Politics & Government

Five Things You Should Know Today (New Year's Edition)

As the calendar turns to 2012, here are five quick things you should know about Upper Marlboro.

Happy New Year! Are you tired yet of singing Auld Lang Syne? Did you spend the last two days trying to recover from all the New Year's partying? 

No worries, I have got you covered.

Here's what you need to know about Upper Marlboro in five digestible points. 

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1. It's COLD ... No punchlines here. It's just frigid, bone-chilling, COLD.

2. Now that the NBA season is underway, be sure to vote in our poll: One reader thinks it'll be 10 years before that happens.

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3. I recently unveiled Upper Marlboro's . What made the cut?

4. While Starbucks is a major coffee chain, the location in Largo has taken on a small-town feel. It's a place .

5. Samuel Ulysees Wilson after his brother was found dead along Walters Lane in District Heights during the weekend. This past Saturday, county police officers found Chapell Wilson in his home with trauma to the body. Samuel Wilson was arrested a short time later.

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