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The alert service is free. The cost of delivering cell phone text messages depends on your cellphone billing plan.
Other alert services by email, telephone voice, cellphone text or computer screen icon -- are also listed at that web page, some are free and some are paid
June 7: Church Building Fun-Raiser
On Saturday, June 7 from 8 am to 1 pm, in the parking lot of St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 8603 Contee Rd, there will be a Fun-Raiser (flea market) by the Touch of Love Bible Church, so they can soon move out of their office suite on Contee Rd into a brand new real church building on Muirkirk Rd near South Laurel. As many know, Touch of Love is very good neighbor, like when they worked with St. Nicholas and the local community to shut down a local murderous bar and close a nearby dangerous strip club. Please come out, have fun and welcome & support our good neighbor. (map) Rain Date: June 14.
MD State Hope Hotline Prevents Foreclosures
Maryland State Counseling, Refinance, Loan Programs
to avoid mortgage default and foreclosure
1-877-462-7555
www.mdhope.org
Thefts From Vehicles - Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Prince George's County Police have launched a county-wide campaign to reduce property crimes, including thefts, vehicle thefts, and especially thefts-from-vehicles, which make up the majority of property crimes in our South Laurel area.Please take the simple precautions listed in this flyer and this Police Department press release, so you won't suffer the cost and inconvenience of your car being broken into and your valuables stolen.
Sat May 3 Island Flavors Anniversary Celebration
UPDATE - Island Flavors Closed Oct 2013
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ISLAND FLAVORS RESTAURANT
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Saturday, May 3, 2008 2 PM
CRYSTAL PLAZA
12633 Laurel Bowie road
LAUREL, MD 20708
Major Beltway construction April 19 Branch Ave
The State Highway Administration has rescheduled for the weekend of April 19 a major construction project that will close the Capital Beltway at Branch Avenue for up to 17 hours (MAP). Details
April 19 Join Event to Stop Theft From Vehicles
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2008
LAUREL, CALVERTON, BELTSVILLE
YOU are invited to participate with Prince George's County Police Officers in this first of several planned community partnership events to hand out crime prevention literature about how to stop the high number of thefts from vehicles in our communities, which hurts us all in many ways.
PLEASE JOIN US
Saturday, April 19th
START: 10:00am
END: 1:00pm
WHERE: Please meet District VI Police Officers at one of these two locations at 10 AM
- Town Center Shopping Mall (meet near McDonalds)
13210 Laurel Bowie Rd, Laurel ( MAP at www.tinyurl.com/559evw )
Work Areas: Town Center Mall and Laurel Square Apartments (behind the Giant)
OR - Powder Mill Village Apartments (meet near the entrance)
3625 Powder Mill Rd, Beltsville ( MAP at www.tinyurl.com/5nj2hu )
Work Areas: Powder Mill Village and Calverton Shopping Center
For further information please contact:
A/Sgt. Kevin Carter
Community Response Team
District VI Beltsville Station
4321 Sellman Rd., Beltsville, Maryland 20705
301-902-2055 Desk kacarter@co.pg.md.us
Mar 31 7 pm Town Hall Meeting by Councilman Dernoga
Prince George's County Council member Thomas Dernoga is holding a Town Hall meeting Monday, March 31, at 7 p.m. at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, 4545 Ammendale Road, Beltsville (MAP)
The meeting will focus on next year's budget (*), but participants are free to bring up other issues, such as zoning, traffic or crime.
Representatives from the School Board, Department of Public Works and Transportation, and Department of Environmental Resources, will be on hand to answer questions, as will Major Dwayne Preston, the new county police commander for northern Prince George's County.
GS:
(*) Budgets are the way our values and priorities get implemented by our local government. Please come and help our community get those values and priorities right.
The meeting will focus on next year's budget (*), but participants are free to bring up other issues, such as zoning, traffic or crime.
Representatives from the School Board, Department of Public Works and Transportation, and Department of Environmental Resources, will be on hand to answer questions, as will Major Dwayne Preston, the new county police commander for northern Prince George's County.
GS:
(*) Budgets are the way our values and priorities get implemented by our local government. Please come and help our community get those values and priorities right.
April 2 P.G.Transportation Planning Meeting
Wednesday,April 2, 2008
6:30–9:00 p.m.
Eleanor Roosevelt H. S. Cafeteria
7601 Hanover Parkway
Greenbelt, Maryland
Transportation affects us all. Come, learn, and share your ideas and questions.
⇒ What strategies should be recommended to improve accessibility to transit?
⇒ What types of communities should transit be serving?
⇒ What is the process for funding roadway, transit, and bikeway improvements?
