The University System of Maryland Board of Regents has voted to adopt a new strategic plan for the next decade that aims to raise the state’s college completion rate, increase the number of science and technology graduates, and incorporate more ...

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The Dolan Company, the Minneapolis-based company that owns The Daily Record, has acquired College Park-based DataStream Content Solutions LLC, a data-gathering firm that has developed a method to simplify online searches for complex databases. James P. Dolan, The Dolan Company’s ...

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COLLEGE PARK — Eric Eldritch said he appreciates a store like the Comfort Zone, which sells adult products. “I think we need to have a variety of businesses in the area, and this is just another variety,” said Eldritch, 49, ...

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WASHINGTON — Locally-sourced turkeys may be on the rise, but locally-sourced advice on how to cook the birds is not. A Maryland home cook used to be able to call a county extension office of the University of Maryland and ...

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EDMONSTON — On most days, Roy Caspari, a native of Indonesia, works as a massage therapist and landlord in College Park. But every Saturday, Caspari drives to Edmonston to learn about urban farming with new friends from Guatemala, Peru, Ethiopia ...

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HYATTSVILLE – The owner of the Thirsty Turtle voluntarily surrendered the bar’s liquor license Wednesday, officials said, on the same day a trial date was set for a man accused of stabbing four people after an October fight at the ...

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HYATTSVILLE — The Prince George’s County Liquor Control Board has voted unanimously to revoke the liquor license of a popular bar in downtown College Park, moving to strip the Thirsty Turtle of its ability to sell alcohol. Liquor can be ...

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The University of Maryland, College Park is helping the state stanch one of its most costly leaks: the “brain drain” that carries many of our most promising high school graduates to other states for a college education. This year’s freshman ...

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COLLEGE PARK — The silver robot rises swiftly above the field, flapping its wings and whirring like the Snitch in a game of Quidditch. Meanwhile, its human controllers below watch the trees for signs of a lurking hawk, worried the ...

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COLLEGE PARK — During his formal introduction as the University of Maryland’s new athletic director Tuesday, Kevin Anderson thanked his predecessor for putting the school in the upper echelon of the nation’s sports programs. Then Anderson vowed to do even ...

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