Adelphi

Adelphi Hometown -- Towson Current members --Alex Sophocles, vocals and guitar; Ryan Keaton, vocals and guitar; Kevin Lichtfuss, bass; Tom Haller, drums Founded in --2004 Style --New Age psychedelic Influenced by --the Doors, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Dungen Notable --Adelphi hopes to start recording its first full album in April, Sophocles said. Lichtfuss joined two years ago, just before the band signed to Drive-Thru Records. Since then, they've been playing out and finding their sonic niche, Sophocles said.

David Paul Staley, who had worked in marketing and been a champion lacrosse player, died Sunday of heart failure at the Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. The former Columbia resident was 50. Born in Baltimore and raised in Columbia, Mr. Staley was a 1979 graduate of Atholton High School, where he played football and lacrosse, wrestled, and ran cross-country. He earned a bachelor's degree in marketing and business administration in 1983 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

ADELPHI, Md. (AP) — Prince George's County police say they are investigating a fatal shooting in an Adelphi apartment building. Police say an adult male was found shot shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday in a hallway in the apartment building in the 7400 block of 18th Ave. Cpl. Mike Rodriguez, a police spokesman, said the man was suffering from a gunshot wound, but he did not know if he was pronounced deat at the scene or later at a...

ADELPHI, Md. (AP) — Prince George's County police say they are investigating a fatal shooting in an Adelphi apartment building. Police say an adult male was found shot shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday in a hallway in the apartment building in the 7400 block of 18th Ave. Cpl. Mike Rodriguez, a police spokesman, said the man was suffering from a gunshot wound, but he did not know if he was pronounced deat at the scene or later at a...

"What? They're closing?!" Jenny Bumblis hadn't heard the news that Ledo Restaurant in Adelphi, the place where she got "the best pizza in the world," where she often took her children for dinner, was shutting its doors. Actually, it's shutting its doors and reopening them several miles away. Ledo, a Washington-area landmark that has served its legendary square pizzas for almost 55 years, is moving next year from its original spot in a University Boulevard shopping center, just west of the University of Maryland, to College Park.

Inspiration has been hard to find for Loyola since its April 21 Charles Street showdown at Johns Hopkins.Coach Dave Cottle will be the first to say that getting up for the likes of Delaware, C. W. Post and Adelphi has been difficult. The Greyhounds held off Adelphi for a 13-9 victory at Curley Field yesterday, and they sounded happy to be done with the regular season."We've played five games in 17 days," Cottle said. "These last three games, we were just trying to get wins. We're banged up and we look tired, and I really think we're not in good condition.

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- Peter Friedman made four goals and two assists to lead Adelphi (1-3) to a 12-5 lacrosse victory yesterday over Mount St. Mary's (0-5).Adelphi, ranked second in the nation in Division II, scored the game's first three goals, one by Friedman and the other two by Bill Robertson.The Mountaineers closed to within 3-2 early in the second quarter on goals by Nick Pilla and Jeremy Rualo, but Adelphi scored six unanswered goals over the next two periods to take command.

It is one of the great curiosities of Maryland higher education, right up there with that extra "s" in Johns Hopkins: Just where, exactly, is Adelphi? Adelphi is the impressive-sounding address of the University System of Maryland, invoking all the wisdom and authority of a Greek oracle. Administrators and faculty at 11 campuses refer to orders from "Adelphi" the way State Department staff speak of "Foggy Bottom" or the CIA refers to "Langley." As it turns out, though, the Adelphi address is somewhat of a fraud, if a well-intentioned one. And its invention is a telling tale of the emphasis that higher education often places on perception over reality.

The Army Corps of Engineers is expected to approve soon one of the biggest real estate development projects in Maryland -- a $115 million expansion of the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi.The expansion in Adelphi, which straddles the border of Prince George's and Montgomery counties, is aimed at consolidating part, if not all, of at least four Army research laboratories in other parts of the country.Dennis Murphy, president of the Economic Development Corp. for Prince George's County, said the consolidation is expected to bring 500 "high-level research laboratory people to the area."

