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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 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....
Patuxent baseball tops La Plata for region title
Conditions were hardly ideal for the 2A South Region title game on Tuesday afternoon, but the inclement weather could not diminish the hosts as the Patuxent High School baseball team upended La Plata 7-3 to capture the region crown and complete a three-game sweep of the Warriors this spring courtesy of a pair of two-out rallies. Patuxent (18-2) punched its ticket to the 2A state quarterfinals on Friday by scoring four runs in the second then responded to a three-run rally from La Plata (16-5)...
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...
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...
Chopticon captures SMAC softball championship
In a quest for a perfect season this spring, the Chopticon High School softball team has executed in all facets of the game at a high level. On Tuesday evening, the Braves kept their perfect record in tact by upending Northern High 10-4 to capture the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Championship game at Chancellor’s Run Regional Park in Great Mills. Chopticon (17-0) had upended Northern 8-4 when the two teams met in Morganza in late April and the Braves and Patriots will likely be headed...
Calvert commissioners OK school safety advisory committee
Ongoing reports of violent incidents and vandalism in Calvert’s public schools have prompted county officials — mostly outside the realm of education — to respond with their own call for action. That response came Tuesday morning when the county commissioners voted unanimously to approve creation of an ad hoc committee to be comprised of leaders of law enforcement, government, churches, nonprofits, schools and government. The Calvert County Student Safety and Well-Being Advisory Committee will be appointed by the county commissioners. ...
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