[RP TownTalk] Will the last to leave City Hall please turn out the lights?

[Chris Currie]

It's *la dolce vita *in nearby Hyattsville these days.  As in an Italian
village, the arts, culture and commerce thrive -- while the government seems
about to collapse completely.

In its new October issue, the *Hyattsville Life & Times* chronicles the
departure -- and buyout -- of the only recently hired city administrator,
creating the sixth key vacancy in the city administration and leaving a
bitterly divided City Council in his wake.

Yet the cascade of civic openings, happenings and redevelopment continues,
as described in this month's edition:

• The forthcoming Shortcake Bakery's owner has a political name you might
recognize;

• A view inside Firehouse Lofts, architect Garth Rockcastle's latest -- and
how you can be among the first to see the adaptive reuse project during a
"construction preview" ;

• Pictures from Hyattsville's 125th anniversary party, held at the dramatic,
partially finished Arcade building;

• The City of Hyattsville takes its first steps to legitimize several
underground Bed and Breakfasts;

• A Silver Spring company wins City approval for a redevelopment project
near the West Hyattsville Metro Station; and

• A local park gets a makeover.

Plus, the scoop on Halloween fun (beginning at a farmers' market on October
18); everything you need to know about the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire
Department's upcoming 5-mile run and open house; why you're seeing fewer
bats in the evening sky than you used to; and a poignant story about how a
trip to a Vietnam orphanage turned one local woman in to a "mom" of dozens.

See it all online in the* Life & Times' *biggest, liveliest, most colorful
issue ever:

http://issuu.com/hyattsvillelifeandtimes/docs/hyattsvilleoctforweb2<http://issuu.com/hyattsvillelifeandtimes/docs/septforweb2>

Subscribe for free on the Web, and be notified each month by email of the
new issue.

Chris Currie
Hyattsville
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