Calverton News

Prince George's County firefighters work to rescue residents trapped by a fire Saturday morning at the Empirian Village apartments in Greenbelt.

A new Fairmont Heights High School has been scaled down to a smaller building holding fewer students than initially planned, but the redesign will tack an additional half-million dollars onto its cost.

The CVS store in Calverton, Maryland ran out of seasonal flu vaccine about an hour before Keri Tiadori and her five kids walked in the door Friday morning.

Armed bandits led police on a wild chase with shots fired Friday afternoon after an attempt armored car heist on Powder Mill Rd at Allview Dr in the Calverton area.

Montgomery County Police are asking the public's help in locating a critically missing Silver Spring man.

The Beltsville and Calverton areas will continue to have two fire stations assisting residents, thanks to an agreement between the stations and Prince George's County.

The Beltsville and Calverton areas will continue to have two fire stations assisting residents, thanks to an agreement between the stations and Prince George's County.

The Beltsville and Calverton areas will continue to have two fire stations assisting residents, thanks to an agreement between the stations and Prince George's County.

The Beltsville and Calverton areas will continue to have two fire stations assisting residents, thanks to an agreement between the stations and Prince George's County.

Many say civic activist Stuart Rochester's death last week was yet another blow to eastern Montgomery County residents who over the past two years have lost much of their leadership, including County Council members and longtime Calverton residents Marilyn and Don Praisner.

Read more at STATter 911 blog LARGO, Md. -- The word "close" is apparently a dirty word in Prince George's County government.

The plan, as submitted, also calls for the removal of career firefighters from Station 805 and Station 813 Neither station has significant volunteer participation.

Local elementary schools continued to perform well above county averages on the Maryland School Assessment but Adelphi's Buck Lodge and Beltsville's Martin Luther King Jr.

Jay , 33, is a history teacher. Alvin , 30, is a math teacher. They live in Bethesda .

With the new budget year starting, the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department is trying to do more with less.

Sixth-grader Tyra Molina , 12, of Beltsville listens Friday as first-grader Miracle Kanu, 7, also of Beltsville, talks about her interests as part of a writing exercise during Celebrate Writing Day at Calverton Elementary School in Beltsville.

Washington Adventist Hospital has filed for state approval to move its hospital from Takoma Park to Calverton/White Oak.

State laws that prohibit people under the age of 21 from buying or possessing alcohol, and from driving with any amount of alcohol in their system, save 732 lives each year in the United States, according to a study examining 23 years of research on the subject.