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11 Apr 2024

Most Greenbelters Stayed Home To View Near-Total Solar Eclipse

by Lesley Kash, Sandy Rodgers

Light clouds on Monday, April 8, mostly dissipated in time for eclipse watchers throughout Greenbelt to clearly view the first eclipse in the area since 2017. This partial solar eclipse – with the moon blocking 89 percent of the sun, … Read More

7 Feb 2024

Greenbelt Lego Robotics Team Wins FLL Innovation Prize

by Lesley Kash

Greenbelt Bots, the youngest team competing, won first prize in the Innovation category in the Maryland First Lego League (FLL) qualifier event held in Joppa, Md., on Saturday, January 27. The young team thereby qualified for the Maryland First Lego … Read More

9 Mar 2022

Recycling Center by the Lake Adds Food Scraps Drop-off

by Lesley Kash

Greenbelt’s Food Scraps Drop-off Program makes it easy and accessible for Greenbelt residents to compost their food scraps at the Residential Recycling Center located between Buddy Attick Park and the Public Works complex. Food waste constitutes about 22 percent of … Read More

31 Dec 2020

The Pandemic of 2020: How It Affected the Lives of Greenbelters

by Amy Hansen, Carol Griffith, Lesley Kash

Life for Greenbelt residents, as for everybody else in the world, was significantly altered as we adjusted to life in the midst of a serious pandemic. We were sequestered at home, except for forays to the supermarket and other essential … Read More

4 Nov 2020

CARES Offers Customized – Online Classes During COVID

by Lesley Kash

Greenbelt CARES’s Judye Hering and her cadre of volunteer teachers have been delivering in-person English lessons, school-age tutoring and GED preparation classes for many years in the Clubhouse at Springhill Lake Recreation Center. COVID-19 has brought unwelcome changes. Gone for … Read More

8 Feb 2020

Despensa de alimentos por teléfono obtiene indulto hasta agosto

by Lesley Kash

La despensa de alimentos por teléfono ha esquivado la bala por ahora, al haber recibido donaciones privadas suficientes para mantener la organización funcionando durante el verano. A partir de noviembre pasado, la despensa se enfrentaba a la probabilidad de cerrar … Read More

17 Jul 2019

Greenbelt’s Role in Space Program As Reported by News Review

by Lesley Kash

The Greenbelt News Review has reported on the progress of the U.S. space program, especially the contributions of Greenbelt’s own Goddard Space Flight Center dating from the exciting and celebrated moon landing half a century ago. Goddard connected Greenbelt with … Read More

3 Jul 2019

Creative Kids Sculpt Mythical Monsters, on View in Gallery

by Lesley Kash

The 2019 Creative Kids Campers (CKC) are working madly in their art lab and evolving installation in the gallery of the Community Center. While playing around together with lots of fun junk they are building monsters from Greek Myths. Or, … Read More

27 Jun 2019

Greenbelt’s Independence Day Celebration Welcomes Everyone

by Lesley Kash

To celebrate our nation’s birthday, picnic with friends and neighbors at Buddy Attick Park on Thursday, July 4. To top off a day of grilling, fishing, sunbathing, strolling and community fellowship, Greenbelt will offer festivities including a band concert, drum … Read More

27 Feb 2019

Little Leaguers Encourage Moviegoers to Join the Team

by Lesley Kash

February 23 was the perfect rainy Saturday for kids and parents to enjoy a hilarious movie at the Old Greenbelt Theatre and support Greenbelt’s now-official Little League program. Over 100 people, 53 adults and 50 children, attended the free movie. … Read More