From the Editor: A new series for an old problem
By LINDSAY MYERS — How do you describe a community? What sort of information matters? Thorton Wilder’s 1938 play “Our…
From the Editor: Many thanks for the warm welcome!
By SOPHIE GORMAN ORIANI — Hello to all you Hyattsville Life & Times (HL&T) readers! I am so happy to…
From the Editor: When ‘work bliss’ can lead to burnout
By MARIA D. JAMES — What happens when passion leads to burnout? That’s the question Jennifer Moss attempted to answer…
From the Editor: Not really goodbye
By KRISSI HUMBARD —Most people reflect on their lives at the end of the year, just before the new year….
We say goodbye, and we say hello, hello, hello
By HEATHER WRIGHT — As 2018 ebbs away, we take this opportunity to look across the expanse of the receding year, reflecting…
From the Editor: On Thanksgiving — and every day — I’m grateful for this community
By KRISSI HUMBARD — My second-grader recently started learning about community in his social studies class. The dictionary defines community as…
From the Editor: A reflection on libraries, old and new
By LINDSAY MYERS — When I was a child, the library in my hometown was in a tiny, rectangular storefront about the…
From the Editor: There’s no news desert here
By HEATHER WRIGHT — In this edition, you’ll see an article by Alfred Lawson, a 96-year-old pharmacist, expressing his gratitude to Hyattsville…
From the Editor: Schools, scouts address digital use and safety
By HEATHER WRIGHT — In our May print edition, I referred to smartphones as “time-sucking labyrinths” and discussed how tech companies strive…
From the Editor: Thank you, Chief Holland and Sgt. Johnson
By KRISSI HUMBARD — Recently, two of the department’s best retired from the Hyattsville City Police Department (HCPD): Chief Doug Holland and…