University Park News

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. - Eight firefighters were injured and a family displaced after a serious blaze at a single-family home in Prince George's County.

Greenbelt Elementary fifth-graders who received a 3.0 GPA and higher for the first quarter are: Mark Albright, Raya Ameir, Jonathan Bertiz, Andrew Dabbs, Winter Holmes, Deja Jackson, Salena Johnson, Anna-Kay Murray, Joseph Natoli, Patrick Nelson, Brian O'Neil, Jessica Pandohie, Forest Rawley, Amari Welch, Ruth White, Mira Willson, Norah Awad, ...

University Park's town Christmas tree will be a lot more eco-friendly this year, and that won't be just because of its 1,000 new, energy-saving LED lights.

Children from University Baptist Church in College Park who collected more than $900 in pennies for the poor include Jakobe Wiggins, 11; Jonah Ramsey-Lucas, 5; Samuel Ramsey-Lucas, 7; and Joanna Burns, 9, all of Hyattsville and Matthew McIntyre, 11, of College Park; and Jacob Burns, 11; Noah Ramsey-Lucas, 11; and Shawn Turonis, 11, all of ...

University Park officials have scheduled a special election for Dec. 29 to fill the town's vacant Ward 7 council seat.

University Park Town Councilman Ed DeSaussure resigned Monday night and criticized the town's handling of several financial issues, including its enrollment of employees in the state pension system.

Taylor Keen and a group of volunteers from the University of Maryland, College Park, conducted a tree count for the town of University Park.

Reese Madsen Jr. of University Park completed the 30th annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge bike ride Aug.

For kindergartners at University Park Elementary School, their first day on Aug.

Rendering of a proposed 33-story tower to be built at the corner of Belcrest Road and Toledo Terrace as part of the Belcrest Plaza Development.

Banks expanded at a breathtaking pace over the past five years, adding more than 10,000 full-service branches, but barely 1 in 10 were in inner-city, minority neighborhoods, another sign the financial spending spree skipped over substantial parts of the country.

John Townshend of University Park has been named dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Despite annual town clean-ups and environmentally conscious signage, litter and murky waters remain a common sight in University Park's Wells Run stream.

Nancy Schickner , the new principal at University Park Elementary School, hugs incoming third-grader Miranda Moss, 8, in the school's office Tuesday.

Sen. James C. Rosapepe of College Park is accepting applications for the state's legislative scholarship program.

For the last six years, the members of Wallace Presbyterian Church had been awaiting their promised land.

An afternoon that began with two German shepherds escaping their owner's backyard and allegedly biting two residents ended when the dogs were shot, one fatally in University Park.

A severe thunderstorm last Wednesday night stalled cars, flooded dorms and caused two houses in the College Park area to catch fire amid the heavy rain and lightning.

Karena Werth and Austin Paulsen are planning a wedding this October. Frederick and Sharon Werth of University Park, Md., announced the engagement of their daughter, Karena Werth of San Diego to Austin Thomas Paulsen, also of San Diego.

A new Hyattsville-area elementary school may not open its doors until August 2012, one year later than originally planned.