College Park Here and Now

09/10/2025

Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy says she has the utmost confidence in her nominee to run the county’s Department of the Environment, even though he was terminated from the department in 2014 for “gross negligence.” A group of environmental and community activists in the county is not so sure. And they’re likely to be on hand Thursday when Samuel Belsham Moki’s nomination comes up before a County Council committee....

Prince George’s County Executive Aisha Braveboy says she has the utmost confidence in her nominee to run the county’s Department of the Environment, even though he was terminated from the department in 2014 for “gross negligence.” A group of environmental and community activists in the count...

09/10/2025

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African country of Eswatini. That evidence from the Trump administration is due by Wednesday to U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis, at the federal court in Greenbelt. She will consider an order to release Abrego Garcia as part of his habeas corpus petition, which challenges his detention at a U.S....

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African country of Eswatini. That evidence from the Trump administration is due by Wednesday to  U.S. District Court Judge Pa...

08/10/2025

College Park voters will elect a mayor and eight City Councilmembers—two from each of four city districts—on Nov. 4. In just one of those districts—District 2—three candidates are running for two seats. In Districts 1 and 4, the two incumbent councilmembers are running unopposed for reelection. In District 3, one incumbent and one newcomer are running, also unopposed. Mayor Fazlul Kabir also is running unopposed....

College Park voters will elect a mayor and eight City Councilmembers—two from each of four city districts—on Nov. 4. In just one of those districts—District 2—three candidates are running for two seats. In Districts 1 and 4, the two incumbent councilmembers are running unopposed for reelecti...

08/10/2025

For the first time, 16- and 17-year-olds who live in College Park will be able to vote for mayor and city councilmembers in the upcoming city election. The College Park City Council voted 5-3 in April to lower the voting age for city elections from 18 to 16, making College Park the ninth Maryland city to allow teens to vote....

For the first time, 16- and 17-year-olds who live in College Park will be able to vote for mayor and city councilmembers in the upcoming city election. The College Park City Council voted 5-3 in April to lower the voting age for city elections from 18 to 16, making College Park the ninth Maryland ci...

08/10/2025

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on affordable housing in College Park. Part 1, which focused on the lack of affordable housing, appeared in the September issue of College Park Here & Now. Although some officials and residents decry the lack of affordable housing in College Park, the city is home to some lower-rent apartment complexes and homeownership programs....

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on affordable housing in College Park. Part 1, which focused on the lack of affordable housing, appeared in the September issue of College Park Here & Now. Although some officials and residents decry the lack of affordable housing in College Park, the city is home...

08/10/2025

Our friends at Food4MD are looking for volunteers to help get meals to those in need! In case you missed it, here is our piece about their move to College Park: https://streetcarsuburbs.news/food4md-moves-into-college-park/

02/10/2025

In just 66 days on the job, interim Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) Superintendent Shawn Joseph has identified top priorities, including special education and multilingual learners; mathematics and literacy; and chronic absenteeism. He is also interested in expanding internships and providing more resources for dual enrollment students. “What I'm working to do is making sure parents have the tools that you need to be able to help hold us accountable across the system,” Joseph told about 200 students, parents and educators at a listening session held on Sept....

In just 66 days on the job, interim Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) Superintendent Shawn Joseph has identified top priorities, including special education and multilingual learners; mathematics and literacy; and chronic absenteeism. He is also interested in expanding internships and ...

01/10/2025

Rockville High School senior Blakely Pfaff is the 33rd Miss College Park. Seventeen-year-old Pfaff, a Montgomery County resident, won the crown at the College Park American Legion on Sept. 28 over seven competitors. She replaced Madelyn Bronk, Miss College Park 2025. The competition’s $2,000 scholarship prize motivated her to participate, Pfaff said, adding she is looking forward to the community involvement that will accompany her new title....

Rockville High School senior Blakely Pfaff is the 33rd Miss College Park. Seventeen-year-old Pfaff, a Montgomery County resident, won the crown at the College Park American Legion on Sept. 28 over seven competitors. She replaced Madelyn Bronk, Miss College Park 2025. The competition’s $2,000 schol...

30/09/2025

When Hyattsville native Blake Sloane left to attend Binghamton University in upstate New York, he fully intended to study music and one day work in Hollywood, scoring, arranging and assembling pieces to produce something greater than the sum of its parts. Along the way, though, he found something he loved just as much as music: woodworking. Today, Sloane is the owner of…...

When Hyattsville native Blake Sloane left to attend Binghamton University in upstate New York, he fully intended to study music and one day work in Hollywood, scoring, arranging and assembling pieces to produce something greater than the sum of its parts. Along the way, though, he found something he...

28/09/2025

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the College Park Aviation Museum hosted its fifth annual Latinas in Aviation Global Festival on Sept. 28, featuring Latin American women who work in aviation. Twenty-one of the 28 women who contributed to this year’s volume of Latinas in Aviation, a five-year-old book series, attended the event. Jacqueline Ruiz, who publishes the series, said she adds to it each year to “inspire the next generation of aviators.”...

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the College Park Aviation Museum hosted its fifth annual Latinas in Aviation Global Festival on Sept. 28, featuring Latin American women who work in aviation. Twenty-one of the 28 women who contributed to this year’s volume of Latinas in Aviation, a five-year-...

25/09/2025

Residents reported seeing three Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Hyattsville early during the Wednesday morning commute. Between 8am and 9am, local photographer Raphi Talisman took a video of an arrest ICE arrest in the middle of Hamilton St at its intersection with Queens Chapel, posted to facebook. In the video, a man repeatedly yells "Help, it's ICE," "I live in America, I love you America," "police!" and "let me go" in English and Spanish as he is pinned to the ground....

Residents reported seeing three Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Hyattsville early during the Wednesday morning commute. Between 8am and 9am, local photographer Raphi Talisman took a video of an arrest ICE arrest in the middle of Ha...

25/09/2025

Maryland Tandoor celebrated its grand opening on Sept. 22 on the street level of The Varsity College Park apartment complex on Route 1. Colorful balloons and signs decorated the exterior of the restaurant to welcome guests to the fast-casual Indian restaurant. Customers enjoyed free chai tea and mango lassi, a yogurt beverage, with their meals. The menu features a variety of authentic Indian dishes, including butter chicken, goat curry and kabobs....

Maryland Tandoor celebrated its grand opening on Sept. 22 on the street level of The Varsity College Park apartment complex on Route 1. Colorful balloons and signs decorated the exterior of the restaurant to welcome guests to the fast-casual Indian restaurant. Customers enjoyed free chai tea and man...