Miss Floribunda: Ants in your plants?
Dear Miss Floribunda, Five years ago, I moved into a house with a garden notable for beds of beautiful peonies….
Miss Floribunda: Gardening guidelines when weather doesn’t play by rules
Dear Miss Floribunda, The past few winters have been disconcerting: blizzards two years ago, a more or less normal…
City anniversary celebration expands; West Hyattsville festival changes focus
BY SUSIE CURRIE — The city’s 125th anniversary parade was rained out last year. But organizers are planning for the…
City close to human-resources hire
BY SUSIE CURRIE — Hyattsville may soon be welcoming a human-resources director, a position that languished unfilled under previous city administrator…
Thrift store opens on Rhode Island Avenue
BY SUSIE CURRIE — Can we ever have too many thrift stores? (Don’t answer that.) Caroline Sirri, a vendor at the…
The Wild Onion is latest UTC restaurant to close
BY SUSIE CURRIE — On January 28, The Wild Onion eatery became the latest vacancy at University Town Center, where it…
New book from Hyattsville military historian
BY SUSIE CURRIE — Congratulations to longtime Hyattsville resident Harry Yeide, whose book Fighting Patton: George S. Patton Jr. Through the…
The secret history of Prince George’s County
BY JULIA DUIN — Prince George’s County has long been seen as an idyllic place for the area’s black middle class. But…
Redrawing the boundaries
BY PAULA MINAERT — Hyattsville’s population has grown almost 20 percent in the last decade, according to 2010 census data. It…
Magic in the air
BY VICTORIA BOUCHER — At the Gamestop store on Queens Chapel Road in Hyattsville, there is a sign that reads: “Bring Magic…