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Prince George's County State's Attorney takes aim at student truancy by holding parents accountable
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — The Prince George's County State's Attorney is taking aim at truancy by holding parents accountable in court for their child's unexcused absences. During a March truancy meeting at Drew Freeman Middle School, State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy warned parents that they could be held criminally...
Upper Marlboro resident & Pace University student opens Acai business to address lack of healthy food options
When Upper Marlboro resident and Pace University student Jonah White-Wilson arrived home from school last spring, he saw an opportunity. “There aren’t a whole lot of healthy options in my neighborhood,” said White-Wilson. “It is a lot of fast food. I wanted a healthy alternative.” To that end, White-Wilson went to work, knocking on doors and asking people what they like to eat and what their snacking habits were like....
SMAC tennis champions crowned
Last week amid the diminishing daylight on the third day of the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference tennis championships, Huntingtown High School senior Bella White and sophomore teammate Lucy Staley successfully defended their SMAC girls’ doubles title of a year ago and marked the beginning of the coronation of conference champions. Like their contemporaries in both singles events and the various doubles events, White and Staley arrived at North Point on May 8 hoping to depart with a title before sunset. In a match that played...
Upper Marlboro native named Dillard University valedictorian
Ashley S. Brown, an Upper Marlboro native, will receive a bachelor of arts in film with a minor in business administration, in three years, with plans to pursue a career in entertainment law. Upon graduating, Brown will pursue a Juris Doctorate at the University of California at Los Angeles Law School in the fall. While at Dillard, she was a Red Bull Student Marketeer, Junior Fellow and program co-chair for the US Hub with the Melton Foundation, an HBCU in LA Intern, Administrative Director for...
Saints grind way into final
ST. MICHAELS — It’s a longtime creed of St. Michaels High baseball. “We tell them all the time, ‘Two-out hits win championships,’” Saints head coach Brian Femi said. St. Michaels bunched together three two-out hits during a three-run first inning, and added two more runs with two outs Saturday on the way to a 5-2 victory over North Dorchester in a Class 1A East Region I semifinal at Harold Baines...
PGCPS wraps up National Teacher Appreciation Week with surprise awards
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Prince George's County Public Schools is wrapping up National Teacher Appreciation Week with surprise awards. Craig Mitchell, a physical education teacher at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Maryland, was awarded a $1,000 Amazon gift card sponsored by the American College of Education. Principal...
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