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Hyattsville

Science of the city: Why is the county so overweight?

Last month, “Science of the City” explored the unique reasons why Greater Hyattsville can support so many healthy food outlets, despite more than 50% of the county being classified as a “food desert.” This month we explore the controversy over how living in a food desert, which lacks healthy food, or a “food swamp,” which…

By PAUL RUFFINS

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College Park

Lake Artemesia has layered history

Lake Artemesia has a storied history. Like all lakes in Maryland, this one is man-made.  It all started in the mid-1800s, when a deep pit was left behind by workers digging for stone while constructing tracks for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s Washington Branch. The unsightly quarry caught the attention of Edwin A. Newman, a…

Hyattsville

With new leadership, Hyattsville CDC looks to increase visibility

There is a good chance the average Hyattsville resident doesn’t know what the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation (HyCDC) is or what it does, but the 26-year-old organization’s impact can be felt throughout the city. Since its founding in 2000, the HyCDC has had a simple mission, said Stuart Eisenberg, the group’s founding executive director: to…

The Laurel Independent

As economic pressures mount, hair salon workers feel the squeeze

For years, Laurel salon owner Glenn Nelson said he’d look at his schedule every Monday and see at least 22 to 24 clients already booked for the week. Over the past year, he said, Mondays have begun with just eight to 10 appointments. “I think people are afraid to spend,” he said. As federal layoffs…

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