history
(This is the second of a three-part series on Mike Toomey, a Hyattsville resident who has joined Steve Miller’s baseball coaching staff at DeMatha. Part one highlighted Toomey’s start in professional baseball and his role in helping the Kansas City Royals win the 2015 World Series.) By CHRIS
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By EMILY STRAB — Hyattsville made history when its new police chief was sworn in. On the afternoon of Dec. 13, Amal Awad was sworn in as Hyattsville’s Chief of Police, becoming only the eighth police chief in the city’s 132-year history. Moreover, she is the first female, first
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By TAYLOR MYERS — We Marylanders are unusually proud of our state flag — and for good reason. Unquestionably unique and recognizable, the Maryland flag combines the coats of arms of the Calvert and Crossland families, highlighting our state’s history. In recent years, the red, white, black
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By ANDRA DAMRON — Celebrating Hyattsville’s 132nd anniversary of incorporation is the perfect opportunity to honor its rich history. But who would suspect that a cracked and crumbling, vacant parking lot might conceal elements of our national and local past? Covered and protected by a layer
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By MARK GOODSON — Aaron Marcavitch is a man on a mission to educate residents about the city’s auto-centric past. Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, Inc. Executive Director Aaron Marcavitch’s book “Images of America: US Route 1 Baltimore to Washington, DC” will be released March
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BY STUART EISENBERG — With debates ranging regionally over the legacy of tolerating monuments to leaders of the Confederacy in public spaces, one may ponder, “What does institutional racism look like locally? Where does it dwell in Hyattsville?” One form in which I find institutional racism
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BY KATY JUNE-FRIESEN — The following is an excerpt from an Aug. 18, 2014, interview with Frank Key, who has lived in the Hyattsville area since he was a boy. He and his wife Liz bought their home on 32nd Avenue in 1970. Katy June-Friesen edited the text for length and clarity. I grew up here. My
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Members of the Baltimore United Volunteers march in formation in front of Riversdale in an annual tradition, the Battle of Bladensburg re-enactment. BY MEGAN J. BROCKETT — On August 24, Kathy Norvell will wake up and start getting ready to go back in time. Norvell, a veteran War of 1812
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BY PEGGY DEE — I moved to Hyattsville on June 26, 1968, making me a 45-year resident this month. I often daydream back to that mild summer day when the moving van unloaded my family and I to a duplex house on 41st Avenue. We moved out from northeast Washington and the home where I was raised.
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BY ROSANNA LANDIS WEAVER — More than 50 Hyattsville residents took time out of the busy holiday season on December 13 to attend “How to Conduct Historic Research on Your Home,” co-sponsored by the Hyattsville Preservation Association (HPA) and the University of Maryland Historic Preservation
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