⇒ If we build it (a multimodal, convenient, bike- and pedestrian-friendly transportation network
focused on transit-oriented, mixed-use development) will you come?
⇒ How and where should the Purple Line be extended beyond New Carrollton?
⇒ What are your ideas for trail connections to schools, parks, and other destinations?
⇒ How will this plan help me in my work commute? What are some future options for me?
⇒ Will I be able to ride my bike to National Harbor? … or rail over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge?
Informational Flyer With Directions to This Event
Additional Information at M-NCPPC
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School Bus & Car Collide on Muirkirk 4 pm Mar 13
Around 4 pm Thursday, March 13, 2008 a Prince George's County Schools bus and a red car collided on Muirkirk Rd at Lanner Place (just west of Montpelier Elementary School.) This was two hours after Montpelier ES had let out.By-standers told me the collision occurred as the red car exited Lanner Place turning left onto Muirkirk. The image shows a piece of the front of the red car under the bus. The red car ended up plowing through a wood fence into in the back yard of the home at the south-west corner of Muirkirk and Lanner Pl.
Apparently, the car's driver was injured and taken from the scene in an ambulance. There was no information about any other passengers of the car or the bus driver or bus passengers, nor whether there were other injuries.
Police District VI Adds Email Tip Line
Prince George's County Police District VI (*) has added a Tip Line email address police_district6@co.pg.md.us to its recently established confidential Tip Line phone number (301) 931-3575 (previous Tip Line article)
Police District VI Commander Brewer asks citizens to use the Tip Line phone or email to provide any information or tips about crimes or suspicious activity.
For emergencies or crimes in progress, please call 911, for immediate response by Police or other public safety services.
For non-emergencies that nonetheless need the response of a police officer (or other non-emergency public safety services), please call Prince George's County Public Safety 301-352-1200.
(*) Link to zoomable map of Police District VI area
Police District VI Commander Brewer asks citizens to use the Tip Line phone or email to provide any information or tips about crimes or suspicious activity.
For emergencies or crimes in progress, please call 911, for immediate response by Police or other public safety services.
For non-emergencies that nonetheless need the response of a police officer (or other non-emergency public safety services), please call Prince George's County Public Safety 301-352-1200.
(*) Link to zoomable map of Police District VI area
NEW DATE *** Feb 28 Police Chief's Community Forum with Residents of Police District VI
RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY, FEB 28 7 PM (*)Chief Melvin High
Prince George's County Police Chief's
Community Forum for Police District VI
Beltsville Elementary School
4300 Wicomico Ave
Beltsville, MD
(Directions)
This forum is to facilitate direct dialog between Prince George's County Police Department Chief Melvin High, the new Police District VI Commander, Major Dwayne Preston, District VI police officers, community organizations and all residents in District VI (MAP) (Beltsville, Laurel, Adelphi, Hillandale, Calverton)
For further information contact:
Lt. Michael Straughan
Beltsville Station (District VI)
Station: 301-937-0910
(*) The original event on Feb 20 was rescheduled
because Beltsville Elementary School was closed
due to inclement weather.
Community Forum for Police District VI
Beltsville Elementary School
4300 Wicomico Ave
Beltsville, MD
(Directions)
This forum is to facilitate direct dialog between Prince George's County Police Department Chief Melvin High, the new Police District VI Commander, Major Dwayne Preston, District VI police officers, community organizations and all residents in District VI (MAP) (Beltsville, Laurel, Adelphi, Hillandale, Calverton)
For further information contact:
Lt. Michael Straughan
Beltsville Station (District VI)
Station: 301-937-0910
(*) The original event on Feb 20 was rescheduled
because Beltsville Elementary School was closed
due to inclement weather.
There The WSSC Goes Again, AGAIN !!!
Mar 17 Update: Between March 13 and March 16, the excavation was filled with two separate courses of tightly-packed asphalt -- creating a smooth road surface.Feb 17 Update: Late this Sunday morning, WSSC refilled the excavation with fresh asphalt.Feb 15 Update: It is Friday, just before the 3-day Presidents Day
holiday weekend and one week since the excavation was last patched. Predictably, high volume traffic has again turned it into a big pothole (deeper and more jarring than it looks in this photo) that has already thrown at least one hubcap. I called the WSSC maintenance line this morning and asked them to send out a crew to fill the excavation again -- and to refill it once a week, every week, before each weekend until a permanent repair can be made, so as to reduce the risk of more damage to vehicles, personal injury or even death, as even drivers who see the hole risk either being rear-ended as they slow down or head-on collision as they swerve left out of that only west-bound lane across the yellow line into traffic coming at them in the east-bound lane.
