New Carrollton News

New Carrollton residents could end up paying about the same amount in property taxes this summer as they did last summer, despite lower assessed home values, if the City Council decides to exceed the constant yield tax rate as a way to avoid dipping into operating reserves.

NEW CARROLLTON, Md. - Opponents of Maryland's new same-sex marriage law made a significant step forward Tuesday in their attempts to have voters decide this November whether to throw it out.

Prince George's County Police are warning residents to be on the lookout for fake lottery scams after a New Carrollton woman was recently misled by someone posing as a Publisher's Clearing House representative.

A task force this week recommended that Montgomery County build a 160-mile transit network that would rely not on regular buses chugging along the usual congested county roads, but sleek 'rapid transit' buses that would travel in special lanes reserved for them.

Gov. Martin O'Malley has long promised that Baltimore and the Washington suburbs would each get a new light-rail line and that the Red Line and its Purple counterpart outside D.C. could be built at the same time.

Get ready for another busy weekend, filled with festivals, art events, graduation ceremonies, and Metro delays for the Orange, Red and Green Lines.

Metro riders should be aware of track work being conducted on the Orange, Red and Green lines that will affect travel this weekend.

The cause of a car fire under a New Carrollton home's carport is under investigation, according to a Prince George's County fire official.

A The Purple Line , the proposed 16-mile light rail transit system extending from New Carrollton to Bethesda, could be missing one vital component for its progression: funding.

Natalie McGill/The Gazette Prince George's County Assistant Police Chief Kevin Davis introduces the "Take 30 for Traffic" initiative on May 1. The new initiative asks police officers on all three shifts to spend 30 minutes each day during their shifts to monitor speeding and aggressive drivers in an effort to reduce the number of fatal pedestrian ... (more)

Virginia Terhune/The Gazette New Carrollton candidates James Wildoner and John Weisenberg talk Monday while waiting for election results at the city's Municipal Center.