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After a public hearing that saw dozens of city residents weigh in, Hyattsville City Council continues to be split over what to rename Magruder Park. Two options, however, have seemingly won the most vocal support from public commenters and City Council members – naming the park after either David C. Driskell or the Nacotchtank indigenous people who once inhabited the Anacostia River basin.
At least two industrial development projects are interested in buying the Stone Straw site in northern College Park, according to city officials. Further details remain a mystery, save one: a proposal to build a fish processing plant on the site, first revealed in 2020, seems to be dead.
Prince George’s County municipalities are set to receive a collective $160 million in federal pandemic recovery funds to spend over the next three years.
Hyattsville has begun to accept applications for the city’s Pandemic Relief Fund from artists and tradespeople.
Mount Rainier went local with its new police chief, hiring interim Chief Linwood Alston for the role, city officials announced March 31. Alston’s permanent appointment fills a vacancy left by the departure of former city top cop Anthony Morgan, who resigned in February to take a new job as the chief of police for Humboldt State University in California.
College Park city officials mistakenly granted a tax cut to a development, in part, because city staff used an out-of-date checklist when reviewing the proposal, according to emails obtained by Route 1 Reporter.
Route 1 Reporter interviews Sophie Gorman Oriani, candidate for Hyattsville’s Ward Five.
Route 1 Reporter interviews Kurt Brintzenhofe, candidate for Hyattsville’s Ward Five.
Route 1 Reporter interviews incumbent City Councilor Edouard Haba, running for another term on Hyattsville City Council.
Route 1 Reporter interviews Adam Alfano, candidate for Hyattsville’s Ward Three