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15 May 2024

Copland’s Greenbelt Theme Plays Live, May 21, June 2

by 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

15 May 2024

Farmers Market Reopens With New and Old Vendors

by Cathie Meetre

Big splashy raindrops only briefly deterred the crowds anxious to sample the delicious wares of this season’s Farmers Market before they returned to mop up fresh greens and wholesome goodies and treats. Sheltering from the sudden rain under the New … Read More

15 May 2024

Tortuous Recovery from Covid Triples Cinema’s Budget Ask

by Cathie Meetre

Mayor Emmett Jordan welcomed Greenbelt Cinema Director Caitlin McGrath and Board Chair Cathy Jones to a worksession discussion of the Greenbelt Cinema’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget. McGrath noted that they were now in the 10th year of operation since the … Read More

15 May 2024

Metrobus Routes Remain for Now

The Fiscal Year 2025 budget for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) does not include the proposed cuts of some Metrobus routes, including the G12 route between the Greenbelt and New Carrollton Metro stations. Maryland, Virginia and the District … Read More

15 May 2024

Charlestowne North Apartments Bought at Auction by Freddie Mac

by Anna Bedford-Dillow

On April 29, an auction was held to sell the Charlestowne North Apartments at 8150 Lakecrest Drive, an apartment complex that has been in receivership since February. Paul Cooper, vice president of the auction house conducting the sale, told the … Read More

9 May 2024

Gathering at Compost Facility Showcases City Pilot Program

by Carol Griffith

Midway between Earth Day and Compost Week, a warm Friday, May 3, was perfect for the ribbon cutting of the new city compost facility located at the Trinity Assembly of God church on Good Luck Road. About 50 residents, several … Read More

9 May 2024

Schrom Hills Shooting, JEDI Audit Dominate April 22 Council Meeting

by Pat Scully

Apparently the public is waiting until after the various worksessions before weighing in on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget, as no one offered input at the public hearing portion of council’s Monday, April 22, meeting. Mayor Emmett Jordan noted … Read More

9 May 2024

Alsobrooks and Trone Feature In Contentious Primary Race

by Anna Bedford-Dillow

“Maryland emerges as 2024’s most brutal Senate primary,” declared the news site Axios this week. Greenbelters voting in the Democratic Primary will find 10 candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat, with no incumbent for the position. The retiring incumbent, … Read More

1 May 2024

14- and 16-Year-Old Arrested For Schrom Hills Shootings

by Melissa Sites

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

1 May 2024

Budget Proposal Holds Line On Public Works Spending

by Diane Oberg

City Manager Josué Salmerón’s budget proposal calls for a 2.7 percent increase in the Public Works budget, with expenditures increasing from $4.586 million in the adopted budget for this fiscal year to $4.711 million in FY25, which begins on July … Read More

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