Melissa Sites

Astonishing as it is to learn, a famous American composer wrote a theme song especially for Greenbelt. In the 1930s, the federal government hired artists and incorporated their work into the efforts of the New Deal. For a promotional film … Read More

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At a press conference at Schrom Hills Park on Monday, April 29, Greenbelt Chief of Police Richard Bowers announced the arrest of two teenaged suspects in connection with the shooting of five young people that occurred there on April 19, … Read More

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Danielle Mc-Kinney, Greenbelt’s first African American woman elected to city council, is familiar with firsts in her family. Her mother was the first Black woman in the first class of women at St. John Fisher University, and became the first … Read More

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Greenbelter Frank DeBernardo was received by Pope Francis at the Vatican, along with colleagues from New Ways Ministry, Loretto Sister Jeannine Gramick, Associate Director Robert Shine and staff associate Matthew Myers. DeBernardo wrote to the Pope in April 2021 to … Read More

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The heavy rain of Tropical Storm Ophelia did nothing to discourage Greenbelt’s glitterati from gathering to celebrate 85 years of the Old Greenbelt Theatre. With popcorn treats, Shirley Temples flowing and live music, the crowd was murmuring and excited as … Read More

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Linda Ivy “has personified the [Greenbelt Labor Day] Festival as its president for the past 15 years, through the sudden loss of her beloved husband and helpmate Kelly, and then through a terrible pandemic, even while continuing to serve the … Read More

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The Roosevelt Center was filled with children playing and eating picnic lunches together, as the Old Greenbelt Theatre welcomed nearly 100 Greenbelt Elementary School third-graders last week. Since the pandemic, the theater has provided field trips to Greenbelt Elementary grade-level … Read More

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