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25 Apr 2019

ERHS JCL Teams Came, Saw, Conquered State Competition

by Melissa Sites

Eleanor Roosevelt High School won big at the Maryland Junior Classical League (JCL) State convention held recently in Easton, Md., with the teams from ERHS sweeping the novice, intermediate and advanced levels. The mission of the National JCL (njcl.org) is … Read More

25 Apr 2019

City Council Reviews CARES: Space, Budget, Achievements

by James Giese

CARES is a youth and family counseling service provided by the city. Many of its professional counselors are volunteers. Another part of CARES is Greenbelt Assistance in Living (GAIL) which provides help to seniors to enable them to stay in … Read More

25 Apr 2019

Critical Missing Person Project Seeks Solutions to Wandering

by Jamal Williams

Waynette Trammell, a Greenbelt resident, knows first-hand about the difficulties that come with taking care of someone with a mental disability. “The biggest frustration you have is agitation because the person taking care of the impaired can’t see what’s going … Read More

25 Apr 2019

Violent and Property Crimes Decrease in 2018, Police Say

by James Giese

This information was included in the Public Safety section of the City of Greenbelt Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2020. In 2018 serious, or Part I, crime in Greenbelt decreased 9 percent, down from 920 reported incidents to 840. Serious … Read More

17 Apr 2019

El concejo considera el tema de las armas, asistencia a las víctimas, el sendero hasta el metro

by Diane Oberg

El jefe de la policía de Greenbelt, Robert Bowers, estuvo muy ocupado en la reunión del 8 de abril del Concejo Municipal de Greenbelt presentando al oficial de policía más nuevo de Greenbelt y proporcionando información sobre varios programas en … Read More

17 Apr 2019

Council Considers Weapons, Victim Assistance, Metro Trail

by Diane Oberg

Greenbelt Police Chief Robert Bowers was busy at the April 8 meeting of the Greenbelt City Council. He introduced Greenbelt’s newest police officer and, along with one of his officers, provided information on several programs in which his department is … Read More

17 Apr 2019

Dora Kennedy School Eighth Graders Visit Notre Dame

by Sheila Maffay-Tuthill

In a local connection to the tragic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, 8th grade students from the Dora Kennedy French Immersion School had just toured the historic church on Monday before the fire broke out. Each year, … Read More

17 Apr 2019

Greenbelt Recreation Staff Honored by State Association

by Jack Hogan

Four members of the Greenbelt community were recognized last weekend in Ocean City at the annual State Association Conference for the Maryland Recreation and Parks Association (MRPA). Rebekah Sutfin was sworn in as chair of the Therapeutic Recreation (TR) branch … Read More

17 Apr 2019

Museum Launches Fund Drive As Volunteers Provide Support

by James Giese

The January government shutdown was not all bad. Two furloughed professional archivists employed at the National Archives II in College Park volunteered with the Greenbelt Museum and processed a backlog of items that were incorporated into the museum’s archives. The … Read More

11 Apr 2019

Estudiantes inmigrantes de ERHS Buscan oportunidades universitarias

by Kendolyn Davis

La gran diversidad de Eleanor Roosevelt High School ha sido el orgullo de estudiantes, maestros y profesores por muchos años. A medida que ERHS continúa reuniendo a estudiantes de diversos orígenes e identidades, también ha introducido una amplia variedad de … Read More

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