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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.

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

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.
"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
$91,300 to be used to improve exteriors of of prominent downtown businesses.
Seven establishments in downtown Hyattsville without water for hours as crews respond to water main break near EYA development.
Ward Four City Councilor Ruth Ann Frazier questions cost overruns in legal research contract, learns that contractor has taken on additional duties.
Follow along live as local editor Michael Theis tweets his way through another City Council meeting.
Nearly 25 percent of the City Council's meeting time in 2011 was done behind closed doors.
City Council considers bonuses, legal research for federal lawsuit,
City business with ties to suspected drug dealing has license back after new regulations apparently invalidated by technical snafu.
For the second time this season, the Stags fell victim to the Panthers in a tight game.
Third annual Jumpin' Jukebox dance party packs the house in Hyattsville
Cleanup removes a mere fraction of litter which enters waterway every year.
Academic, attendance excellence recognized at assemblies.
A plethora of concerts, open mic nights and a musical brunch set the stage for Hyattsville's art and culture scene this weekend.
Anacostia Watershed Society, Hyattsville city hosting river cleanup effort at Magruder Park this Saturday, volunteers needed.
Hyattsville's City Council to vote next week on $91,000 in grant awards to improve commercial facades.
Local arts organization website now features pages for local artists, studios and businesses.
Students at Northwestern High School are getting extra mentoring in science and math through Walter Reed program.
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.