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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Riverdale Park neighbors: I thought the Safeway story would be of regional interest. -- Chris Currie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First, a word of warning: When you see the Hyattsville Life & Times’ cover photo, don’t panic, don’t rampage in the streets, don’t kill yourself. This isn’t Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds”; it’s more like “The Day That Hyattsville Stood Still.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>After you calm down, check out our scoop on Safeway management’s proposal to upgrade the Hamilton Street store to the urban-chic “Lifestyle” brand and abandon plans to move to University Town Center.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That, and a novel use for pizza boxes; a young Hyattsville woman who's literally selling everything she owns and giving it to the poor; a local library that’s actually adding books to its collection; how to save your tomatoes from tree rats; and much more in the just-posted September issue of the Life and Times.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See it before your neighbors get it in the mail at http://issuu.com/hyattsvillelifeandtimes/docs/septemberweb . Enjoy and be edified!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Hyattsville Life & Times<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The City of Hyattsville's Non-Profit Community Newspaper since 2004<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>