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Charles school board explores name change for Indian Head Elementary
Indian Head Elementary School is now the second Charles public school currently under consideration for a name change. Earlier in the year, Superintendent Maria Navarro was tasked by the Charles County Board of Education to begin gauging community sentiment for renaming General Smallwood Middle School. Concerns were raised about Smallwood’s history as a slaveholder during the 1700s. So far, the community response has been split down the middle on the...
Prince George’s County prepares for heavy rain from Hurricane Helene
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning early Thursday morning in parts of Prince George’s County. Though short-lived, due to being canceled after improving weather, the county is still being cautious after a wet week in the DMV. The Department of Public Works and Transportation […]
Charles commissioners hear case for Docket 90 amendments for St. Charles
While some controversy has cooled off about an amendment to Docket 90, which would move the proposed location of a new school, St. Charles residents continue to have problems with Lennar, a home construction company. Docket 90 governs the process for submitting and approving designs for villages and neighborhoods to be constructed in St. Charles, a network of sprawling residential communities in Charles County. Amendments to the plan, proposed in...
Charles officials voice anger, concern over transit project cuts
On their annual transportation budget tour, state officials stopped by Charles County where they were grilled by local and state officials on the intense budget cuts recently announced to the Southern Maryland Rapid Transit project. Commissioner President Reuben B. Collins II (D) wasted no time after introductions at the Sept. 24 meeting with Maryland Department of Transportation addressing the elephant in the room, saying, “We can’t accept the proposed cuts to SMRT.” ...
Angela Alsobrooks’s prosecutorial record dents Senate hopeful’s crime rhetoric
Maryland Democratic Senate nominee Angela Alsobrooks was involved in a series of plea deals during her roughly 15-year stint as a prosecutor that could challenge her persona as a tough-on-crime politician. Court records reviewed by the Washington Examiner of cases overseen by Alsobrooks when she was the top prosecutor for Prince George’s County about a […]
St. Mary's commissioners, delegates meet with transportation officials
mreid@somdnews.com It’s been about a year since the St. Mary’s County commissioners last met with state transportation officials but the big question remained the same. Maryland Department of Transportation officials also visited Calvert and Charles counties as part of a statewide transportation tour to discuss the department’s Consolidated Transportation Program for fiscal years 2025 to 2030. ...
County decree supported Colonial efforts
Approximately 250 years ago, some of Charles County’s earliest patriots rallied behind Boston’s efforts in the Revolutionary War. “The resolutions in the summer of 1774, including the Charles County Resolves, were a crucial step in securing our freedom and independence. All these resolutions were local, yet very important events,” Kevin Nietmann, secretary of the Thomas Stone Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, said at a special event on Saturday. ...
PWCS Celebrates the New Construction of Occoquan Elementary School
Local elected officials joined Prince William County School Board members and Superintendent of Schools Dr. LaTanya D. McDade in a ceremony to celebrate the new construction of Occoquan Elementary School. The first Net-Zero school in PWCS, Occoquan Elementary’s replacement school, is scheduled to open in the beginning of 2026 at the site of the existing school.
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