You may have never had Uyghur or Uzbek cuisine, but it’ll taste familiar the minute you try it. At the newly opened Marco & Polo Restaurant at 6504 American Boulevard in University Town Center in Hyattsville, the menu items include beef shish kebab, … Continue reading →

  Here’s a two-fer: Get your loved ones a present while helping support small businesses along the Route 1 corridor. Now in its eighth year, Small Business Saturday, which takes place this Saturday, Nov. 24,  is designed to promote local … Continue reading →

Three local organizations are collaborating to create “Mapping Racism,” a project to bring awareness to the history of racist restrictive covenants. Hidden within old property deeds in Prince George’s County is language which bars the owner from selling to a non-white … Continue reading →

Commuters along the Route 1 corridor will soon learn whether more electric bikes are in their future. Since September, Capital Bikeshare stations at the Shoppes at Arts District Hyattsville and Riverdale Park Station have offered CaBi Plus, an e-bike pilot program that … Continue reading →

Hyattsville’s new public library will hold an official groundbreaking at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 19, at 6530 Adelphi Road in Hyattsville. Located on the same lot as the old library, the new 40,000-square-foot building will be one story, with … Continue reading →

The city of Hyattsville is considering renaming its most notable park in part due to a racist element of its past. Earlier this year, Stuart Eisenberg, executive director of the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation, wrote in the Hyattsville Life & Times … Continue reading →

Maryland Meadworks will hold its grand opening on Saturday, Oct. 27, in Hyattsville at 4700 Rhode Island Ave. The Route 1 corridor’s first and only meadery will host opening remarks and a ribbon-cutting starting at 4 p.m., followed by a Halloween-themed … Continue reading →