University Park News

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.

COLLEGE PARK - Fire officials say a thunderstorm sparked flash flooding in the College Park area, and lightning apparently ignited two house fires.

The summer months are a lean time for many College Park businesses. The University of Maryland, College Park, goes on break and most of its 37,000 students scatter, taking their wallets with them.

Listen up, boys and girls. Hare Prof. Bunne is going to clue you in on What Is Really Important.

(By the way, you all look so nice -- is it Picture Day today? No? You look this good every day? Wow!)

The man in the bunny suit holds up his furry gray hands: 'Okay! Everybody say 'con-ser-va-tion.' ' He cocks a long ear, waits for it . . .

'Conservation!' sings out the gym full of pre-K through third-graders.

'It means to save!' the bunny exhorts, punching the air. 'We must work together, boys and girls, and save this world! Everybody repeat after me: Turn it off, turn it out/Don't waste water from the spout . . . '

Kayla Moffett, 13, of Beltsville, has been selected to attend the 2009 National Junior Leaders Conference's Discover Medicine and Science program, held June 26 to July 3 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Mother and daughter Nicki and Anna Noel, both of Lanham, purchase produce from Jackie White at the Miller Farm booth at the College Park Farmers Market on Saturday.

A suspected swine flu case at nearby University Park Elementary School, the state's fifteenth, has caused officials to close the school temporarily.

Less than a week after closing three of its schools - including two in Laurel - because of concerns about swine flu, Prince George's County Public Schools announced Tuesday that all schools will be open on Wednesday.

Another school in Maryland has been closed due to suspected swine flu, bringing the total to six schools.

Like mourners at a wake, dozens of loyal customers packed into Vertigo Books in College Park one day last month and lingered in small clusters throughout the evening to say goodbye to their friend.

Abbe Miller, 9, of University Park gets Dori, her Labrador-chow mix, ready for the Eighth Annual University Park Azalea Classic dog walk Friday evening in University Park.

Major changes will come to the University Park Town Council when the town holds its May 5 election.

Bob Moss of University Park helps son Owen, 3, and daughter Kira, 5, read one book while daughter Miranda, 7, looks for others behind them.

Michael D. Herman, chief of staff to Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson , is considering challenging Sen.

Jim Rockwell of Wilmington, Del., and Michael Bosworth of Vienna, Va., of the Ship's Company Chanteymen entertain the crowds with traditional songs during Tavern Night at the Riversdale House Museum.

The first living things did not require oxygen to "breathe," but early life on Earth never would have gotten much beyond pond scum without free oxygen in the atmosphere.