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14 May 2020

50th Anniversary Celebrating A Supreme Court Decision

by Mary Lou Williamson

In May 1970 the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, vindicated the Greenbelt News Review’s reporting of two city council meetings which had led to a $2 million libel suit in 1966, Bresler v Greenbelt News Review. Later this … Read More

20 Feb 2019

Virginia Beauchamp Dies at 98: Professor, Led Women’s Issues

by Mary Lou Williamson

Virginia Walcott Beauchamp, 98, a longtime resident of Greenbelt, died on Sunday, February 10, 2019. An English professor at the University of Maryland, she began advocating for a Women’s Studies Program at the university in 1968 and was the first … Read More

4 Jan 2018

Long-time Editor Steps Down

by Mary Lou Williamson

This issue brings good wishes for the new year to you our readers from all of us at the newspaper. This issue also brings the announcement of my stepping down from the position of editor after 45 years of continuous … Read More