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Prince George's Headlines: Buzzard Contributes to Fatal Motorcycle Crash, Radiation Scare at NASA Goddard

This week's top Prince George's County news.

 

Speed, Buzzard Contributing Factors in Sunday's Motorcycle Fatality
David Christopher Norris, of Upper Marlboro, died Sunday after his motorcycle struck a buzzard causing him to veer off the road.


An engine at NASA Goddard overheated and smoked in a building containing radioactive material Thursday.


After six days, the Prince George's County District Council ended the evidentiary hearing for the Cafritz rezoning request. about 37 acres just south of College Park, in Riverdale Park, to Mixed-Use Town Center so that they can construct a Whole Foods Market, almost 1,000 residential units, and both retail and office space.

Budget Bombshell: Hyattsville Council Delays Final Fiscal Vote
A recently discovered discrepancy between budget measures grinds city budget approval to a halt while opening up debate about police staffing.


Riverdale Elementary is one of six Prince George's County Public Schools to be named to the State of Maryland’s top ten list in the 2012 Maryland Department of Education’s School Breakfast Contest. The school will receive a prize from the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association.

In Bowie, Property Tax to Remain Unchanged
The city manager has recommended that the property tax rate stay at 40 cents per $100 of assessed value.

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Betsy Marks Delaney June 12, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Considering the sorry state of sex education in schools today and parental reluctance for teachingRead More anything but abstinence (if they teach anything at all), I'd suggest that the sale shouldn't even be questioned. When we decide education means more than just saying "no," when boys and men learn that it's as much their responsibility as women's to avoid unprotected sex and that violence against women is wrong, and when we teach consequences along with abstinence, then perhaps the pill won't be necessary. I don't see that day coming for a long, long time. Now, if the course "Our Whole Lives" taught by Unitarian Universalists became standard education in every school, perhaps we wouldn't need emergency contraception. Education (knowledge) is power.
Pachacutec June 12, 2013 at 02:16 pm
Betsy, I agree with a lot of your post; many parents seem to feel that if they tell their childrenRead More about sex, it's the same as telling them to go out and do it. I'm willing to bet that more young people get into trouble by ignorance than by knowledge. (and I haven't read the text that you mentioned but yes, education/knowledge IS power).
Peggy Anne June 12, 2013 at 02:57 pm
By all means, give them the pill and let them stop trouble in its tracks. From that moment forward,Read More encourage them to find safer ways to have fun.
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