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Felix Hass, Greenbelt resident and 10th grader at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS), won the Best Micro Short Film award from the Taiwan International Short Film Festival in October 2021. Hass has been attending the Greenbelt Access Television (GATe) animation … Read More
A rich tapestry, a holiday sampler or a smorgasbord of Greenbelt life are all apt descriptions for the series of videos woven together and available for viewing online. Known as December Days, the videos were filmed and produced as a … Read More
On January 17, 2020, a beloved father of three, a cherished husband, friend, local youth athletic coach and mentor to many, lost his life at the age of 41 after a struggle with armed intruders during a home invasion. Billy … Read More
On October 21, the Greenbelt Museum hosted an online lecture about Aberdeen Gardens, a national historic district located in Hampton, Va. This neighborhood was built for and by African Americans in 1934. Aberdeen Gardens was a planned, New Deal community … Read More
The Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) are open for in-person learning for the 2021-2022 academic year. The first day of school for all students is Wednesday, September 8. Students, parents and legal guardians can check the website at pgcps.org … Read More
Stephen Oetken, a longtime resident of Greenbelt, is a docent with the Greenbelt Museum, a member of the board of the Friends of the Greenbelt Museum and holds a master’s degree in historic preservation. After living in the North End … Read More
The Prince George’s County Capital Bikeshare program is planning to build five new bike stations in Greenbelt. This project was funded by a grant received by Prince George’s County. Molly Porter, a community planner with the city Department of Planning … Read More
George Mathews, the Greenbelt Police Department community relations liaison, is retiring June 18 after eight years in this position and a total of 42 years in law enforcement. Mathews started his career for the City of Hyattsville as a dispatcher … Read More
That is not a lawn mower or a chain saw you are hearing, but the sound of millions of cicadas known as Brood X returning after a 17-year hiatus. “Male cicadas will produce a mating call at 100 decibels, the … Read More
How has the pandemic impacted your life? How do we explain to future generations how Greenbelt citizens dealt with this life-changing event? The Greenbelt Museum would like to capture for future generations what it was like to survive healthwise, emotionally, … Read More