Berwyn Heights News

Route 1 development and cost-cutting were among the issues on the minds of College Park officials when they attended the Maryland Municipal League's annual convention, held Sunday to Wednesday in Ocean City.

"I like the emphasis on kids because I got my start as a youngster at the Frederick airport," Dean Stickell says.

Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye [[ Shy ]] Calvo is suing the Prince George's County Sheriff's Office, the Prince George's County Police Department and the state of Maryland over a SWAT team raid last year that resulted in the deaths of his family dogs.

The Prince George's County sheriff's office has concluded that deputies did nothing wrong when they charged into the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights during a drug investigation last summer and fatally shot his family's two dogs.

Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo and his wife, Trinity Tomsic, hold a press conference at their home announcing that they are filing a civil action against Sheriff Michael Jackson, the State of Maryland, the lead Prince George's Police Department's narcotics enforcement division Detective Shawn Scarlata and Prince George's County for the raid on ...

News Mon, Jun 22, 2009 5:41 pm more: headline news Source: www.washingtonpost.com The Prince George's County sheriff's office has concluded that deputies did nothing wrong when they charged into the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights during a drug investigation last summer and fatally shot his family's two dogs.

The small-town mayor whose home was raided by Prince George's County sheriff's deputies says he will announce his next steps in response to a report authorities released about the incident.

Shortly after the rains of Tropical Storm Hanna tore a massive breach in the towpath near Old Angler's Inn, the C&O Canal Trust established the Towpath Repair Fund to raise $100,000 in private funds to match $101,000 of National Park Service money.

An internal review from the Prince George's County sheriff's office says deputies acted appropriately during a raid in which they killed two dogs belonging to a small-town mayor.

Amy Lamke, of People Acting Together in Howard, helped organize a Chick-fil-A fundraiser for the parents of Vincent Anastasi, who was killed June 6 when his scooter collided with a van in his Elkridge neighborhood.

Longtime Riverdale Park Town Administrator Pat Prangley , who is retiring, chats Friday with town employees, including Public Works Director Leonard Addison.

Roger Wilson reads a notice May 18 on the front doors of The New Deal Cafe in the Roosevelt Center, which is closed because of a management dispute.

Funeral Director Louis Grant places the casket of an infant girl found dead March 22 during her funeral Friday morning at Resurrection Cemetery in Clinton.

To prevent senseless killings like one that touched a key member of his administration, Gov.

Gov. Martin O'Malley , seeking to highlight his administration's public safety efforts, signed on Tuesday laws to expand judicial authority to confiscate guns from domestic abusers, crack down on repeat drunk drivers and catch speeders by allowing traffic cameras in certain areas.

A mixture of open houses, parent involvement and faith prompted St. Hugh of Grenoble school officials to keep the Greenbelt school open for another year.

The Chesapeake Bay came to life as rows of students from kindergarten to sixth grade sang "Under the Sea" and gathered around a variety of sea creatures like clown fish, clams and dolphins fashioned out of tiny, glittering tiles outside the Berwyn Heights Elementary School on May 6. The school's new mural, located on the outside of the building, ...

Andrew Leonard was watching television with his wife not long after returning from Ash Wednesday services when police burst through the front door of his North Baltimore home.

Last July, a SWAT team entered the house of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo, killing his two black Labradors and interrogating him for nearly two hours at gunpoint, as he kneeled, bewildered and afraid, in nothing but his underwear and socks.

Includes $866 million in total spending reductions, with $162 million cut to local road maintenance and about $140 million made up by using bonds to pay for Program Open Space.