ADELPHI -- Moments after New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton took the podium at a Maryland Democratic Party fundraiser last night, she made a very clear political promise about the state's future - before being interrupted with a question about her own. "You're going to have a new governor and lieutenant governor," she said to a crowd of about 250 attending the event in Adelphi. "You're going to have a new senator." Then a woman yelled from the audience: "We're going to have a new president, too."

Police have recovered a 2-year-old boy who they believed was abducted from a Washington, D.C. Metro station by his mother's ex-boyfriend, after Prince George's County law enforcement officials issued an Amber Alert Saturday morning about his disappearance. Aaron Gomez was returned to a family member's home in Hyattsville safe and unharmed around 2 p.m. Saturday, said to Cpl. Mike Rodriguez, of the Prince George's County Police Department. Rodriguez said the boy was dropped off by the mother's ex-boyfriend, who remains at large.

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"What? They're closing?!" Jenny Bumblis hadn't heard the news that Ledo Restaurant in Adelphi, the place where she got "the best pizza in the world," where she often took her children for dinner, was shutting its doors. Actually, it's shutting its doors and reopening them several miles away. Ledo, a Washington-area landmark that has served its legendary square pizzas for almost 55 years, is moving next year from its original spot in a University Boulevard shopping center, just west of the University of Maryland, to College Park.

Maryland-born artist Joseph Sheppard will soon have a permanent gallery in the state devoted to his paintings and sculptures. The University of Maryland University College has set Dec. 2 as the groundbreaking date for the Leroy Merritt Center for the Art of Joseph Sheppard, a $6 million, 5,500-square-foot gallery that is being added to the university's Inn and Conference Center in Adelphi. "This beautiful addition to our existing galleries will stand as an enduring tribute to Sheppard, a vibrant center for lifelong learning and a unique focal point for our acclaimed arts collection," said UMUC President Susan Aldridge.

Lecture Ex-Ireland leader discusses rights Mary Robinson, who served as the seventh president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997 and was the first woman to hold the position, will lecture on "Human Rights and Ethical Globalization" at 7 p.m. today at the auditorium at the University of Maryland University College Inn and Confer ence Center, 3501 University Blvd. E., Adelphi. A reception will follow in the ballroom. Seat ing is limited. For free reservations, call 301-985-7937 or e-mail eventsandarts@umuc.

ADELPHI -- It's pouring rain and Delia Aguilar is clasping a clipboard to her chest, racing between low-slung brick apartment buildings to stay dry. The community organizer is conducting a tenant survey at the Hampton on the Park complex for the Prince George's County Health Department, to see if the county needs to do more to ensure that its poor - working or not - get proper health care. "There are a lot of people who don't have health insurance, either because it's too expensive or they don't work in a place that provides it," Aguilar says.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Adelphi earned its seventh Division II championship by scoring eight of the game's last 11 goals and pulling away to a 14-10 win over defending national champion Limestone yesterday before 2,180 at Yurcak Field. Senior attackman Rich Dommer led the Panthers with five goals. Sophomore midfielder Mike McInerney earned Most Valuable Player honors by contributing two goals and four assists. Senior attackman Brian Tower scored three goals and added an assist. Limestone (13-3)

Milton Frank, 73, a former ambassador to Nepal, died of cancer Wednesday in Los Angeles. Mr. Frank was the chief aide to the president of Adelphi, Peter Diamandopoulos.

ADELPHI -- Moments after New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton took the podium at a Maryland Democratic Party fundraiser last night, she made a very clear political promise about the state's future - before being interrupted with a question about her own. "You're going to have a new governor and lieutenant governor," she said to a crowd of about 250 attending the event in Adelphi. "You're going to have a new senator." Then a woman yelled from the audience: "We're going to have a new president, too."