College Park Here and Now

16/12/2025

College Park resident is new speaker of MD House

Former College Park City Councilmember Joseline Peña‑Melnyk was sworn in on Dec. 16 as the 109th Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. Peña‑Melnyk, a Democrat who became the second woman speaker and the first Afro‑Latina to hold that position, lives in College Park Woods and has served as a state District 21 delegate since taking office in January 2007....

Former College Park City Councilmember Joseline Peña‑Melnyk was sworn in on Dec. 16 as the 109th Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. Peña‑Melnyk, a Democrat who became the second woman speaker and the first Afro‑Latina to hold that position, lives in College Park Woods and has served...

16/12/2025

Read our associate editor Jalen Wade's article in The Objective on the importance of local news:

Hyperlocal and local journalists like me tell stories for smaller communities that are important to the people in these towns and areas.

13/12/2025

College Park Moose Lodge finds new home

After six years of searching, officials of the College Park Moose Lodge #453 have finally found a new place to call home at 8907 Baltimore Ave. President Debbie Herbert said it may still be months before the move is complete. The organization, which opened at 3700 Metzerott Road in 1948, sold its building in 2020 to Iglesia de Dios Pentecostés, Misión el Buen Samaritano, a local church, for $4.475 million, according to state tax records, and continued to rent space through a leaseback agreement....

After six years of searching, officials of the College Park Moose Lodge #453 have finally found a new place to call home at 8907 Baltimore Ave. President Debbie Herbert said it may still be months before the move is complete. The organization, which opened at 3700 Metzerott Road in 1948, sold its bu...

13/12/2025

Paid firefighters return to Berwyn Heights

The Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad added four career firefighters and two emergency medical technicians to its staff on Nov. 17, 17 months after the county reassigned the station’s full-time responders to other locations in June 2024. The paid emergency workers will staff the day shift from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. “This is very, very, very good news,” College Park Mayor Fazlul Kabir said....

The Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad added four career firefighters and two emergency medical technicians to its staff on Nov. 17, 17 months after the county reassigned the station’s full-time responders to other locations in June 2024. The paid emergency workers will staf...

12/12/2025

Shoppers can expect higher prices this season

Shoppers in College Park and across the DMV may need to stretch their holiday dollars further this year as retailers scale back discounts and federal workers continue to feel the effects of layoffs and the recent government shutdown. University of Maryland marketing professor Jie Zhang predicted the Christmas season will be “muted.” “Many consumers ... have experienced economic hardship and uncertainty,” Zhang told…...

Shoppers in College Park and across the DMV may need to stretch their holiday dollars further this year as retailers scale back discounts and federal workers continue to feel the effects of layoffs and the recent government shutdown. University of Maryland marketing professor Jie Zhang predicted the...

11/12/2025

Check out the December College Park Post, information on municipal services and programs from the City of College Park. These are the middle four pages of our December newspaper. Thanks to the city for the partnership that allows us to bring you our independent newspaper along with this city information each month! https://streetcarsuburbs.news/college-park-post-from-the-city-of-college-park/

10/12/2025

Raising Cane’s opens in College Park

More than 120 people—including some who had waited outside all night—were in line to be the first customers of Raising Cane's, which opened on the corner of Route 1 and Knox Road at 9 a.m. on Dec. 9. The fast-growing, fast-casual chicken chain, which has more than 900 locations nationwide, opened this site as part of its expansion in the DMV, according to Regional Manager Malcolm O’Quinn....

More than 120 people—including some who had waited outside all night—were in line to be the first customers of Raising Cane’s, which opened on the corner of Route 1 and Knox Road at 9 a.m. on Dec. 9. The fast-growing, fast-casual chicken chain, which has more than 900 locations nationwide, ope...

10/12/2025

College Park Food Bank moves to new home near campus

The College Park Community Food Bank has relocated to University United Methodist Church. Its long-time location at 9704 Rhode Island Ave., the previous site of the College Park Church of the Nazarene, is slated for renovations and will not host the food bank afterward. The move comes after 16 years at that site, according to Food Bank President Lisa Bartusek....

The College Park Community Food Bank has relocated to University United Methodist Church. Its long-time location at 9704 Rhode Island Ave., the previous site of the College Park Church of the Nazarene, is slated for renovations and will not host the food bank afterward. The move comes after 16 years...

10/12/2025

46 schools get library renovations

College Park students and others who attend Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt will soon have a new state-of-the-art library to study in. The upgraded space is expected to open the week of Dec. 8. The updated library is funded through a multimillion dollar donation to Prince George’s County Public Schools by Sam Brin, the brother of Google co-founder Sergey Brin....

College Park students and others who attend Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt will soon have a new state-of-the-art library to study in. The upgraded space is expected to open the week of Dec. 8. The updated library is funded through a multimillion dollar donation to Prince George’s Count...

10/12/2025

Last Monday the PGCPS budget staff reviewed a budget shortfall and planned cuts with the school board.

County schools plan to cut contracted services and vacant and temporary positions, among other costs, in the upcoming school year.  Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) Budget Director Shavonne Smith recommended these cuts in her update to the Board of Education during their business mee...

10/12/2025

Winter Wonderland kicks off holidays

Hundreds of residents, students and visitors gathered in front of City Hall on Dec. 6 to celebrate College Park’s third annual Winter Wonderland tree-lighting ceremony. Ryna Quiñones, the city’s communications and events manager, said the event is a way for the community to come together during the holiday season. “This is a wonderful time to do with the holidays,” Quiñones said....

Hundreds of residents, students and visitors gathered in front of City Hall on Dec. 6 to celebrate College Park’s third annual Winter Wonderland tree-lighting ceremony. Ryna Quiñones, the city’s communications and events manager, said the event is a way for the community to come together during...

09/12/2025

Parkdale football p scores surprise donation from Commanders

Football players from Parkdale High School in Riverdale received an unexpected donation from the Washington Commanders: 65 lockers from the team’s training facility in Ashburn, Virginia, complete with the red-and-gold Commanders logo. “They had no idea until they started to be installed,” said Zack Burns, assistant coach for the Parkdale Panthers football team. “So it was a good surprise for them.”...

Football players from Parkdale High School in Riverdale received an unexpected donation from the Washington Commanders: 65 lockers from the team’s training facility in Ashburn, Virginia, complete with the red-and-gold Commanders logo. “They had no idea until they started to be installed,” said...