The New Deal Cafe, Community Forklift and other businesses along the Route 1 corridor were named winners in the annual Washington City Paper ‘Best of D.C.’ readers’ poll And this year, a surprising number of entrants from the corridor were finalists. Continue reading →

An arts teacher at DeMatha Catholic High School recently completed a large-scale mural honoring the school’s namesake and its 75th anniversary adding to the public art scene on the Route 1 corridor. Continue reading →

Three athletes with ties to Prince George’s County will compete in the Tokyo Olympics, which began Friday. Continue reading →

A boat house at Bladensburg Waterfront Park is home to several crew teams for local high schools and colleges and a community rowing school. Continue reading →

Two DeMatha Catholic High School students in Hyattsville recently made Sports Illustrated’s watch list for top high school athletes from across the country. Continue reading →

Morgan Wootten, the legendary basketball coach at Hyattsville’s DeMatha Catholic High School, died Tuesday at his home in University Park. He was 88. Over 46 seasons beginning in 1956, Wootten racked up a record 1,274 wins, the first coach at … Continue reading →

A semi-professional Hyattsville chamber choir has released its second album. Founded by a group of DeMatha Catholic High students in 2016 and led by college senior Robby Napoli, Lux (pronounced like Luke’s) performs standard classical composers like Claudio Monteverdi and Anton Bruckner. But … Continue reading →