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5 Jul 2023

Costa Rica Travelers Spot Surprising Patch of Home

by Patrick Gleason

Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, is over 3,000 miles from Greenbelt. Located there is Café & Macadamia, a roadside restaurant and gift shop, where the scent of cinnamon and coffee mingle in the warm morning air to arrest your senses. After … Read More

13 Apr 2023

ERHS Soccer Star Vies for Spot on Zambian World Cup Roster

by Patrick Gleason

Some of the best soccer players in the world will convene in Australia and New Zealand for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup this summer. The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team will start their campaign on July 21 against Vietnam, … Read More

11 Aug 2022

The Smells of Summer Camp: YOGOs Get Non-stop Action

by Patrick Gleason

Most Camp YOGO mornings begin with an adolescent chorus of “Smells like summer!” in response to a semi-rhetorical questioning of “Smell that, YOGOs?” While it may be impossible to describe the exact smells of summer or fully quantify their effects, … Read More

3 Aug 2022

Camp Pine Tree’s Magic Returns

by Patrick Gleason

The sounds of summer have almost fully returned to the Greenbelt Youth Center after two years of non-traditional summer camp due to the Coronavirus pandemic. After a virtual format in 2020 and a half-day camp last year, Camp Pine Tree … Read More

17 Mar 2022

ERHS Outlasts Winston Churchill For Fourth State Title in 10 Years

by Patrick Gleason

The Eleanor Roosevelt Raiders continue their reign as state champions after successfully defending their 2019 state title – the last contested state championship due to Covid-19 – with a 54-49 double overtime victory over Montgomery County’s Winston Churchill High School … Read More

2 Mar 2022

Roosevelt Basketball Teams Aim for State Championships

by Patrick Gleason

It’s been nearly three years since the Eleanor Roosevelt Raiders boys basketball team blitzed the Broadneck Bruins, 77-48, for the 2019 Maryland 4A state championship and the Raiders are still the defending state champions. The coronavirus pandemic erased the 2020 … Read More

15 Jul 2021

On Bracelets and Memories: Camp Pine Tree Tradition

by Patrick Gleason

A cornucopia of colorful bracelets adorns the wrists of Camp Pine Tree counselor Taylor Carrion, now five years removed from her first summer as a camp intern. Each bracelet is the fruit of a time-honored camp tradition with bright beads … Read More

8 Jul 2021

Folklore y diversión para campistas: Haz que suene a verano

by Patrick Gleason

Suena a verano en Greenbelt otra vez. La calidez de una húmeda mañana de julio se filtraba dentro y fuera de cada palabra de la tradición del Campamento YOGO cuando una nueva generación de campistas aprendía sobre el misterio del … Read More

8 Jul 2021

Camper Folklore and Fun: Make It Sound Like Summer

by Patrick Gleason

Este artículo está disponible en español en nuestra página web www.greenbeltnewsreview.com. It sounds like summer in Greenbelt again. The warmth of a humid July morning seeped in and out of each word of Camp YOGO lore as a new crop … Read More

10 Jun 2020

ERHS Class of 2020 Grads’ Awards Celebrated Virtually

by Patrick Gleason

Though health precautions necessitated a virtual Senior Awards Ceremony, the bright futures of the Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) class of 2020 shone brightly the evening of June 3. Valedictorian Melissa Jones and Edwin Gamez Hernandez received the Chief Executive … Read More