In Tie-Dye Artful Afternoon Artists Find Their Colors
Vanessa Zanin folded a small T-shirt in half. “You make a rectangle,” she explained to Bode Kroll-Rosen, age 5. “Then you make triangles.” Zanin folded the shirt as one would fold a flag. After demonstrating, Zanin undid her folds, backed up and suggested that Bode and his grandmother, Aileen Kroll, try it themselves. Folding is […]
Important Radio Station, WWV, Part of Greenbelt’s History
“National Bureau of Standards WWV, when the tone returns the time is….” Long before there was Goddard Space Flight Center on Greenbelt Road, there was the building that became the Goddard Visitor Center. The building was the third home to WWV, the country’s first radio station whose purpose was to transmit standard frequency signals so […]
A Look Back at 2022
The News Review presents highlights from last year’s news stories. The reviews were prepared by Anna Bedford-Dillow, Deb Daniel, Jon Gardner, Amy Hansen, Cathie Meetre, Diane Oberg, Lois Rosado, Melissa Sites and Gloria Walters-Flowers. Covid Infections Increase, Impacts Decline Covid-19 in the U.S. was about 22 months old as 2022 began. Remarkably, by then, vaccines […]
Apartments, Other Parts of Town Faced Flooding on August 10
Flooding again hit Greenbelt on Wednesday, August 10, as rain pelted the city, leaving as much as three inches of water in an hour, according to the National Weather Service. Greenbelt Police tweeted a warning to residents: “Do not travel through flooded roadways – even shallow water can quickly disable a vehicle.” Flood waters were […]
Police Hold Community Crime Forum and Provide Statistics
Police Chief Richard Bowers addressed an audience of about 30 residents and several police colleagues during the Community Crime Forum on July 28 at the Community Center. He presented statistics about crime, suggestions for crime prevention and gave a rundown on the effects of new police regulations, difficulties in recruiting new officers and the effects […]
Sarah McCarthy Takes Hold Backstage and Finds World
“All the world’s a stage / And all the men and women merely players.” If Shakespeare were describing Greenbelter Sarah McCarthy’s life, he would have gotten partial credit. McCarthy’s world does revolve around the stage, not as a player, but rather from the wings and the control booth. McCarthy, who graduated from Eleanor Roosevelt High […]
Storm Rages through Greenbelt
At approximately 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, the wind picked up and rain started pelting Greenbelt. Before the storm finished, trees fell on houses, power and cell-service stopped, wires blocked roads, and in general it was a mess. On Wednesday morning, Mayor Emmett Jordan issued a statement saying “This morning, trees and numerous utility […]
Greenbelt’s Memorial Day Service Offers Wreaths, Rifles and Taps
Five wreaths were placed at the Greenbelt War Memorial. Four rifles fired blanks into the air. Taps played and approximately 100 attendees stood to honor the dead. Greenbelt’s Memorial Day service – held in Roosevelt Center on Monday, May 30 – ended with a feeling of completion that had been missing during the pandemic’s virtual […]
Greenbelt Road Proposal Cuts Lanes, Speed to Be Safer for All
Greenbelt Road should be reduced by one lane in each direction, have a reduced speed (25 mph) and have better pedestrian crosswalks. Those are three of the recommendations Kittelson & Associates, Inc. have put in their nearly 200-page Greenbelt Road Corridor Plan Draft, which is available on the City of Greenbelt website at greenbeltmd.gov. Comments […]
Cpl. Christine Peters’ Name Is Inscribed in Memorial
Greenbelt police officers, friends and family listened on Friday, May 13, as Greenbelt’s own Corporal Christine Peters’ name was read as part of a national candlelight vigil for police officers who died in the line of duty in 2021. Peters’ name was added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial, located on E Street, N.W., in […]