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19 Apr 2017

T-Rex Corporation Fosters Skills Training Program for Employees

by James Giese

19 Apr 2017

Proposed Fire Department Budget Reviewed by Council

by James Giese

The Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad was represented by President John Wynkoop and Deputy Chief Greg Gigliotti when the Greenbelt City Council reviewed the city manager’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year at its April 5 worksession. … Read More

14 Apr 2017

Hold the Line Budget Projected For Police Department in 2018

by James Giese

Public Safety expenditures comprise 37 percent of the Greenbelt City Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 and nearly all of that goes to funding the Police Department. The proposed police budget at $10,197,900 is essentially a “hold the line” budget, … Read More

15 Feb 2017

Round Two: Pepco’s Increase Of Theater’s Electric Bills

by James Giese

Round two of the effort to resolve the problem created by Pepco’s increase of electric bills for the Greenbelt theater by more than five-fold and back-dating the increase for one year took place at the Greenbelt City Council worksession held … Read More

26 Jan 2017

Pepco’s Triple Whammy Jeopardizes Movie House

by James Giese

It all started in June, 2015 when Friends of the Old Greenbelt Theatre (FOGT), the newly selected operator of the cityowned movie house at Roosevelt Center, asked the Pepco electric utility to begin billing it for electricity consumption at the … Read More

19 Jan 2017

Information Technology Firm T-Rex Comes to Greenbelt

by James Giese

T-Rex has invaded Greenbelt and was warmly welcomed by the Greenbelt City Council at its January 11 worksession. Don’t be alarmed. It’s not the infamous but extinct dinosaur. This T-Rex is an information technology (IT) business that has located its … Read More

10 Nov 2016

Local Election Results

by James Giese

Read all about how your friends and neighbors voted. Tabulated results and precinct by precinct voting patterns in the paper. The Democratic candidates for president, U.S. senator and congressmember won easily in Greenbelt, as well as all sitting judges plus … Read More

26 Oct 2016

Election 2016: Candidates for U.S. President

by James Giese

Tuesday, November 8, is election day for the offices of U.S. president, U.S. senator for Maryland, fifth district congressman and judges of the Circuit Court of Prince George’s County. There will also be county and state ballot questions for voters … Read More

14 Jul 2016

Council Reviews Draft Report On Economic Development

by James Giese

The Greenbelt City Council met until 11:30 p.m. at a July 5 worksession with Stuart Eisenberg, executive director, and Molly O’Connell, program manager, of Hyattsville Development Corporation, to review a draft report on economic development programming recommendations that they presented … Read More

9 Jun 2016

Muhammed Ali Trained in Greenbelt Park in 1976

by James Giese

Muhammed Ali came to Greenbelt in April 1976 without fanfare and without most city residents knowing about it. But Greenbelt police officers did. They helped serve as bodyguards. On April 30, Ali fought Jimmy Young at the Capital Centre. He … Read More