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8 Mar 2018

ERHS Raiders Score Victories

by Patrick Gleason

Both Varsity basketball teams played exciting games. Girls on Track for State. The Lady Raiders saw eighteen points flashed on the scoreboard for them before the Parkdale Panthers registered a single point. Although Parkdale had been Roosevelt’s stiffest county competition … Read More

8 Mar 2018

Artist’s Exhibit of Oil Portraits Tells Stories at New Deal Café

by Melissa Sites

Spiritual allegory meets modern family in some of the pictures at the New Deal Café exhibit of Amanda Demos Larsen’s work this season. In one of her self-portraits, He Did Eat, Larsen veils her gaze and holds a sharp knife … Read More

8 Mar 2018

Greenbelt Weathers Nor’easter: Officials Respond Effectively

by Gary Childs

Along with much of the east coast, Greenbelt was pummeled by a major windstorm over the past weekend. The storm, a nor’easter, blew tropical storm force winds gusting up to 65 miles per hour according to the Washington Post meteorological … Read More

1 Mar 2018

Here Is My Story, Now Tell Me Yours

by Gary Childs

My plan for after I retired from federal service last September was to first spend a few months visiting family and friends, and catching my breath after 36 years in the workforce. After those few months my idea was that … Read More

1 Mar 2018

DACA Marchers Eat and Stay In Greenbelt En Route to D.C.

by Jill Connor

Six Greenbelt families opened their homes to a total of 25 marchers on the Journey to Stay Home on their way to Washington, D.C. The group of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients, other undocumented immigrants and their supporters … Read More

1 Mar 2018

Council Approves Sweeper Purchase, Seeks Bus Funds

by Kathleen Gallagher

Aside from decisions on whether to support four bills submitted in the Maryland General Assembly, which will be reported separately, the city council had a relatively short list of action items on its February 12 meeting agenda with a number … Read More

1 Mar 2018

“Know You’re Smart,” Speaker Emphasizes to GMS Students

by Caroline Hanks

“How many of you know you’re smart?” Dr. Velma Deleveaux, an engineer and principal at Booz Allen Hamilton, asked a roomful of Greenbelt Middle School students on Tuesday morning. “I should see every hand up.” Deleveaux’s visit to the school … Read More

21 Feb 2018

Gary Childs Named New Review Editor

The Greenbelt News Review is delighted to announce the selection of Gary Childs as its new editor to succeed Mary Lou Williamson who was named editor emerita on her retirement. Childs, a recently retired Foreign Service Officer, and his wife … Read More

21 Feb 2018

Bureau of Engraving/Printing Hopes to Relocate to BARC

by Kathleen Gallagher

It wasn’t the first time the Greenbelt City Council had met over the years with representatives of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) to discuss potential changes to the campus of “the farm” that forms the city’s northern boundary and … Read More

21 Feb 2018

Boardwalk Bridge Finished, Open, Now Owned by City

by Caroline Hanks

The boardwalk bridge over the pond and wetlands is the latest addition to the trail connecting Cherrywood Lane with the Greenbelt Station South Core Development. Completion of the boardwalk has opened it for public use; however, a ceremonial opening for … Read More

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