Kyla Hanington

I was excited to learn that there was a group in Greenbelt entirely devoted to walking, having recently decided that I am pretty much the walkiest. The Greater Greenbelt Volksmarchers, part of the American Volkssport Association, has been in existence … Read More

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At the opening festivities of the Labor Day Festival on Friday, September 3, Shaymar Higgs was named as Greenbelt’s Outstanding Citizen to the jubilant cheers of his crowd of supporters. Bob Zugby, chair of the Outstanding Citizen Selection Committee, introduced … Read More

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I got an invite over Facebook from Emmett Jordan to join in the Tour de Greenbelt, one of the Labor Day Festival activities. While I was pretty sure he invited everyone he knew, I started worrying he’d specifically invited me … Read More

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Like everyone else I have noticed Capital Bikeshare rental stations popping up around town and unlike everyone else I’ve thought, “Now there is something I will never do, rent a bike from one station and ride it jauntily through the … Read More

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“There are three rules to being an extra in a movie,” my brother, an experienced extra, told me. “Overact in the background, look directly at the camera and get between the camera and the main action as often as possible.” … Read More

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When Jamie Jorgensen invited me to join Greenbelt Biota on a walk into the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center to see some “sexy heifers” my response was understandably immediate: “sign me up.” Unfortunately, that outing happened at a time I had … Read More

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There didn’t seem to be a better place to walk with Chris Haley and to talk about his powerful new film Unmarked than among Greenbelt’s own unmarked stones at the historic Turner Cemetery. We met there late one Sunday afternoon … Read More

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Part Two of a Series  Having now walked an entire 2.3 miles over the course of four days on behalf of the News Review and the good residents of Greenbelt, I did the next obvious thing I could: I signed … Read More

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Part One of a Series When the News Review asked if I’d write an essay about walks around Greenbelt, I couldn’t imagine a better person for the job. As the farthest I’ve walked at any one time since March 2020 … Read More

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