Edmonston News

A couple of months ago, I heard a speech from Adam Ortiz, the mayor of a town a few miles south of here called Edmonston.

Artist Melissa Glasser Bruzera of Brentwood stands with student Hilary Bright, 15, of Bladensburg on Saturday at the bridge over the Anacostia River where she and other students helped paint a mural for the Port Towns Youth Mural project.

Read the full story at CNN. A small town in Maryland is setting a precedent in eco-friendly road construction, breaking ground this week on one of the greenest streets in the nation.

Thr project is part of a push in the DC-Pennsylvania region to clean up Chesapeake Bay.

Edmonston, MD is going to rebuild Decatur Street as an environmentally friendly street with a parallel bike path .

The tiny town of Edmonston, Md., just landed on the map because of one of its streets.

Speeders along Pontiac Street and Edmonston Road, be warned. The Berwyn Heights Town Council voted Monday night to put a speed camera, which would move every 30 days, on these streets in the near future.

This activity report is provided by the Greenbelt Police Department as a public service to the community and is not a complete listing of all events and crime reported.

The Port Towns' intergovernmental cooperation was on showcase to a group of Nicaraguan officials visiting the area last week as part of a U.S. State Department trip to learn about American democracy and governance.

Students and teachers at Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi raised $820 for breast cancer research on Friday.

A communitya s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic.

Edmonston Mayor Adam Ortiz said this week that his new job as Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown's deputy chief of staff won't interfere with his mayoral duties.

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown has a new deputy chief of staff, policy director and special assistant, his office announced.

Edmonston is the third municipality in Prince George's County to send e-mail, Web and text message alerts on crime and emergencies to residents via Nixle, a free system that allows governmental agencies to quickly communicate with subscribers.

Edmonston resident Larry Miller is an openly gay member of the Hyattsville Mennonite Church.

Edmonston resident Larry Miller is an openly gay member of the Hyattsville Mennonite Church.

The town of Edmonston, bisected by the NE Branch of the Anacostia, and thus by the NE Branch Trail, is going to start rebuilding Decatur Street as an environmentally friendly street of rain gardens, porous brick and a drought-resistant tree canopy designed to shade the concrete, and filter rainwater before it flows into the river Decatur Street ...

Decatur Street in Edmonston, the town's main road, will be ripped up in a few weeks and refashioned to treat rainwater and help avert flooding.

The waters of the heavily polluted Anacostia River are running a little cleaner these days, thanks in part to some university students.

Edmonston's recently passed budget doubles the town's code enforcement staff and maintains the property tax rate.