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About Us:

Streetcar Suburbs Publishing Inc. provides hyper-local news and information for communities along the Route 1 corridor near Washington, DC.  Our award-winning monthly newspapers, the Hyattsville Life & Times and the College Park Here & Now, have recently been joined by The Laurel Independent to provide saturation coverage of three of Maryland’s most diverse and dynamic suburbs.  This website, StreetcarSuburbs.News, provides continuous and timely coverage of these same communities.

Streetcar Suburbs Publishing Inc. is a 501c(3) nonprofit corporation. Our newspapers are also members of the National Newspaper Association.

We adhere to high standards of editorial independence, equity and inclusion, donor and financial transparency, privacy and security, advertising acceptability, and conflict of interest. As always, we welcome reader input, news tips, writing, photographs and video on our Contact Us page.

Thank you for reading!

~Streetcar Suburbs Executive Editor, Kit Slack

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Executive Editor:

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Managing Editors:

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Streetcar Suburbs

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Kit has been writing for the Hyattsville Life & Times since 2013, mostly on education and environment beats. She worked as managing editor in Hyattsville for two years, starting the summer of 2020.

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Hyattsville Life & Times

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Griffin joined the Hyattsville Life & Times as managing editor in February of 2023. He’s taught writing for 10+ years & enjoys collaborating on newspaper work. He lives in Hyattsville with roots in Alabama.

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College Park Here & Now

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Interim Managing Editor

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The Laurel Independent

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Katie V. Jones joined The Laurel Independent as managing editor in 2022. She has been writing/editing for various publications for more than 20 years and is a graduate of The College of Wooster.

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Newsletter Editor:

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Associate Editors:

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Digital Editor:

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Heather Zadig has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland, College Park and has been writing professionally since 2015. She’s lived in Hyattsville with her family for a total of 7 years.

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Hyattsville Life & Times

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Heather Wright has been with the Hyattsville Life & Times since 2016. She honed her interviewing & writing skills as a school psychologist and lives in Takoma Park with her husband, two children, yellow Lab and sun conure.

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College Park Here & Now

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Nancy joined Streetcar Suburbs Publishing as an editor in 2016 & helped launch both the College Park Here & Now and The Laurel Independent. She lives in Takoma Park, where she raises & trains service dogs.

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Streetcar Suburbs

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Streetcar Suburbs Staff:

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Business Manager

Catie Currie

Advertising Sales Managers

Miranda Goodson – Hyattsville Life & Times, College Park Here & Now

Amanda Berard – The Laurel Independent

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Page Designer

Ashley Perks

Digital Manager

Jessica Burshtynskyy

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Hyattsville Life & Times:

Reporters

Dan Behrend
Chris McManes
Joanna Turner
Mark Betancourt
Juliette Fradin
Heather Marléne Zadig

Columnists

Imke Ahlf-Wien
Jessica Arends
Heather Marléne Zadig

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College Park Here & Now:

Reporters

Julia Kyles
D.W. Rowland
Chris McManes

Columnists

Rick Borchelt
Maxine Gross
Matt Menke
Paul Ruffins

Intern

Alexandra Alpert

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The Laurel Independent:

Reporters

Melanie Dzwonchyk
Angie Latham Kozlowski
Joe Murchison
Jessie Newburn

Columnists

Bob Reilly
Jimmy Rogers

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Board of Directors:

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President

Stephanie Stullich

Vice President & General Counsel

Michael Walls

Treasurer

Joe Murchison

Secretary

Melanie Dzwonchyk

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Bette Dickerson

Nora Eidelman

Joseph Gigliotti

Maxine Gross

Merrill Hartson

Marta McLellan Ross

Carter Ross

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Ex Officio

Katie V. Jones

Elizabeth Shirley

Griffin Limerick

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