New Carrollton News

Joining the ranks of Purple Line supporters, students at the University of Maryland yesterday started a grass roots campaign for the transit line that would traverse the College Park campus.

Natasha Cross, 14, of Hyattsville competes in the state race at the 14th Annual Port Towns Paddlesport Regatta on Saturday at the Bladensburg Waterfront Park.

Purple Line opponents show the scale of trains on the Capital Crescent Trail. Buy Photo COMMENT A June 29 Metro article aptly described the proposed light-rail Purple Line linking Bethesda with New Carrollton.

Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday afternoon at the New Carrollton Metro station parking lot after several cars caught fire, News4 reported.

More than 50 residents walked the streets through the Frenchman's Creek Condominiums in New Carrollton on July 10, giving County Councilman Eric Olson of College Park and elected city officials a close-up view ...

By Katherine Shaver Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, July 13, 2008; Page A01 On its Web site, the Alliance for Smart Transportation bills itself as a "coalition of concerned citizens advocating for smart ...

By Katherine Shaver Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, July 12, 2008; Page A01 On its Web site, the Alliance for Smart Transportation bills itself as a "coalition of concerned citizens advocating for smart ...

Metro Transit Police say the most crime-ridden Metro stations top the list of those that would benefit most from outdoor crime cameras.

Independence Day is a unique holiday for Washington's transportation system. No other day-off brings so many people to the region's center for so public a celebration.

Hundreds of thousands of people will take Metro downtown Friday. They will go to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the concert at the Capitol, and to see the fireworks.

Here are two scenes that took place this week. Although separated by miles, occupations and responsibilities, both are symbolic of the same problem: What do you do when your money doesn't go as far as you need ...

Police say they know of no motive for the shooting death of a property manager at a Woodlawn apartment complex, but friends and family say they think the crime might be related to his job.

Milton John Barnes III had taken steps to make the complex safer for its residents.

'We know he was sent there to deal with some rogue elements in the neighborhood,' said Carl Barnes, his brother. 'That was part of his assignment - to get things straight.'

Matthew Greene, a close friend of Milton Barnes, said a Barnes family member told him that 'some young guys in the neighborhood thought he was the police.'

Sunday, June 29, 2008; Page B08 With the Senate's debate this month on climate change, the federal government at long last has started to grapple with a response to global warming.

SIXTH DEFENDANT IN D.C. PROPERTY TAX REFUND FRAUD SCHEME PLEADS GUILTY Over $9 Million in Fraudulent District of Columbia Checks Deposited Into Account of Former IRS Employee Robert O. Steven; Used Funds to ...

Sixty-five teachers at seven under-performing county public schools will be replaced by ''highly qualified" teachers under a plan approved Tuesday by the Maryland State Board of Education.

Four area World War II veterans are among those being honored this weekend by a society in France dedicated to remembering America's sacrifices on behalf of the French.

New Carrollton Metrorail Station surface lot No. 2 and the Tenleytown -AU Kiss-and-Ride lot are closed this weekend for scheduled maintenance.

A group of alleged Maryland foreclosure swindlers has been charged with using television advertisements to entice desperate homeowners into turning over their deeds as a last-ditch effort to save their homes ...

COMMENT By Lena H. Sun Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 12, 2008; Page B01 A heat kink in a track between the East Falls Church and Ballston-MU Metro stations caused major delays on the Orange Line ...

Donald McQueen of Fort Washington buys gasoline for his lawn mower Tuesday at the Exxon station on Landover Road in Landover.