Transportation at top of mind in PGCPS school board meeting
BY JESS DANINHIRSCH Findings in an audit of transportation at Prince George’s County Public Schools, presented in the school board…
Your neighbors singing Mozart
Can you pick out any neighbors you know in this huge local ensemble singing and playing Lacrimosa from…
UMD students plan to start tenants union
BY SAM GAUNTT Two University of Maryland student leaders on Feb. 27 proposed establishing a tenants union for students who…
University Park activists claim Nine Pond project is polluting Wells Run
On Jan. 29, David Brosch was shivering as he stood on the roof of the parking deck at 3325 Toledo Road, just west of the Hyattsville Branch Library. Brosch, an environmentalist and University Park Sustainability Committee member, was braving the cold because the deck affords a great view of the Nine Pond project.
Riverdale Park to build new playground
The park, which will replace 54th Place, a dead-end street south of Riverdale Road, will be similar to Hollywood Gatewood Park, the $1 million pocket park at the southeast corner of Baltimore Avenue and Edgewood Road.
City proposes student housing subsidy
The College Park City Council has proposed a housing subsidy of $1,500 for each of 150 low-income University of Maryland undergraduates to help them rent apartments in high-rise Route 1 buildings.
Environmental committee leads sustainability efforts
City residents who care about the environment have been making a difference through the College Park Committee for a Better Environment (CBE) for over 50 years.
Established in 1972, the committee currently has 13 members, who are appointed by the mayor and city council for three-year renewable terms.
New signs mark county Civil Rights Trail
Since the last Black History Month in 2023, several locations along Prince George County’s Civil Rights Trail have received new signage and markers to help residents and visitors better understand what life was like from the 1940s to the 1960s when the county was legally segregated.
College Park Here & Now welcomes new managing editor
Streetcar Suburbs Publishing is pleased to welcome Sharon O’Malley as managing editor of College Park Here&Now. She comes on board this month and the March issue will mark her debut.
College Park Wild: What does the fox say?
By RICK BORCHELT In a fable known to most schoolchildren, Aesop tells about a fox that has discovered a cluster…