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She voted to oust New Carrollton’s mayor. Now she wants the job.

Ashley Clarke
New Carrollton Council member Briana Urbina, third from the left, voted to remove the city's mayor over alleged violations of a hiring freeze. Now she's running for the executive's office.
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New Carrollton Mayor Phelecia Nembhard was removed from office Wednesday evening. She denies the allegations that she violated the city council's charter and plans to run for reelection during the special election.

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Coalition demands Prince George’s revoke permit allowing ICE to expand presence in Hyattsville

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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 04: Lonnie Bunch, Humanitarian of the Year, speaks onstage during the EBONY Power 100 Gala at The Beverly Hilton on November 04, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for EBONY Media Group)

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Cortnie Burriss hosts a game night every first Thursday of the month at Upper Marlboro’s Free State Distillery. Patrons play “Talk Your Suit,” a game Burriss originally created for her high school literature students and encourages players to use different conversation skills.

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Police identify man found shot to death in vehicle in Hyattsville

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The pope wants them out of the church. These traditionalist Catholics in Prince George’s aren’t fazed.

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Tonya Sweat addresses supporters after a judge rejected her request to pause the certification of general election ballots.

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Madyha Leghari's "Inhospitable Womb" will be on display as part of her Trawick Prize finalist showcase at Bethesda's Gallery B. The Hyattsville resident turned a resin cast of her pregnant torso into a terrarium.

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Afro Plus Festival debuted in 2025 as a one day festival, and will return to Northwest Stadium in Landover for Labor Day Weekend this year and expand to three days.

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Montgomery County

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Jesica Argueta, 24, of Silver Spring was sentenced to 1-year in prison for crashing her vehicle in 2025 into another car while going twice the speed limit and killing a passenger, an 85-year-old woman.

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Nicole Michelle Haskins stars in the titular role of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” at the Round House Theatre.

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Washington.

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A giant claw moves garbage around the room where the waste is held at the Montgomery County resource recovery facility on Wednesday September 17th. Waste needs to be periodically moved around in order to keep the organic material that is decomposing and generating heat from creating a fire in the facility.

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Council overturns Elrich’s veto of planning board member

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Sep 14, 2026

A pedestrian walks past a colorful mural near downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.

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Sep 14, 2026

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Sep 12, 2026

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Sep 10, 2026

The memorial consists of a semicircle with 11 benches. Each bench is engraved and dedicated to one of the Montgomery County residents who was killed.

In Rockville, remembering 11 who died on 9/11

Sep 11, 2026

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