Politics

Across the D.C. region and nationwide, communities came together for National Night Out on Tuesday night. It’s an event aimed at making communities safer and stronger through togetherness. Those attending the New Carrollton, Maryland, event, got a chance to get to know Gov. Wes Moore and first lady Dawn Moore, who spent over an hour meeting and greeting residents.

In a wide-ranging town hall televised Tuesday evening, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore predicted that the Washington Commanders would keep the team’s stadium in Landover and said using public cash to build it will be part of ongoing negotiations with the team’s new leadership. During other segments of the hour-long program aired on WUSA-9, Moore (D) emphasized the need to retool the state’s public education system and pledged to cut tax rates for some retirees.

Tommie Broadwater Jr., the late “godfather” of Prince George’s County whose grip on power endured long after his political star had faded, exited public life on Monday as he had entered it nearly 50 years ago: making history. His casket flanked by police in dress uniform, Broadwater lay in repose at the county’s Upper Marlboro offices — a first for a state senator — signaling his impact on the county he’d helped transform over his 81 years.

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s administration is considering two potential paths to redevelop Security Square Mall: one that retains the half-century-old mall, another that demolishes it. Either way, experts say, public officials and private developers have to decide — and residents and business owners want to know — whom will the multimillion-dollar project benefit?

Frederick police are beginning to enforce rules that the city’s aldermen approved in July, restricting large commercial vehicles on residential streets. The aldermen amended the city’s code on July 7 to restrict vehicles of more than 26,000 pounds on city streets with signs posted prohibiting commercial traffic, according to a news. release from the city.

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins on Friday appealed a federal judge’s decision that denied his request to get his department-issued guns back, court records show. Two days earlier, U.S. Magistrate Judge Beth P. Gesner denied Jenkins’ initial request, stating that Jenkins did not offer new arguments since she ordered him in April to surrender his firearms while facing federal charges.