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
Dozens of volunteers of all ages came out to plant trees at Dora Kennedy French Immersion School (DKFI) for Greenbelt’s Earth Day celebration on Saturday morning, April 22. Greenbelt Environmental Coordinator Kevin Carpenter-Driscoll, with assistance from Greenbelt maintenance worker Gustavo … Read More
In December, Police Chief Richard Bowers gave an update on Greenbelt Police Department’s compliance with Resolution 2096-2, passed by the Greenbelt City Council on January 10, 2022. Council’s resolution responded to public concern about police conduct, and incorporated revisions of … Read More
The News Review presents highlights from last year’s news stories. The reviews were prepared by Anna Bedford-Dillow, Deb Daniel, Jon Gardner, Amy Hansen, Cathie Meetre, Diane Oberg, Lois Rosado, Melissa Sites and Gloria Walters-Flowers. Covid Infections Increase, Impacts Decline Covid-19 … Read More
Susan Ives, who works with the Living New Deal (livingnewdeal.org), came to visit Greenbelt from Berkeley, Calif., and visited many historic Greenbelt institutions, including the Forest Preserve, New Deal Café, Greenbelt News Review, Old Greenbelt Theatre, Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket, Greenbelt … Read More
Cheered on by half a dozen young green-shirted Earth Squad volunteers waving CHEARS signs, Maggie Cahalan was recognized as Greenbelt’s 49th Outstanding Citizen. As a co-founder of CHEARS (Chesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society, chears.org), Cahalan promotes environmental stewardship projects … Read More