Local Events

ANNAPOLIS, MD –Governor O’Malley, joined by Lt. Governor Brown, House Speaker Busch, the Maryland State Education Association, and other officials, will hold an event at Jones Elementary School today to celebrate Maryland’s public schools being certified today as #1 in the nation for the fifth straight year by Education Week Magazine. Earlier this week, the […]

  (Washington, DC)  —  An online lottery got underway yesterday morning for tickets to the 90th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony.  The ceremony, on the White House Ellipse, is scheduled for December 6th.  The lottery will continue until 10 a.m. Monday, October 29th.  Three-thousand seated tickets and 14-thousand standing room only tickets will be […]

  Visit any area McDonald’s on Tuesday, October 23rd from 5pm to 8pm. Enjoy your McDonald’s favorites, and they’ll donate a portion of the sales to local schools. Tuesday, October 23rd, 5pm to 8pm at McDonald’s

  LARGO, Md.- The National Science Foundation has awarded Prince George’s Community College a $5 million National Advanced Technological Education Center continuation grant for its National CyberWatch – Cybersecurity Education Solutions for the Nation project. Funding over the next four years will promote cybersecurity education at community colleges nationally. “The award is a testament to […]

  (Lynchburg, VA)  —  A Falls Church man cried yesterday at sentencing before a federal judge in Lynchburg.  The judge gave John Dahlquist one year and one day in prison for impersonating a Secret Service agent.  Dahlquist said he did it to impress a Lynchburg woman with whom he had a relationship.  Prosecutors said he […]