College Park Wild: The spa in the spathe
By Rick Borchelt February in Maryland often brings some of the season’s coldest temperatures, along with our best chances for…
City council considers plastic shopping bag ban
BY DAN BEHREND At the Dec. 19 Hyattsville City Council meeting, councilmembers Ben Simasek (Ward 3), Danny Schaible (Ward 2)…
Hyattsville updates community sustainability plan
BY DAN BEHREND The City of Hyattsville is developing a new five-year strategic plan to update the city’s vision and…
College Park Wild : Leave the leaves
By Rick Borchelt It was the height of midsummer, and my spearmint was in bloom. The flowers are favorites of…
Raising awareness for improving the environment
By Lenora S. Dernoga Laurel for the Patuxent (L4P) is a group that promotes environmental work and sustainability through advocacy,…
Sunny spot becomes Laurel’s first urban farm
By: Angie Latham Kozlowski Laurel gained its first urban farm last year when Kellie Cox, horticulturist and owner of Strawberry…
The importance of recreation
by Beth Charbonneau Nurturing good mental health is a day-in, day-out process. We all know that we need adequate sleep…
City council grapples with planned installation of 5G antennas
by Jon Meltzer College Park councilmembers, joined both virtually and in-person by city residents at a meeting on June 28,…
Citizens of the (natural) world
By Rick Borchelt Conservationists say it so often that it may seem trite, but it is entirely true that if…
County adopts climate action plan
On July 12, the county council unanimously passed a resolution adopting the draft climate action plan (CAP), submitted to it…
