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Prince George's County Animal Shelter post - 2/13/26: "ASD is thrilled to invite you to the Drive Love Home event, proudly sponsored by Pohanka Automotive Group! ???? Join us February 14th, from 10 AM to 3 PM. Don't miss this chance to find your new furry friend—Pohanka Automotive Group is sponsoring dog adoptions! We can't wait to see you there!" ????❤️

???? Community members - Adopters and fosters are needed for 19 dogs on the latest urgent list by Tuesday, 2/17. Adoption fees for dogs are waived on Friday (11AM - 6PM) and Saturday (10AM - 3PM) during the special event. Please go meet and adopt dogs and cats today. They are at full capacity with dogs and need space for more dogs coming in. Please meet and adopt them during adoption hours on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday. Update: See the Animal Services News press release about legally owning, adopting, and fostering Pit Bull Terriers and specific bully-type breeds (below.)

???? Adopters: Please go to the shelter Friday (11am to 6pm, closes 7pm) and Saturday (10am to 3pm, closes 4pm.) Adopters are able to meet 2 dogs and bring dogs for meet and greets. Tip: Review the new requirements and complete the Pet Parenting Certification (that takes about an hour) before going to adopt Pit Bull Terriers and specific bully-type breeds. (See below.)

???? Prospective fosters: Many dogs and cats may be available to foster temporarily through the shelter. Please review the foster information. Contact the shelter to become a foster and save a life. "Interested in Fostering: Email fosterpgcpets@co.pg.md.us " Foster Information | Prince George's County

Fosters through the shelter and rescues are needed this week for adoptable dogs on urgent list. See the Friends' posts seeking fosters and rescues for dogs. Fostering is usually free with a rescue.

The urgent dogs are posted here: facebook.com/share/14UjrMs1pXC/

Adoption website: 24petconnect.com/PGEOADOPT (Tip to search by ID: Click on any animal and edit the animal's ID number in the link, then go to that page.)

Prince George’s County Animal Shelter, 3750 Brown Station Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

Call 301-780 -7200 (select 1, 4 - adopt, then 3 - info) with the animal ID number(s) to check availability.Adoption Hours: Tuesday to Friday 11:00am - 7:00pm, Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm. (Arrive 1 hour before closing.)

Animal Services News

News release: https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/news-events/news/prince-georges-county-allows-legal-ownership-and-adoption-pit-bull-type-terriers-under-new-law

For more information about registration, licensing, training requirements, or to determine eligibility, residents may visit environment.mypgc.us/pitbulls.

Links: PG County Shelter adoption steps, fees, and spay/neuter https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/environment/animal-services/pet-adoption

https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/environment/animal-services/pet-care-education/spaying-neutering

Shelter posts: facebook.com/pgcpets4us/

Prince George's County Animal Shelter post: 2/12/26 7pm - excerpts, see full post: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=944141524959619

???? Did You Know? Big News for Prince George’s County! ????

Pit bull–type terriers can now be legally owned, fostered, and adopted in Prince George’s County under a new pilot program, CB-97-2025, enacted February 2, 2026

What’s required if you adopt or currently own a Pit Bull–type dog?

???? Thinking about adopting?Interested adopters are strongly encouraged to complete the Pet Parenting Certification before visiting the shelter. The module takes about an hour and helps set everyone up for success. (located on website)

???? For full details, FAQs, videos, and the official fact sheet, please visit:environment.mypgc.us/pitbulls

???? Questions? Contact the Animal Services Facility and Adoption Center at 301-780-7800.

Together, we’re building safer communities and brighter futures for pets and people alike ????????

This is a courtesy post. The images are from the adoption site.

Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on-air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community.

In 2023, Ifeoma Onyia opened Clyopatra Winery and Vineyard, one of a handful of vineyards operating in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Born in Nigeria and raised in London before establishing roots in the D.C. region, Onyia said she was the first African immigrant to open a winery in the U.S.

Clyopatra is also the only Black-owned vineyard in Maryland.

Her small company is aging as well as the wine she makes. It’s also getting a lot bigger.

Last week, Onyia broke ground on a new vineyard and winery on 40 acres off Duckettown Road, less than two miles from Old Town Bowie.

“I think at the beginning, when we opened up two years ago, folks thought it was going to be a passing phase,” she said. “But they didn’t know the tenacity that is behind it.”

The project is ambitious. By the fall, the goal is to have a new tasting room and the first of two banquet halls up and running, with room for 400 guests. Eventually, a boutique-style hotel and another banquet hall that can accommodate 1,000 people will also be built.

Surrounding the site will be a nature trail lined with fruit-bearing trees that guests can pick from as they walk around.

“I’m excited about the agritourism that we are bringing out here,” Onyia said. “I’m excited about the fact that we’re going to be employing a whole lot of people.”

Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy said in a statement that between 50 and 100 permanent jobs will be associated with this project.

The site’s restaurant will be farm-to-table, serving dishes with fruits and vegetables grown on-site. Onyia said she hopes that will provide a learning experience for children, whether they’re with their parents or there on a field trip.

“The idea is to get them to dirty their hands and play with the soil,” Onyia said. “And to understand that everything they eat, where it comes from and how it’s done, how it’s grown.”

Anything that isn’t grown there will come from other small businesses based in Maryland.

Setting down vine roots

The wine industry includes few Black people overall — and even fewer Black women.

But when the new venue is finished, Onyia said it’ll be the largest Black-owned vineyard on the East Coast. County leaders expect it to be an international destination.

