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30 Dec 2021

Find Your Greenbelt Roots In the GNR Digital Archive

by Deanna Dawson

The News Review celebrated its 84th birthday on November 24, and completion of the paper’s digital archive project was surely the highlight of the year. The last batch of newly digitized issues was uploaded to the News Review server in … Read More

15 Dec 2021

In December 1941 Greenbelt Got Ready for Christmas … and War

by Deanna Dawson

Eighty years ago, Greenbelters were preparing for Christmas when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II. The holiday festivities went ahead as planned, but preparations were also stepped up to make Greenbelt ready in … Read More

30 Jun 2021

Local Birders Again Take Part In Continent-wide Bird Survey

by Deanna Dawson

It was inching toward 4 a.m. on Sunday, June 13, and this reporter and Elaine Nakash were scrambling to get on the road. The two News Review staffers were heading to Carroll County, Maryland, to conduct a Breeding Bird Survey … Read More

9 Jun 2021

Final EIS Released for Proposed BEP Plant to Be Built on BARC

by Deanna Dawson

The Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) facility at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) was released on June 4. The EIS, prepared by the U.S Department of the Treasury and the … Read More

1 Apr 2021

GHI Homes Improvement Program Is Almost Finished

by Deanna Dawson

For the past five years, contractors have been busy throughout the Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) housing cooperative, installing various components of the community-wide Homes Improvement Program (HIP). Windows, entry doors and baseboard heaters have been replaced in nearly all of … Read More

16 Dec 2020

GHI Installs Solar Panels On Administration Complex

by Deanna Dawson

The Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket and the Greenbelt Baptist Church soon won’t be the only establishments in town with a roof-top solar array. Solar panels are going up at the administration complex of Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) housing cooperative on Hamilton … Read More

8 Jul 2020

Maglev DEIS Prep Resumes, Some Design Changes Made

by Deanna Dawson

Planning work has resumed for the Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Maglev Project (baltimorewashingtonscmaglevproject.com). The proposed high-speed magnetic levitation train would run between Washington and Baltimore, with an intermediate stop at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. This is the first segment of a … Read More

6 Mar 2019

Newly Scanned Newspapers Will Soon Be Posted Online

by Deanna Dawson

Greenbelt in the 1960s: a libel suit filed against the News Review, Peace in Vietnam rallies, Spiro Agnew elected as Maryland’s governor (with hearty support from Greenbelt voters). Cecilia Franck is getting a taste of what life in Greenbelt was … Read More

28 Nov 2018

Archive Project Hits Milestone: Team Seeks Missing Papers

by Deanna Dawson

Volunteers reached an important milestone this week, transferring newspapers from 1943 through 1963 to University of Maryland Libraries (UML). Working under the auspices of the Greenbelt Archive Project the volunteers have been busy preparing old issues of the News Review … Read More

25 Apr 2018

Silent Auction and Luncheon Launch Digital Archive Project

by Deanna Dawson

A silent auction is being held in conjunction with the May 6 retirement luncheon for Mary Lou Williamson, long-time editor of the Greenbelt News Review. The auction will raise funds to digitize issues of the News Review and its predecessor, … Read More