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Feb 8 Update
At 9:30 AM the WSSC filled the excavation temporarily with uncompressed asphalt. The hole was converted into a bump that cars are now avoiding (when they see it) by swerving to the left into oncoming east-bound traffic. It is unclear if this patch will last over the weekend, or revert again to a hole, as more cars and trucks hit it.
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(Feb 7, 2008) For the 3d time in 13 months, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) has again (again) abandoned work in progress on the perpetually problematic fire hydrant near Montpelier Mansion just as one turns onto West-bound Muirkirk Rd from Rt. 197, leaving a dangerous excavation -- this time 3 feet by 3 feet by 8 inches deep (and getting deeper with each passing car) -- without cover plates or warning signs or any other traffic safety measures.
Jan 14, 2007: Citizens Mitigate Dangerous Excavation on Muirkirk
May 19, 2007 WSSC, There They Go Again
And just like those two times before, today's tank trap -- noted at 4:30 pm -- is ALSO in the only west bound lane. So, drivers who are fortunate enough to see it must either slow abruptly -- risking rear collision from cars behind them -- or no less dangerously, they must swerve left into the East-bound land risking head-on collision with opposing traffic. The damage to cars, and danger to drivers and passengers will only get worse as night falls and the tank trap becomes invisible until it is too late. Some cars hit the trap, some swerve into the opposing traffic lane and some do both. I called PG Non-Emergency Public Safety 301-352-1200. Two PG Police vehicle patrol officers responded promptly to evaluate the situation, but it was not clear at that time what WSSC would do.
I drove by again at 7:45 pm and saw that nothing had yet been done to reduce the danger. By that time i was able to call WSSC emergency directly, who took my report about the situation, including my concerns about the risks of personal injury and property damage, and my explicit request that WSSC send someone out immediately to assess the situation and make it as safe as possible overnight.
holiday weekend and one week since the excavation was last patched. Predictably, high volume traffic has again turned it into a big pothole (deeper and more jarring than it looks in this photo) that has already thrown at least one hubcap. I called the WSSC maintenance line this morning and asked them to send out a crew to fill the excavation again -- and to refill it once a week, every week, before each weekend until a permanent repair can be made, so as to reduce the risk of more damage to vehicles, personal injury or even death, as even drivers who see the hole risk either being rear-ended as they slow down or head-on collision as they swerve left out of that only west-bound lane across the yellow line into traffic coming at them in the east-bound lane.========================================
Feb 8 UpdateAt 9:30 AM the WSSC filled the excavation temporarily with uncompressed asphalt. The hole was converted into a bump that cars are now avoiding (when they see it) by swerving to the left into oncoming east-bound traffic. It is unclear if this patch will last over the weekend, or revert again to a hole, as more cars and trucks hit it.
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(Feb 7, 2008) For the 3d time in 13 months, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) has again (again) abandoned work in progress on the perpetually problematic fire hydrant near Montpelier Mansion just as one turns onto West-bound Muirkirk Rd from Rt. 197, leaving a dangerous excavation -- this time 3 feet by 3 feet by 8 inches deep (and getting deeper with each passing car) -- without cover plates or warning signs or any other traffic safety measures.Jan 14, 2007: Citizens Mitigate Dangerous Excavation on Muirkirk
May 19, 2007 WSSC, There They Go Again
And just like those two times before, today's tank trap -- noted at 4:30 pm -- is ALSO in the only west bound lane. So, drivers who are fortunate enough to see it must either slow abruptly -- risking rear collision from cars behind them -- or no less dangerously, they must swerve left into the East-bound land risking head-on collision with opposing traffic. The damage to cars, and danger to drivers and passengers will only get worse as night falls and the tank trap becomes invisible until it is too late. Some cars hit the trap, some swerve into the opposing traffic lane and some do both. I called PG Non-Emergency Public Safety 301-352-1200. Two PG Police vehicle patrol officers responded promptly to evaluate the situation, but it was not clear at that time what WSSC would do.
I drove by again at 7:45 pm and saw that nothing had yet been done to reduce the danger. By that time i was able to call WSSC emergency directly, who took my report about the situation, including my concerns about the risks of personal injury and property damage, and my explicit request that WSSC send someone out immediately to assess the situation and make it as safe as possible overnight.
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Feb 21 Muirkirk Ironworks Lecture
At a nexus between Beltsville and South Laurel on Muirkirk Road ...
