Kathleen Gallagher

There is still quite a while before the Greenbelt city election (Tuesday, November 2), but some deadlines might be closer than you think. This year for the first time the city is offering mail-in voting, in response to how successful … Read More

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Monday, August 16 is the first day for those intending to run for positions on the 44th Greenbelt City Council to officially begin the process of qualifying as candidates. In a short time, both incumbents and challengers will be filling … Read More

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It isn’t often that Greenbelt adopts new methods for voting in city elections, but the repertoire has increased slowly but surely over the years.  Following paper ballots was a long period of lever machines, followed by other machines.  Then voting … Read More

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As previously reported, at its April 26 regular meeting the Greenbelt City Council took action on two proposed resolutions that were introduced for second reading.  If it is not petitioned to referendum by the voters, one of these resolutions will … Read More

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At its meeting last Monday night, the Greenbelt City Council introduced for first reading a resolution to amend the city charter by replacing the section on absentee voting with a section on mail-in voting. All Greenbelt voters have had the … Read More

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The January 25 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council opened with a proclamation presented by Mayor Colin Byrd in recognition of February as Black History Month. Dr. Lois Rosado, representing the Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee, received the proclamation … Read More

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Noting that violent crime appears to be up in a number of areas in the city, Mayor Colin Byrd said he had asked Chief of Police Richard Bowers to update the Greenbelt City Council at the February 22 regular meeting.  … Read More

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The regular Greenbelt City Council meeting on December 14 had some ups and downs. For starters, the first 35 minutes appeared only for those logged into the Zoom meeting, while would-be watchers on the cable channels or streaming from the … Read More

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The agenda for a Special Meeting scheduled on September 21 with the purpose of picking up the pace for discussing matters related to the proposed superconducting magnetic levitation railway system (SCMaglev) was itself delayed and came to an ending of … Read More

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