop Arrow Bicycle and area cycling team Route 1 Velo presented a $7,000 check to the Prince George's County Special Olympics Cycling Team.

Today marks Accession Day in Great Britain and the Commonwealth nations which hold Queen Elizabeth II as their head of state.

During tonight's meeting the City Council will vote to schedule two festive events.

The Prince George's County Social Innovation Fund held its first annual Forty UNDER 40 awards ceremony on January 31.

The man arrested for killing an Alexandria, Virginia man will remain in jail. Linwood Johnson's is being held without bond.

Overnight violence erupts in Baltimore. Baltimore police are investigating four shootings and a stabbing.

Hyattsville is turning 126 this year, and city officials want to mark the occasion by adding an extra day to the city's anniversary carnival and adding an explosive highlight to the festivities.

Advocates for Maryland's abused and neglected youths said Wednesday that the state's second-largest foster care placement company failed the children in its care by allowing the qualification assessments of the homes they live in to lapse.

TEMPLE HILLS, Md. -- A man who was wanted for attempted murder was arrested Wednesday morning after deputies responded for a domestic violence call in Temple Hills.

President Obama's State of the Union pledge to stem dropouts by requiring students to stay in school until they had earned their diplomas or turned 18 turned a lot of heads across the nation and locally in Hyattsville.