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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

1 May 2024

PGCPS Holds Information Session On Coming Transportation Changes

by Madi Eades

On Saturday, April 27, the Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) administration held an information session at Eleanor Roosevelt High School about transportation changes coming this fall. Although this was the seventh of nine meetings scheduled, it was the first … Read More

1 May 2024

Circuit Court Judges: A Primer

by Kit Slack, Streetcar Suburbs Publishing

In the primary election May 14, voters will decide which four out of five candidates will be judges for Maryland’s Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. Circuit court in Maryland is the trial court for major civil cases and serious … Read More

24 Apr 2024

FBI HQ to Move “Expeditiously,” With Occupancy Planned for 2036

by Anna Bedford-Dillow

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) “intends to expeditiously move forward” with the new FBI Headquarters in Greenbelt, states a new report. It will utilize the GSA’s existing balance of approximately $845 million and submit further requests in future fiscal … Read More

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