Anti-Racism Event Sunday, September 13
Greenbelt Community Church, United Church of Christ invites the community to participate in an anti-racism educational discussion on Sunday, September 13, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. During this meeting, the discussion will focus on various anti-racism literary and film works that include The Little Book of Racial Healing, the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Roots, the […]
Who’s Running for President Besides Trump and Biden?
This is the first in a series of stories about what’s on the ballot for the 2020 General Election. This week we cover the presidential and vice presidential candidates. While it’s true that the Donald Trump-Joe Biden race has been absorbing almost all of the oxygen in the presidential race, there are a number of […]
Council Continues to Urge County for the NCOZ Zone
On Wednesday, August 19, Mayor Colin Byrd drafted a letter to the Prince George’s County Council stating that the city is “advocating strongly for the creation of the Greenbelt Neighborhood Conservation Zone (NCOZ) as a tool for protecting existing density, height and massing within historic Greenbelt.” This was the result of a 5 to 1 […]
Royal Farms Developers Give Proposed Site Plan to Council
Representatives of RF Greenbelt RE, LLC, came before the Greenbelt City Council on Wednesday, September 2 to present their Detailed Site Plan (DSP) of a proposed Royal Farms to be constructed on the east end of the intersection of Capitol Drive and Greenbelt Road. This proposal will be coming before the Prince George’s County Planning […]
How Does This Newspaper Get to Its Gentle Readers?
The News Review has multiple ways of getting to its readers. Many read it electronically, though each week we send a bunch of paper copies out by U.S. Postal Service to folks who still have a hankering for their News Review, sometimes after decades living elsewhere. A significant number of papers get to readers via […]
Envío de regreso de la boleta de voto a distancia: Buzón, correo o en persona (ESPAÑOL)
Las solicitudes de boleta de voto a distancia, enviadas por la Junta Electoral del Condado de Prince George a todos los votantes registrados, comenzaron a llegar a los hogares en Greenbelt la semana pasada. Los votantes que no planeen votar en persona deberán enviar la solicitud lo antes posible por correo para recibir su boleta […]
Back to School 2020: Distance Learning Enabled by Technology
On August 31, Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS), which includes Greenbelt schools, began the 2020-2021 school year with online distance learning. Not only is this required because of the ongoing pandemic, but it is also part of the district shift toward one-to-one personalized technology-based instruction. “With the onset of distance learning, we have an […]
Greenbelt’s 66th Annual Labor Day Festival: Schedule of Events
In any of the past 65 years of the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival, by this time during the week before the actual event, the community would be all a-buzz with activity. The midway, booths and main stage would be in various stages of setup. Sound systems would be checked and re-checked. From food vendors to […]
City, County Council Discuss COVID, Maglev, Economy, Housing
Prince George’s County Council Chair Todd Turner and Councilmembers Mel Franklin and Calvin Hawkins met with the Greenbelt City Council on August 28, to inform the council about the county’s efforts in this difficult time and air issues that are of concern to Greenbelt. Councilmember Judith Davis began by commemorating the 100th anniversary of the […]
Returning the Absentee Ballot: Drop Box, Mail or In Person
Este artículo está disponible en español en nuestra página web www.greenbeltnewsreview.com. Absentee ballot requests, sent out by the Prince George’s County Board of Elections to all registered voters, began arriving at homes in Greenbelt last week. Voters who do not plan to vote in person will want to return the request as soon as possible […]