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Humans of Hyattsville: Franklin Ventura

December 12, 2019

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 [read more]

My Two Cents: Thank you, Hyattsville! A tribute from 96-year-old pharmacist Alfred Lawson

October 16, 2018

By ALFRED LAWSON — You may ask why am I thanking Hyattsville? I never lived there, and I didn’t go to school there, but I did spend a lot of time there. I feel that I owe my long and happy life to the time I spent working there and the success in business I had there. It was back in 1926, [read more]

Gilbane, local officials hold groundbreaking ceremony for Riverfront at West Hyattsville

July 25, 2017

BY ALLAN WALTERS — Dodging the threat of thunderstorms and enduring an unusually muggy afternoon, a group of local community leaders and executives from the Gilbane Development Company met in West Hyattsville on July 18 to formally kick off the construction of The Riverfront at West Hyattsville [read more]

Soon-to-be demolished warehouse used as canvas for fleeting works of art

July 13, 2017

BY KRISSI HUMBARD — Graffiti artists know their art might not be around for long; it’s part of the art style. Last weekend, 44 artists gathered at the soon-to-be-demolished Ginn’s Warehouse near the West Hyattsville Metro Station for the Inaugural Double Down Kings All-City [read more]

Local artists, residents to create colorful mural at West Hyattsville Metro Station

May 9, 2017

BY KRISSI HUMBARD — Update: This event has been postponed to May 20 due to weather. The West Hyattsville Metro Station is about to burst onto the public art scene. On Saturday, May 20, the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation (CDC) is hosting “Bursting on the Scene,” a community [read more]

City’s West Hyattsville lighting project moves forward; first phase complete

March 2, 2017

BY KRISSI HUMBARD — Parts of West Hyattsville are looking a little brighter, thanks to some lighting upgrades. Department of Public Works (DPW) staff presented an update on the lighting project at the Feb. 21 city council meeting. Phase One of the city’s lighting upgrade project has been [read more]

Council gives its support to planned West Hyattsville development

February 20, 2017

BY KRISSI HUMBARD — The City of Hyattsville has seen a lot of development in recent years. Most of that development has centered in areas near the Arts District or The Mall at Prince Georges, but West Hyattsville will soon get in on the action. At the Feb. 6 council meeting, councilmembers [read more]

Man found stabbed in West Hyattsville

September 13, 2016

On Sept. 12, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Hyattsville Police officers responded to the 5700 block of 30th Avenue after a resident called to report a person lying on the ground. Upon arrival, officers found a male victim lying in a driveway on 30th Avenue near Lancer Drive suffering from multiple [read more]

Developers plan apartments, townhomes for West Hyattsville Metro

November 8, 2015

BY REBECCA BENNETT — A parcel of land near the West Hyattsville Metro Station was purchased for more than $7 million in September, property records show. Representatives from the buyer, a development company called West Hyattsville Property Company, LLC, presented a general plan for the land [read more]

PHOTOS: Water main break closes Madison Street near 33rd Avenue

February 18, 2015

BY CAROLINE SELLE — At approximately 4:15 p.m. on February 18, WSSC work crews were out at the intersection of Madison Street and 33rd Avenue to repair a broken water main. Water streamed down 33rd Avenue as students walked home from school, and several walked through snowbanks to avoid the [read more]