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With some taxpayer help, PG’s Carrollton Station moves forward
The developer of the mixed-use Carrollton Station was awarded $2.25 million in taxpayer funds to assist in building a $165 million transit-oriented development. The funds for developer Berman Enterprises were announced during a news conference on Tuesday. The firm intends to build a 900-space parking garage and a pair of four-story, market-rate apartment buildings with […]
Purple Line rail proposals delayed
State Department of Transportation officials have delayed the next phase in selecting a partner to help build the Purple Line in Montgomery and Prince George's counties.
Md. pulls housing agency from New Carrollton site
NEW CARROLLTON — Maryland is no longer planning to build a new headquarters for the Department of Housing and Community Development in New Carrollton. The Washington Post reports that state officials have been unable to negotiate an acceptable lease. They’re now looking for a new site. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown says in a statement that […]
Md. man sentenced to life for role in Va. killings
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Maryland man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role a 2008 triple slaying that has been called one of the most vicious attacks in the region in recent times, one that went unsolved for more than two years. The Nov. 19, 2008, stabbings of brothers Ryan and Terence […]
Basu: Last stimulus didn’t aid enough people
WASHINGTON — Federal investment in “shovel-ready” construction put a lot of people to work — and did so quickly — but stimulus money for Maryland work crews is drying up, and some experts say too much of it went to temporary projects that failed to save jobs in the long term. “I think that’s one […]
Purple Line gets federal OK for preliminary engineering
ANNAPOLIS — A 16-mile light rail proposal between Bethesda and New Carrollton has received federal approval to move into a preliminary engineering phase, Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Friday. The approval by the Federal Transit Administration means the project moves to preparation of more detailed plans, cost estimates and environmental studies. “It’s their concurrence that we[...]
State agency moving to New Carrollton
NEW CARROLLTON — Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development is moving from its current location in Anne Arundel County to a new building in New Carrollton. Gov. Martin O’Malley announced the new location Monday. The governor said last year that the housing office would move to Prince George’s County but had not specified the […]
