WSSC Archives - Hyattsville Life & Times

ADDITIONAL BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: City and county rescind ‘Stop Work’ orders on WSSC demolition

July 19, 2019

By LINDSAY MYERS — This is a developing story. Update at 4:55pm: Norma Rivera, the attorney representing Werrlein Properties has submitted the following comment on the stop-work orders: “My client, Werrlein Properties, has been made aware that officials of the city had contacted the [read more]

PHOTOS: Demolition is officially underway at WSSC building

July 12, 2019

By MARIA D. JAMES — The former Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) building on Hamilton Street is coming down for good. The construction team was on-site on July 12 to tear down the building, which has been the source for much debate and discussion in the community for several years. [read more]

Update: City of Hyattsville appeals District Council’s decision to rezone former WSSC property

July 12, 2019

By HEATHER WRIGHT — Don’t call the proposed Magruder Pointe project a done deal yet. The city is appealing the May 13 District Council’s decision to rezone the former Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission (WSSC) property. On June 28, the city filed a petition for judicial review with the [read more]

WSSC building scheduled for demolition

May 30, 2019

UPDATE: On June 30, Karl Granzow said that because of changes being made to July Fourth programming in downtown D.C., the Department of Transportation rescinded all the road permits for the large machinery that would be necessary for demolition until after July 4. Therefore, Werrlein Properties [read more]

My Two Cents: Clarifying questions about Magruder Pointe development

May 6, 2018

By JONATHAN WERRLEIN — Several months ago, I was approached by numerous Hyattsville residents who asked me to consider the idea of taking the old, wasting WSSC building/site and developing a plan to do something that would end the decades of unattractive urban blight within the Hyattsville [read more]

Rotten tomatoes in the WSSC parking lot

August 31, 2016

BY KIT SLACK — Around 6pm in the old WSSC parking lot next to the Magruder Park playground on Aug. 30, a small group of protesters behind caution tape screamed and waved signs saying “We need healthcare!” and “Boo, Mr. President!” A black suburban pulled past them, and the protesters [read more]

UPDATE: Water main break diverts southbound Route 1 traffic after Hamilton Street

June 5, 2015

BY REBECCA BENNETT — As of 1:40 p.m. Friday, a substantial water main break in the 5100 block of Baltimore Avenue has both southbound lanes of Route 1 closed. It all began just before 7 a.m. this morning when an 8-inch main broke near Gallatin Street. Both northbound lanes were closed at [read more]

Aging infrastructure, weather cause water main breaks, service interruptions

February 18, 2015

BY CAROLINE SELLE — Just last week, a major water main break shut down most of westbound East West Highway and proved difficult for repair crews to fix. In late January, a 12-inch water main break on Edmonston Road near Decatur Street — just outside the city of Hyattsville — caused a [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]

Family narrowly escapes sinkhole caused by water main break

January 27, 2015

BY CAROLINE SELLE AND REBECCA BENNETT — Updated at 5:50 p.m. A 12-inch water main break on Edmonston Road near Decatur Street just outside the City of Hyattsville caused a sinkhole that swallowed a car and nearly the family inside. That family is displaced, and according to the Washington [read more]