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By CHRIS McMANES — Two days after top-ranked DeMatha won at No. 2 St. John’s in a premier Washington Catholic Athletic Conference game, it returned home to face Bishop McNamara. Although not a marquee matchup, the Stags say they take every game seriously. “I think it’s pretty easy to stay
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By CLAUDETTE RICHARDS and HEATHER WRIGHT — How can more Hyattsville and Prince George’s County residents — especially those in need of a second chance — find employment? This question was the topic of a breakfast meeting in June 2017 between Employ Prince George’s President and CEO Walter
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By CODI GUGLIUZZ — Santa Claus took a break from his North Pole duties to meet local kids and help promote fire safety on December 15 at the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department station. Sporting toy fire helmets from volunteer firefighters, children of all ages whispered or loudly declared
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By DOUGLAS S. DUDROW — Twenty-seven years after he left office, former Hyattsville Mayor Tom Bass’ fingerprints remain all over the city. That’s the type of impact he had during his 16 years — from 1979 to 1995 — serving the people of Hyattsville. Tom died on Nov. 24 at age 75. He and his
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The Hyattsville Life & Times has started a new series called Humans of Hyattsville to help Hyattsville residents get to know their neighbors. If you’re a coffee lover, then surely you’ve spied Franklin Ventura as he sweet talks “Big Red” from behind the roastery counter at Vigilante
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By SOPHIE GORMAN ORIANI — At the Dec 2. city council meeting, councilmembers discussed whether or not to continue the City of Hyattsville’s relationship with the University of Maryland (UMD) shuttle program, Shuttle-UM. Currently, the City of Hyattsville has a memorandum of understanding
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By MARIA D. JAMES — On December 10, the College Park City Council passed a motion to “Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and enter into an agreement, subject to approval by the City Attorney, in an amount not to exceed $30,000 with the Hyattsville Community Newspaper, Inc. for startup
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By SOPHIE GORMAN ORIANI — On Nov. 20, the kickoff meeting of the Project Planning Committee offered a timeline for building a new Hyattsville Middle School (HMS) and provided more information on the design process. “The plan here is not to try to save this building,” said Deanna Newman, who
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By LINDSAY MYERS — Hyattsville’s Complete Count Committee (CCC) for the 2020 census met for the first time on Nov. 20. The committee, which currently has eight members, talked strategy and elected its co-chairmen and secretary. The committee was established by city council this past March in
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By CHRIS MCMANES — DeMatha Catholic High School administrators knew bringing back football coach Bill McGregor was a good move. His fellow coaches in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference agree. McGregor, who returned as the Stags’ head football coach in January after an eight-year
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