New program to let more Prince George’s residents attend college for free

Romel Williams has been contemplating a career change. The financial services salesman always has had a penchant for numbers and figured that accounting would be a good fit. But with $70,000 of student loans from his master’s in public finance, going back to school and taking on more debt seemed untenable. His outlook changed recently after he watched a news conference on Facebook heralding a scholarship for residents of Prince George’s County who are in a similar situation.