Hugh’s News: Rock and roll all night
BY HUGH TURLEY — The Hyattsville Armory, a castle-style building across Route 1 from the new Busboys & Poets, was once the…
Legend and Lore: A History of Hyattsville, Part 1
BY KIMBERLY SCHMIDT — In this special two-part edition of Legend & Lore, we take a look at what happened here up…
Another piece of Arts District falls into place with Firehouse Lofts
BY SUSIE CURRIE — Most art openings do not include the opportunity to tour soon-to-open living spaces in historic buildings. But…
From the Editor: Were they the ‘good old days’?
BY PAULA MINAERT — A catalogue called Good Old Days came to our house the other day. It sold things I remember…
Postcards from the Past: Husbands brought home the bacon — and other groceries
BY PEGGY DEE — Late one summer afternoon, I had a very interesting chat with Louise, who lives on Hamilton Street and…
Legend and Lore: He put the Hyatt in Hyattsville
BY KIMBERLY SCHMIDT — “The chief business of the American people is business,” President Calvin Coolidge told the American Society of Newspaper…
Postcards from the Past: Hyattsville’s Independence Day through the years
BY PEGGY DEE — Hyattsville’s first July 4 celebration took place in 1940, and some of the city’s older residents remember attending…
Legend and Lore: City OKs trolley line, bans roller skates on Route 1
BY KIMBERLY SCHMIDT — In 1908, a Hyattsville city ordinance was passed to prohibit roller skating on the sidewalks of Maryland and…