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11 Aug 2021

Greenbelters Party During National Night Out Event

by Amy Hansen

It felt like a party from a different year and not only because Michael Jackson’s 1983 hit song, Wanna Be Starting Something, played in the background. The air felt cool. The Delta variant hadn’t completely come into Greenbelt’s collective consciousness … Read More

10 Aug 2021

Is the Maryland Maglev Project In the Infrastructure Bill?

by Amy Hansen

City, county and national representatives weighed in on the $1 trillion Infrastructure Bill that is currently in front of the Senate, discussing whether the bill as written provides funding for the Maryland Maglev train project. In a letter to Senators … Read More

4 Aug 2021

Niños del campamento de verano de diversión aprenden Acerca de las rutinas de bomberos y policías

by Amy Hansen

Los campistas del programa Summer Fun del Springhill Lake Recreation Center aprendieron el 28 de julio que ser bombero implica mucho correr. Los bomberos y la policía de Greenbelt vinieron al campamento con demostraciones y desafíos. Con los bomberos, los … Read More

4 Aug 2021

Summer Fun Camp Kids Learn About Fire, Police Routines

by Amy Hansen

Este artículo está disponible en español en nuestra página web www.greenbeltnewsreview.com. Being a firefighter involves a whole lot of running, campers at Springhill Lake Recreation Center’s Summer Fun program learned on July 28. Greenbelt firefighters and police came to camp … Read More

24 Jun 2021

Juneteenth at Franklin Park’s 3 Sisters Garden Rededication

by Amy Hansen

Behind the Springhill Lake Recreation Center there’s a garden that’s at once formal and playful in design. At the garden’s center is a wooden sculpture, showing stylized stalks of corn and birds. The raised beds form a circle around the … Read More

3 Jun 2021

Cambios en los límites de las escuelas Afectará a los estudiantes de Greenbelt

by Amy Hansen

El 27 de mayo, las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Prince George (PGCPS) publicaron el informe provisional de la Iniciativa Integral de Límites Escolares del distrito. El informe presenta los hallazgos de la primera fase de análisis de datos y … Read More

2 Jun 2021

School Boundary Changes Will Affect Greenbelt Students

by Amy Hansen

Este artículo está disponible en español en nuestra página web www.greenbeltnewsreview.com. On May 27, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) released the interim report for the system’s Comprehensive School Boundary Initiative. The report presents the findings from the first phase … Read More

27 May 2021

La comunidad de ERHS recibe nuevas canchas de baloncesto al aire libre

by Amy Hansen, traducido por Ana Fernandez

Sam Brin, hermano de Sergey Brin, uno de los fundadores de Google, donó $ 150,000 a la Asociación de Padres, Maestros y Estudiantes de la Escuela Secundaria Eleanor Roosevelt (ERHS por sus siglas en inglés) para la construcción de dos … Read More

28 Apr 2021

Volunteers Beautify Attick Park By Weeding, Planting Natives

by Amy Hansen

This Earth Day Celebration was a community effort to restore native plant species to the environment around Buddy Attick Park on Saturday, April 24. Twenty-five volunteers worked for three hours with Public Works staff to remove weeds and invasive species, … Read More

15 Apr 2021

Maestros de la escuela primaria SHL luchan contra el moho y el covid

by Amy Hansen, traducido por Carolina Napp-Avelli

El mantenimiento de la Escuela Primaria Springhill Lake, un edificio que se inauguró en 1966, es continuo. Excepto durante una pandemia cuando todo se detuvo. La falta de mantenimiento supuso que los maestros y el personal fueran recibidos con moho, … Read More