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17 May 2018

Primary Election is June 26: Deadline to Register, June 5

by Kathleen Gallagher

Mid-term elections always loom large as a bellwether for what will follow at the end of the term, and this year talk of the mid-terms can scarcely be avoided. In Maryland, the first steps toward the November 6 mid-term elections … Read More

17 May 2018

Data Gathering Delays Rec Department Plan Rollout

by Diane Oberg

By now, the Greenbelt Recreation Department had planned to have presented council with a draft Recreation and Parks Master Plan for their review. However, the data gathering portion of the work took longer than expected. The department now expects to present … Read More

17 May 2018

In Memoriam – Kelly Ivy: Extraordinary Man Who Put Family, Kids First

by Rick Ransom

Kelly Ivy, Sr. died in his sleep in the early hours of Wednesday, May 9. He was 63 and spent 45 of his too-short years married to his wife Linda. He leaves Linda and their children, Kelly P. Ivy Jr. … Read More

10 May 2018

Twin Cats Reunited, After Decades and an Ocean Apart

by Cathie Meetre

The silent auction had an unexpected bonus for two cats. Reunited after decades apart, the cats now live contentedly together in the household of Jon and Anne Gardner, both News Review members. The story begins in England when the Gardners … Read More

10 May 2018

Celebrating The Old Greenbelt Theatre’s Birthday on May 6

by Amy Hansen

Old Greenbelt Theatre celebrated its third birthday on Sunday, May 6 by looking to the past and then to the future. The first performance of the evening was the play Danger, a drama set in a Welsh coalmine after a … Read More

10 May 2018

City Council Opposes P3 State Highway Widening Proposition

by Matthew Arbach

In order to address the area’s impending traffic build-up, a proposition, dubbed the P3 Program, is under consideration by the State of Maryland that could result in the widening of sections of I-270, I-495 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (see map … Read More

3 May 2018

Beltway Plaza is Town Center For West-side Greenbelters

by Anne Wallace

A Washington Post article from December 2016 declared that Beltway Plaza had dodged the bullet of suburban mall death by finding an “immigrant niche.” Janubi Devendra, director of marketing at Beltway Plaza, describes it as “community-oriented.” Either way, the Mall … Read More

3 May 2018

ERHS Symposium Shows Off Students’ Science Acumen

Eleanor Roosevelt High School celebrated its 34th Annual Research Symposium on April 26, with all 231 science and tech seniors presenting their year-long projects. The research practicum has been called a science fair on steroids. Students stand with professionally finished … Read More

25 Apr 2018

Slow Trail Progress Frustrates Greenbelt Station Residents

by Diane Oberg

It’s been a long time coming and the end, a completed trail, is not yet in sight. The Greenbelt City Council held a worksession on Monday, April 16, to discuss the seemingly never-ending saga of the trail that is to … Read More

25 Apr 2018

ERHS Students Make Voices Heard on School Safety, Guns

by Matt Arbach

When asked about her intentions concerning the Day of Solutions at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) on April 20, student organizer Sophia Riazi-Sekowski replied that it would be not a moment, but a movement – that it won’t stop. The … Read More

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