Muirkirk
African American
Ironworkers
African American
Ironworkers
Thursday, Feb 21, 7:30 PM
Gail Thomas discusses the distinctive landscape and architectural structures of the historic Muirkirk Iron Works. With photographs & artifacts, Thomas examines the everyday lives of the African American iron workers and the buildings, churches and social organizations that they created in the historic community of Muirkirk. The discussion will also highlight the interaction between the residents of Muirkirk and the African American community of the grove in Laurel. Thomas is manager of the M-NCPPC's Black History Program. Families welcome.
Laurel, MD 20707
301-776-6790
TTY 301-808-2061
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM
Sign language interpreter available upon request. Please contact the branch at least two weeks in advance. Join our email list for program & service updates at www.pgcmls.info
Additional information about Muirkirk and the Muirkirk Iron Works
Laurel Regional Hospital Security
In the wake of the two recent violent inmate escapes from Laurel Regional Hospital -- only two months apart -- i am compiling representative news items as i find them about Laurel Regional Hospital Security in the NEWS FILE section of this South Laurel Blog for community reference now and in future.
Those news items will be listed in the order i post them, not chronologically by date of publication -- the most recently posted items will be at the top of the list. So some earlier published articles will appear at the top of the list followed by some items with more current publication dates.. In any case, each item shows the publication date.
Those news items will be listed in the order i post them, not chronologically by date of publication -- the most recently posted items will be at the top of the list. So some earlier published articles will appear at the top of the list followed by some items with more current publication dates.. In any case, each item shows the publication date.
Call to Help Nearly 100 Made Homeless by Fire
Beltsville Gazette, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007
-------- Original Message -------- | Subject: | Call for help for 100 Made Homeless by Fire Dec 17 |
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| Date: | Thu, 20 Dec 2007 |
| From: | Garold Stone |
| To: | undisclosed-recipients:; |
FORWARDED
Call for help for Nearly 100 Beltsville Residents Made Homeless by Fire Dec 17
The Beltsville Volunteer & Career Fire Fighters are collecting gift cards for Target, Kohls, Walmart Kmart to help provide Christmas for the children. If you can purchase a "gift card" and take it to the Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department 4911 Prince George's Avenue Beltsville Maryland 301-937-3160. More help is needed for clothes, furniture etc.
Karen Coakley President Beltsville Citizen's Association
MORE INFORMATION
----- Original Message -----
From: KAREN Coakley
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 4:57 PM
Subject: HOUSING NEEDS FOR FIRE VICTIMS!!!!!
More info Pass it on
Several families are staying at Comfort in College Park. You can pay for a nights stay the cost is $97.90 per room. All of the families are covered through Friday. You can contact 301-441-8110 You must speak with Colvin Sanders or Emily Ravn to make the payment applied to the fire victims.
You can also make other contributions see below..... Karen Coakley
Hello, all:
Here is the information from the Red Cross. They gave me the name of the property manager for Cherry Glen, Deanna. I spoke with her. She is encouraging people to bring any size clothes. They will also take non-perishable food items, toiletries, towels, wash clothes, and other personal hygiene items. They can be delivered to 11238 Cherry Hill Rd , Apt T-3 between 10am and 4pm. There are several families who lost everything, and the Red Cross housing ends today (they only supply housing for 3 days!). Several of the families do not have insurance to help them rebuild, but they still have their mortgages to pay.
The Beltsville Fire Department is accepting gift cards from any place in any denomination, especially Target or Walmart, etc. They can be delivered to the Beltsville VFD anytime.
Ann Rowland and members of the Homeless Committee are planning to take clothing today. If anyone can help by donating or helping Ann deliver the items, she will be at church from 10am until noon. I am taking gift cards to the Fire Department. Let's give these people some help, especially at Christmas.
God Bless,
Kathy Mellott
Assessment Team Seeks Comments on PG Police
An assessment team from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. invites public comment on Prince George's County Police. See press release.
New Police District 6 Confidential Tip Line
Prince George's County Police District VI (Beltsville/Laurel area) has set up a new confidential telephone Tip Line 301-931-3575.
This number does not take the place of established phone numbers for emergency ( 911 ) and non-emergency ( 301-352-1200 ) police response.
This tip line is a way for community residents to confidentially report criminal or suspicious activity within Police District VI (map). The caller does not have to provide their name and will not be called back unless requested. The phone messages will be monitored daily and all gathered information will be utilized appropriately.
Please share this new confidential Tip Line number with other residents in our community.
This number does not take the place of established phone numbers for emergency ( 911 ) and non-emergency ( 301-352-1200 ) police response.
This tip line is a way for community residents to confidentially report criminal or suspicious activity within Police District VI (map). The caller does not have to provide their name and will not be called back unless requested. The phone messages will be monitored daily and all gathered information will be utilized appropriately.
Please share this new confidential Tip Line number with other residents in our community.
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