Category Archives: Bladensburg

Stories about Bladensburg, Maryland, in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., with a focus on arts, culture, history, real estate and development.

Readers of the Hyattsville Wire continued to be interested in changes to the thriving local restaurant scene over the last year. Continue reading

Snapshot of mural featuring the Wire at the new Hyattsville public library

Posted on by Alison Beckwith

Why the Hyattsville Wire Needs Your Support to Keep Going

The Hyattsville Wire celebrated our 11th anniversary online this year, but to continue our coverage, we need more support from the community. We just can’t keep going as we have. Continue reading

Many of our readers have signed up for our email option, which emails you every post we run as soon as we publish it. Continue reading

The Hyattsville Wire is now on Threads and we’ve grown rapidly in just the few days since we started posting, adding followers and gaining likes and shares on our stories about life on the Route 1 corridor. Continue reading

Circa 1926. Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Posted on by Alison Beckwith

How Bladensburg Created — and Solved — Its Flooding Problem

When European settlers first arrived in the area that is now Bladensburg in colonial times, the Anacostia River was deep enough that ocean-bound ships could dock there. Continue reading

The first floor of the Bladensburg public library will be open to the public starting at noon on Tuesday, after construction went more quickly than anticipated.  Continue reading

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