FROM WHERE I STAND: Stop it! Be civil
By Robert Craig Baum Last year proved that normalcy and civility are not the same thing. The end of the…
From Where I Stand: Chief Towers’ HPD Update
BY JAROD J. TOWERS It has been an honor and privilege to serve the City of Hyattsville as your chief…
From Where I Stand: Don’t give Trader Joe’s a free pass for anti-union bullying
By Arun Ivatury On Oct. 27, Trader Joe’s opened a store in College Park, to a good deal of fanfare…
From Where I Stand: Working towards equity in the college applications process
By Alexa Figueroa College application season is approaching, and every Hispanic person intending to apply is familiar with the dreaded…
From Where I Stand: Your newspaper needs you
By Kit Slack and Mark Goodson Our newspapers, the College Park Here & Now and the Hyattsville Life & Times,…
Redistricting: lessons in managing change
By Gale Mamatova Redistricting has been a heated discussion in our city. It is not surprising that residents are passionately…
Photographing the Queen
By Kathy Bryant As I watched Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, I was transported back to May 16, 1991, when I was…
From where I stand: My time at Riversdale
BY MARCUS SUERO When I was younger, my family would occasionally drive by this mansion in Riverdale. Such a large…
From Where I Stand: We must all do more to stop gun violence
It’s been yet another summer of harrowing headlines about gun violence in the U.S. From high-profile mass shootings to the…
From Where I Stand: A parting, a partnership, and a prize
By Mark Goodson Bio: Mark Goodson is the managing editor of the College Park Here & Now I first became…
