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.
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Mailing Address:
Streetcar Suburbs Publishing
P.O. Box 132
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Our Policies
Our Personnel
We operate our newspapers thanks to our core staff members, our board members, and our volunteers.
Hyattsville Life & Times
Managing Editor
Griffin joined the Hyattsville Life & Times as managing editor in February of 2023. He has taught writing for more than ten years and enjoys the collaborative nature of newspaper work. He currently lives in Hyattsville, but has roots in Alabama.
Associate Editor
Reporters
Dan Behrend
Chris McManes
Paul Ruffins
Joanna Turner
Allan Walters
Mark Betancourt
Juliette Fradin
Heather Marléne Zadig
Columnists
Victoria Boucher
Stuart Eisenberg
Juliette Fradin
Julia Gaspar-Bates
Lauren Kelly
Fred Seitz
Imke Ahlf-Wien
Jessica Arends
College Park Here & Now
Associate Editor
Nancy Welch has been writing about environmental issues and policy for more than 20 years. She joined Streetcar Suburbs Publishing as an editor in 2016 and helped launch both the College Park Here & Now and The Laurel Independent. She lives in Takoma Park, where she raises and trains service dogs.
Reporters
Julia Kyles
D.W. Rowland
Chris McManes
Columnists
Rick Borchelt
Maxine Gross
Matt Menke
Paul Ruffins
Interns
Alexandra Alpert
The Laurel Independent
Managing Editor
Katie V. Jones joined the team in 2022 as the managing editor of The Laurel Independent. She has been writing/editing for various publications for more than 20 years. She is a graduate of The College of Wooster.
Associate Editor
Nancy Welch teamed up to launch The Laurel Independent and advocates for community journalism every chance she gets. When she’s not nose-deep in words, you’ll find her out back raising and training Lab puppies to be service dogs.
Reporters
Melanie Dzwonchyk
Angie Latham Kozlowski
Joe Murchison
Jessie Newburn
Columnists
Bob Reilly
Jimmy Rogers
Our Staff
Page Designer
Ashley Perks
Digital Editor
Jessica Burshtynskyy
Business Manager
Catie Currie
Advertising Sales Manager
Miranda Goodson – Hyattsville Life & Times, College Park Here & Now
Amanda Berard – The Laurel Independent
Executive Director
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.
In prior careers, Kit has worked as an analyst for a sustainable investments nonprofit, an employee benefits attorney on merger and acquisition deals, and a union organizer for low-wage workers in the building service and industrial laundry industries.
She is a graduate of the Law School at the University of Chicago, and has a degree in English from Barnard College.
Board of Directors
Stephanie Stullich- President
Michael Walls – Vice President & General Counsel
Joe Murchison – Treasurer
Melanie Dzwonchyk – Secretary
Bette Dickerson
Nora Eidelman
Joseph Gigliotti
Maxine Gross
Merrill Hartson
Marta McLellan Ross
Carter Ross
Katie V. Jones – Ex Officio
Griffin Limerick – Ex Officio