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21/04/2025

"Qi Yu grew up in Inner Mongolia in China, but her music is a mixture of her homeland and the beats and rhythms of her American home."
Learn more about this local musician and her accomplishments right here: https://streetcarsuburbs.news/local-musician-wins-spot-at-strathmore/

18/04/2025

"The two members of the Prince George’s County Council who represent College Park warned on March 22 that the coming budget cycle will be “extremely difficult.”"
Learn more about the county council's budget discussions here: https://streetcarsuburbs.news/county-reps-predict-tough-budget-year/

17/04/2025

"If you don’t want to mow your lawn this month, that’s OK with the city.

College Park has waived the usual 12-inch limit for the height of grass, weeds and other lawn cover for No Mow April in an effort to allow native pollinators like bees and butterflies to feed and find habitats."
Learn more about No Mow April in College Park: https://streetcarsuburbs.news/no-mow-april-benefits-bees-butterflies/

15/04/2025

"Over the past few months, conversations at school pickups, birthday parties and playgrounds in College Park have shifted to what families affected by recent federal layoffs are going to do about child care."
https://streetcarsuburbs.news/lets-find-a-solution-to-childcare/

14/04/2025

"At the U.S. Composting Council’s (USCC) January convention in Phoenix, Ariz., the entire first day’s workshop examined how organizations already composting garden and agricultural wastes could meet the challenges of incorporating food."
Read more in Paul Ruffins' column on food waste and methane: https://streetcarsuburbs.news/the-science-of-the-city-composting-the-fertile-solution-to-food-waste/

01/04/2025

This Saturday (April 5), all Beagles and Beagle-wannabes (all dogs welcome) are invited to join BREW at the New Carrollton Dog Park (6318 Westbrook Dr., New Carrollton, MD 20784) from noon to 3pm. Fees are $10 per dog ($30 max), which will go to help BREW find homes for rescued beagles. For more information, call 301-699-0440. (Photo courtesy of BREW, inc).

28/03/2025

UMD student creates map of missing, murdered Native Americans
Learn more about her project here:
https://streetcarsuburbs.news/umd-student-creates-map-of-missing-murdered-native-americans/

26/03/2025

"The 60-year-old University Club at College Park on Berwyn House Road will undergo a major renovation starting this summer.

Matt Hurson of Cape Advisers, which bought the building in November for $10.5 million, said the leases of the 135-unit student housing complex’s tenants will expire in July, so the building will be empty."
Learn more about these upcoming renovations: https://streetcarsuburbs.news/university-club-to-get-repairs-upgrades/

24/03/2025

"College Park officials and community members gathered at Duvall Field for a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday.

The ceremony kickstarted the renovation of the field, at 9119 Rhode Island Ave., into a seven-acre park for sports, entertainment and community events."
https://streetcarsuburbs.news/ground-breaks-on-duvall-field-renovation/

22/03/2025

"Imagine that it’s March 2024, and spring cleaning has left you with three broken bicycles, two dead car batteries, and an unlabeled plastic jug of pesticide or paint thinner. The quickest way to dispose of everything is to drive to the county’s Brown Station Road Landfill in Upper Marlboro. "
Learn more about the science and environmental concerns surrounding local landfills in this month's Science of the City piece: https://streetcarsuburbs.news/the-science-of-the-city-a-landfill-full-of-food-is-a-recipe-for-methane/

20/03/2025

"A group of protestors gathered at Bear Square, outside the Whole Foods Market in Riverdale Park, on Thursday, March 13, holding signs and distributing literature that urged shoppers to boycott Amazon and Whole Foods."
https://streetcarsuburbs.news/protestors-rally-outside-whole-foods-riverdale-park-urging-boycott-of-amazon-and-whole-foods/

19/03/2025

"The College Park Tenants Union urged the city council in February to investigate accusations that the landlords of six large apartment complexes participated in price-fixing for rents."
Learn more about the situation in our March coverage: https://streetcarsuburbs.news/tenants-union-calls-for-investigation/

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