My Two Cents
I was interested in the piece “Residents complain of spotty mail delivery” (March 2016). Where I live, we’ve been lucky to have terrific mail service for the last several months. (We’ve given [our mail carrier] at least two thank-you Christmas cards.) Keith Brown is a warm, friendly
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BY RON PEDONE AND ELIZABETH PAYER — The Marvin R. Blumberg Co. is asking the City of Hyattsville to support its request to change the zoning designation of the Clay property, the land the Company owns in the University Hills area from R-80 to R-20, a much higher density designation. Let’s
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BY DIANE CONTRERAS — A California Native of 28 years, where skateboarding, beach volleyball, and stand up paddling were just a few of my stereotypical hobbies – I have found my home in Hyattsville, Md. I came here last January, rather obligated, to visit family over Christmas vacation. As
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RESPONSE BY DAVID THOMAS — I have lived in the City since 1986 and have watched the parking policy evolve with the development of Metro and shopping areas. In my opinion, parking has and will continue to be an issue, and I do not believe the City of Hyattsville will actually do anything to fix
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BY SHAUNTRICE MARTIN — Beyond the store’s sometimes dusty shelves and laid back staff beats the heart of Mount Rainier — Glut Food Co-op. Glut is the neighborhood’s lone grocery store, and it’s the place where artists, church folk, Metro drivers, executives, and families come to stock up
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BY DOUGLAS R. THOMPSON — When my wife Gloria and I moved into our Hyattsville home in 1976, it was the unique community that attracted us both. Everybody, it seemed, knew everybody else. Everyone looked out for each other. The local population was diverse. It was, in a word,
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BY LESLEY RIDDLE — About this time of year, we start to long for the first petals to bloom on our city’s many flowering trees. Among them is the Bradford Pear, once the county’s official tree, which usually grows 25 feet tall with a canopy nearly as wide, giving it a lovely round form. The
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BY RON PEDONE — Prior to January 5, 2015* the Hyattsville city council should make a couple of straightforward, uncomplicated decisions. One would be to permit the voting public to decide if they want to amend the city’s charter to lower the minimum voting age to 16. The other would be to
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BY CHRISTIELYN DILLER — I love dogs in a cuckoo-for-Cocoa-Puffs sort of way. My adopted dog, Gwen, is more than a pet — she is my fur baby. She inspired me to start a career in animal welfare, to appreciate the corn-chip smell of her paws, and to think that it’s not entirely crazy for me to
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– T. CARTER ROSS – On March 2, 2014, the Hyattsville Branch Library marked the 50th anniversary of its opening. However, it occurred under a shadow. Starting late 2013 and reaffirmed this month by library officials, the county plans to tear down the historic Hyattsville Branch and
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