Washington Post Article on Riverdale Park
The Washington Post has a nice article on Riverdale Park today. It discusses the fact that the town changed its name in 1998 from simply "Riverdale" to "Riverdale Park", quoting Mayor Guy Tiberio:

According to Mayor Guy Tiberio, the reason for the name change was to differentiate the town from the unincorporated area near Riverdale Heights on the east side of Kenilworth Avenue. The two areas share a 20737 Zip code.

"Every time there was a crime, every reporter would say 'armed robbery in Riverdale,' " he recalled.

It's nice to see that Mayor Tiberio say something nice about the name change now: he opposed it at the time, and helped take the question to referendum (where the town's residents overwhelmingly voted to change it).
- posted by Alan K. Thompson @ 7:47 PM