The Route 1 corridor’s newest mural celebrates influential rockabilly musician Link Wray, who got his start playing local shows. Continue reading →

Just before the Civil War, an enslaved man working in a foundry off what is now the Route 1 corridor helped cast the bronze statue on top of the U.S. Capitol. Continue reading →

A former sanitation worker in Bladensburg will graduate from Harvard Law School this spring and is using his story to help others in the industry. Continue reading →

Construction on the new public library in Bladensburg is ahead of schedule, and it is now planned to open as early as this summer. Continue reading →

In the 1990s, there were no nesting eagles along the Anacostia River. But amid a years-long cleanup, they have returned to Bladensburg Waterfront Park. Continue reading →

ECO City Farms has some colorful new murals of farming and nature scenes thanks to a group of students from the Rhode Island School of Design, a nationally known art and design school, who recently visited as part of an Alternative Spring Break program. Continue reading →

The results are in for the sixth annual Hyattsville Wire Best of Route 1 reader poll, and winners include some old favorites as well as some new entrants. Continue reading →