New Carrollton News

Officials in Berwyn Heights, Greenbelt and College Park would like to follow New Carrollton's lead by adding their own school zone speed cameras, but aren't sure when they'll be ready to do so.

There were some tense moments in a New Carrollton neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.

Metro says subway riders should expect delays of up to a half hour on weeknights after 9:30 p.m. this month as the transit agency makes repairs on most lines.

New Carrollton Police say a construction worker was killed when he fell off of a roof on Friday afternoon.

If you see more police than usual in and around MARC trains Friday, there's no reason to be alarmed.

Amtrak traffic was halted for about two hours just north of Washington, D.C., after a locomotive caught fire at the New Carrollton station.

A Prince George's County fire official says Amtrak traffic through New Carrollton has been halted after a locomotive caught fire at the station.

Prince George's County is updating it's Transportation Master Plan. According to the Post , "It's all about cutting down on the need to use a car," said Hal Foster, project manager for the transportation master plan, which also takes a look at the county's highway and hiking and bicycle trail systems.

Lights, camera, tickets. In Prince George's County, that will soon be the case for many speeders.

New statistics show crime rates near Metro stations are on the rise as the transit system reported a 42 percent spike in robberies through the first eight months of the year.

Beginning this week, we are consolidating some of our editions. Readers will continue to enjoy the same amount of extremely local coverage, but now the newspapers also will include additional stories from some nearby communities.

Jeni Huezo, a senior from Hyattsville, sings a song Friday at the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at Parkdale High School in Riverdale.

This activity report is provided by the Greenbelt Police Department as a public service to the community and is not a complete listing of all events and crime reported.

A new proposal from the Maryland Transit Administration could finally placate university concerns about the Purple Line distrupting critical research equipment.

While Metro riders park their cars and head off to work, thieves may be prowling the lot, looking to break in.

Metro Transit Police are rolling out 2 new T-3 personal patrol vehicles to try to turn around a rising crime rate in its massive parking facilities.

On a Wednesday morning in August, Sangjin Lee, an immigrant from South Korea, left his $8-an-hour job as a bakery deliveryman, went through the turnstile at the West Falls Church Metro station and headed to the eastbound platform.

An electronic sign that will tell speeding drivers their speed on display at a press conference announcing the new Automated Speed Enforcement program on Wednesday overlooking I-95 south of Laurel.

A couple of suspicious packages caused closures in downtown D.C. Tuesday. A suspicious package -- reportedly a suitcase -- near Fulbright Hall at George Washington University and the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro Station prompted street closures and the closure of the station at 2:30 p.m. The situation was cleared and the station reopened just after 3:30 ...

Gardening creates a state of peace & tranquility by Afrique Kilimanjaro Carolina Peacemaker Originally posted 9/23/2009 At the Spruills Nestled off of Highway 29 in East Greensboro is a garden oasis teeming with flowers and plants.