Science of the city: Hyattsville focuses on green stormwater projects it can control
By Paul Ruffins Of Hyattsville’s environmental issues, stormwater runoff is the easiest to see. Rain regularly floods an area residents…
City aims to upgrade stormwater management
By Katharine Wilson Flooding in the City of College Park has become an increasingly serious issue in recent years, leading…
College Park stormwater management
By Kelly Livingston As flooding becomes a more persistent local and regional problem, particularly for downstream areas like College…
Hyattsville receives grant for Deitz Park playground redesign
BY REBECCA BENNETT — According to a city memo, the City of Hyattsville was awarded a $140,000 grant from the…
PHOTOS: Hyattsville church breaks ground on stormwater management retrofit
BY CAROLINE SELLE — Updated Sept. 10 at 3:45 p.m. On Aug. 7, local officials, members of the Anacostia Watershed…
Construction begins outside Vigilante Coffee; shop still open
BY REBECCA BENNETT — Construction has begun to replace some of the asphalt in front of Vigilante Coffee with a…
Vigilante Coffee open for business during construction; 5 percent donated to local non-profit
BY REBECCA BENNETT — Updated at 6:06 p.m. According to Daniel Simon, owner of the former Palmer Ford building, patrons…
Rebate program offers stormwater management incentives
BY GRANT WHITTINGTON — At the Dec. 2 Hyattsville City Council meeting, the a representative from the Chesapeake Bay Trust…
Local woman is among the first to cash in on county Rain Check
BY SUSAN HINES — In an event that was part tour, part celebration, Hyattsville resident Donna Reynolds accepted a $2,000 rebate check,…