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21 Aug 2024

PGCPS Bus Transportation Update

by Matthew Neus

Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) outlined changes last week to better streamline school bus transportation ahead of the upcoming 2024-25 school year. These updates come after the many problems with bus transportation that marred the first day of … Read More

21 Aug 2024

Prince George’s Public Schools Will Open Monday, August 26

by Bonnie Schrack

For the 2024-2025 school year, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) has a new student information system, Synergy. Parents are asked to create an account in Synergy’s ParentVUE portal, where they can register students for classes and access information on … Read More

15 Aug 2024

Kyla Finds Happiness Here

by Kyla Hanington

The Greenbelt News Review asked me to find the five happiest places in Greenbelt, in honor of Newsweek’s recent announcement of Maryland ranking as the second happiest state in the nation. This was kind of a big ask, in part … Read More

15 Aug 2024

Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Celebrates 70 Years of Fun

by Anne Gardner

The Labor Day Festival is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Started in 1955 as a fundraiser to build the Youth Center, the Festival has not skipped a year since – even surviving the pandemic in a pared-down partly-online format. … Read More

15 Aug 2024

Greenbelt Again Celebrates Annual National Night Out

by Matthew Neus

Hundreds of Greenbelt residents, the Greenbelt Police Department and the Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department gathered across the city on Tuesday, August 6 to celebrate National Night Out, an annual community event held on the first Tuesday in August. The night … Read More

15 Aug 2024

Council Considers Non-Citizen Voting in Greenbelt Elections

by Matthew Arbach

On August 7, Greenbelt City Council convened a worksession with the city’s Board of Elections (BOE) on the possibility of introducing amendments to the City Charter and City Code that would allow non-citizens to vote in municipal elections. In 2023, … Read More

7 Aug 2024

J.Ivey, M.Riker Win At-Large P.G. County Council Primary

by Erica Johns

This article has been corrected from the print version, to add the comment from Michael Riker. Democrat Jolene Ivey and Republican Michael Riker are expected to win the August 6 Prince George’s County Council special primary election for the at-large … Read More

7 Aug 2024

In Tie-Dye Artful Afternoon Artists Find Their Colors

by Amy Hansen

Vanessa Zanin folded a small T-shirt in half. “You make a rectangle,” she explained to Bode Kroll-Rosen, age 5. “Then you make triangles.” Zanin folded the shirt as one would fold a flag. After demonstrating, Zanin undid her folds, backed … Read More

7 Aug 2024

Labor Day Festival Solicits Photos, Artwork and More

by Anne Gardner

The 70th annual Greenbelt Labor Day Festival will be here in just three weeks, so it is time to choose one’s best photos and artwork to enter in the Art and Photo Show, register to march in the parade, brush … Read More

7 Aug 2024

Worksession Reviews Fourth Quarter Activities, Names Goals

by Michael Zeliff

Greenbelt City Council held a worksession on Wednesday, July 31 in order for City Manager Josué Salmerón and the heads of city departments to review their activities during Fiscal Year 2024’s fourth quarter and identify current goals. Salmerón began by … Read More

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