Week in Review: Purple Line Progress, University Park's History, Breast Cancer Awareness

If you had a hectic week and didn't check out Patch this week, here's the headlines you may have missed.

Purple Line Project Makes Progress

This week we told you about the and only a few days later we learned the project made some progress as the into its . But we want to hear from you too —.

75 Years of Creativity and Innovation

University Park residents spent Sunday afternoon celebrating their . With the help of several local officials — including County Executive Rushern Baker, County Councilman Eric Olson (Dist. 3), Del. Justin Ross and even a special guest appearance by Heather Henson, Muppet creator Jim Henson's daughter, the town celebrated their history with a parade and an afternoon or activities. Patch highlighted some parts of the town's history from , to a, to . Check back for photos from the event this week.

Parking Wars?

The — What College Park shops do you frequent the most? How do you find out about sales and specials in that city? After readers responded, the association realized that from spending money in the city. What do you think?

Breast Cancer Awareness

As a part of October and breast cancer awareness month, Patch will be running stories to highlight progress in treatment, prevention, and we hope to even share some stories from locals about how they have been affected by this disease. For all of our breast cancer awareness related coverage check out our Awareness topics page. If you or your business will be doing anything breast cancer related, e-mail editor Sonia Dasgupta at sonia@patch.com.