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Council Grapples With HR Priorities

Two camps are beginning to emerge in the young debate over how to best use the new human resources director.

Council Grapples With HR Priorities
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Workshops to Teach Business of Art

A series of workshops in Brentwood aims to teach local budding and experienced artists alike how to better manage the business side of their creativity.

Workshops to Teach Business of Art
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Hyattsville Council Closes License Loophole

"Do we have to worry that we have other things that we've missed and that we have other things on the books that we have to go back and make sure are effective?" - Ward Two Councilor Shani Warner

Hyattsville Council Closes License Loophole
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Council Approves Facade Grants

$91,300 to be used to improve exteriors of of prominent downtown businesses.

Council Approves Facade Grants
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1920s Water Main Bursts on Baltimore Avenue

Seven establishments in downtown Hyattsville without water for hours as crews respond to water main break near EYA development.

1920s Water Main Bursts on Baltimore Avenue
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Council Questions $10,000 Contract Extension

Ward Four City Councilor Ruth Ann Frazier questions cost overruns in legal research contract, learns that contractor has taken on additional duties.

Council Questions $10,000 Contract Extension
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Another Closed Session for Council

Nearly 25 percent of the City Council's meeting time in 2011 was done behind closed doors.

Another Closed Session for Council
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Council Rushes to Close Biz License Loophole

City business with ties to suspected drug dealing has license back after new regulations apparently invalidated by technical snafu.

Council Rushes to Close Biz License Loophole
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Catch Some Culture This Weekend

A plethora of concerts, open mic nights and a musical brunch set the stage for Hyattsville's art and culture scene this weekend.

Catch Some Culture This Weekend
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NW Anacostia Cleanup Needs Volunteers

Anacostia Watershed Society, Hyattsville city hosting river cleanup effort at Magruder Park this Saturday, volunteers needed.

NW Anacostia Cleanup Needs Volunteers
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Hyattsville Crime Rate Drops in 2011

Continuing a five year trend of decreasing crime rates in Hyattsville, city sees most dramatic reductions in commercial break-ins, larcenies. But a lone murder and two unsolved rapes mar an otherwise optimistic report.

Hyattsville Crime Rate Drops in 2011