“I want the legacy to be: Black folks can join this,” Onyia said. “Most Black people that own wineries are all first generation. We haven’t built that generational wealth. So let me use part of this here — we’re also going to be teaching the kids everything about farming and horticulture. Let me use this opportunity to show the Black people you can do this.”

While there’s a lot of support within the Black and African communities, she said there’s actually a lot of support for Clyopatra everywhere.

“Everybody loves it,” Onyia said. “It’s wine! Everybody loves wine, as long as you’re over 21. So they’re happy.”

In fact, she’s more interested in promoting the wine-growing industry in Maryland, which now has more than 100 vineyards spanning both sides of the Chesapeake Bay, even if you haven’t heard of many of them.

“No shade to folks in Virginia, but I think we’re tired of going to Virginia all the time,” she said with a smile. “This is something local. This is where you can come in, have your celebrations, come and have a date night, come in and have a wedding — any kind of party that you want to but it’s in your local area.”

That proximity means area guests are able to more freely indulge in the wine.

“It’s an area where you can take an Uber or Lyft to come in,” she said. “You don’t have to get into your car. You’re not driving for hours to get here.”

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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Thanks to Mother Nature, the Prince George's County public school system has already used more snow days than it had accounted for in the school calendar.

School officials have had to adjust the school calendar to compensate for those extra days off thanks to an abundance of snow and ice from winter storms.

Five days that students originally had off will now be in-person days: March 20, May 27 and June 15-18.

If the county can’t get a two-day waiver from the state, April 6 and June 22 might also be needed.

Although Presidents’ Day was considered as a potential make-up day, schools and offices will remain closed on Feb. 16, school officials stated.

In the meantime, the school district has unveiled a virtual learning plan in the event of anymore winter storms. The plan will be available on the school's website this Friday.

“If we were to have another snow day, then the plan would be to open virtually on the day,” Andrew Zuckerman, chief information officer for the school district, told WTOP. “If you’re going to use virtual learning for inclement weather, it has to be synchronous, and that does mean live. So that’s why a number of districts opted not to pursue virtual learning when that law changed, and we opted as well. But things have shifted, and this experience with this weather event has made us realize that we do want to have a virtual education day plan for inclement weather in this type of an emergency situation.”

School leaders want parents to communicate if they have enough computers at home for live instruction for every student. They're to do so through the ParentVUE app. Schools will provide Chromebooks to students who need them ahead of a forecasted winter storm.

Representatives with 311 say they are resolving unanswered requests.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — As crews continue clearing snow and ice across Prince George’s County, some residents say the cleanup effort has created new hazards, particularly for children trying to navigate icy streets and sidewalks nearly two weeks after a winter storm.

Greg Morris, a parent in the county, said large mounds of snow and ice remain along roadways and near bus stops, forcing children to walk in the street.

“Sadly, I’m not surprised that nothing has changed,” Morris said. “The response I’m getting from 311 — it’s almost like the woman basically laughed at me.”

Morris said he has submitted multiple service requests through the county’s 311 system, but the tickets were closed and marked “resolved” despite the conditions remaining unchanged.

“As a tax-paying citizen, I expect that the resources of our county — and the county executive — actually deal with this,” he said.

Morris said the issue extends beyond his own neighborhood, affecting communities across the county, including Upper Marlboro, Largo, Suitland, Oxon Hill, and Fort Washington.

“Wherever kids are walking in the street, it’s unsafe,” he said. “I pray nothing bad happens, but it feels like no one reacts until something does. We’re asking them to be proactive.”

Other residents echoed those concerns.

Pam Pinkston, who has lived in the county for 36 years, said her street remained unplowed nearly two weeks after the storm, despite assurances from the county.

“Prince George’s County has always come back,” Pinkston said. “It might take a minute, but they’ve always cleaned this street.”

Pinkston said she submitted a 311 ticket on Jan. 27 and was told a crew would arrive within two days. Instead, she later received a notification that the request had been closed and her street was clear — even though snow and ice remained.

“On February fourth, I got a message saying my ticket was closed and my street was clear,” she said. “But as you can see, no one had been back here.”

Following an initial report Sunday, Pinkston said crews returned and her street has since been cleared.

Prince George’s County officials said more than 100 workers from multiple agencies covered all 6,000 county roads on Friday. Officials said any remaining county-maintained roads should now be clear and that they are looking into the specific neighborhoods where residents reported ongoing issues.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Students in Prince George's County recently missed seven days of school due to the snowy and icy conditions.

There was also another weather-related closure in December, creating the need for Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) to make up eight school days.

The school system's website explains that PGCPS is adjusting this year's school calendar and using all five of its built-in make-up days -- That includes March 20, May 27, and June 15 to 17.

Last week, 7News told you PGCPS was considering President's Day as a potential make-up day, but the school district now says schools will remain closed on February 16th.

Instead, the school board has approved adding an additional make-up day to the end of the school year, which is June 18th.

PGCPS says April 6 could also be a make-up day.

Last month, PGCPS told 7News that this school year, virtual learning will not be used during weather events.

But last week, the school system took a dramatic turn, embracing virtual learning.

At an emergency school board meeting on Feb. 4, system leaders discussed state requirements for virtual learning during severe weather conditions.

Here's what one attendee said to board members about the school system's decision not to make virtual learning available to students during the recent bad weather.

"Why was asynchronous or virtual learning completely removed from the school's calendar? In previous years, there were typically two or three asynchronous learning days scheduled in December or January. Asynchronous learning remains essential," Julia Barnett told district leaders.

The school board has now approved a new Virtual Education Day plan that can be used during and after storms.

According to the plan, schools will issue devices to students who need them, and other students can use their personal devices to access virtual learning.