INSIDE HYATTSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL: Who’s the principal? When’s the rebuild? P. 4 TARDIGRADES: Look, you have piglets in your yard! P. 8
VOL. 17 NO. 9
HYATTSVILLE’S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
SEPTEMBER 2020
Restaurant initiative distributes warm meals ... and hope By Heather Wright At a time when food pantries are running out of supplies each week and restaurants are permanently shutting their doors, a restaurant initiative started in Riverdale Park has distributed more than 5,000 meals, put more than $50,000 into local restaurant coffers and is expanding into Hyattsville and other Route 1 communities. Food insecurity is on the rise during the pandemic. Area food pantries have increased their supplies three-fold but are still SEE RESTAURANTS ON 6
Day cares during the pandemic By Sophie Gorman Oriani The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the child care scene in Prince George’s County. According to Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, in a July 30 press conference, the number SEE DAY CARES ON 13
Pathway Toward Unity march along Baltimore Avenue to Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28
JULIA NIKHINSON
Too much heat on the street? Race and Equity Committee discusses policing By Brandon Fastman During the last days of August, when another police shooting of an unarmed Black person was captured on video and thousands gathered in D.C. for the Get Your Knee Off Our Necks March, Hyattsville’s Race and Equity Task
Force met twice, focusing much of their discussion on police reform. The city has charged the committee, first convened in 2018, with developing a Race and Equity Plan. The plan will address equity in city administration, public services and community development, and is due
to the Hyattsville City Council at the end of the year. The committee convened on both Aug. 24 and Aug. 25. The purpose of the first meeting was to hold a conversation with state delegate and former Hyattsville resident Alonzo SEE POLICE ON 13
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