News Stories |

News Stories

20 Sep 2017

Leta Mach and Ric Gordon File for Council Election

Incumbent Leta Mach and challenger Ric Gordon are the next two candidates for city council to submit their biographies to the newspaper. Their nomination forms have been certified by City Clerk Bonita Anderson. The biographies are prepared by the candidates. … Read More

20 Sep 2017

Annual Blues Festival Brings Out Greenbelt’s Faithful

by Carolina Velloso

The annual Greenbelt Blues Festival brought together music lovers for a full day of entertainment on Saturday, September 16. Now in its 15th year, the event was produced by the New Deal Café. The Friends of the New Deal Café … Read More

20 Sep 2017

City Requests Overlay Zone Be Included in Zoning Law

by Diane Oberg

Whether the county rezoning process would leave old Greenbelt unprotected from higher density development was the key issue before the Greenbelt City Council at its September 11 regular meeting. Aileen Kroll presented council with a petition with roughly 2,000 signatures … Read More

20 Sep 2017

Council Adds Voting Age, Maybe Dam Loan to Ballot

by Diane Oberg

Voters will likely see two referendum questions on the ballot when they go to the polls on Tuesday, November 7. The first question, whether to lower the voting age to 16, was unanimously approved for referendum by the city council … Read More

14 Sep 2017

Putens and Boyce First Filers for Council Elections

Ed Putens, long-term council member and historic first filer extraordinaire, and George Boyce, challenger and the inspiration behind MakerSpace, both filed as candidates in time to make this week’s edition of the paper. Read their full bios in the paper … Read More

14 Sep 2017

Excitement as Goddard Team Prepares for Cassini’s Finale

by Elizabeth Zubritsky

When the Cassini orbiter plunges into the atmosphere of Saturn on September 15, a group of NASA scientists based in Greenbelt will be among those waiting for the spacecraft’s last long-distance ping. That bittersweet signal will mark the end of … Read More

14 Sep 2017

From New York With Love: Songs for Greenbelt’s 80th

by Rebecca Sutfin

The island of Manhattan may seem an unlikely place to go prospecting, but when it’s musical gold you’re after, Chris Cherry affirms that New York has the richest lode on Earth. The city’s performing arts coordinator recently ventured to the … Read More

6 Sep 2017

Environmentalist Paul Downs Is 2017 Outstanding Citizen

by Maria Herd

The year was 1987 and a developer had a grandiose plan to replace 100 acres of the Great North Woods with residential buildings and streets, said Bob Zugby, chair of the Outstanding Citizen Selection Committee. At the Labor Day Festival … Read More

6 Sep 2017

Kaiser Health Plans Accepted At Doctors Hospital, October 1

by James Giese

Persons insured in Kaiser Permanente health plans will be accepted as patients at Doctors Community Hospital beginning in October, it was announced at the Greenbelt City Council’s stakeholder worksession with hospital representatives on August 28. Doctors will be the only … Read More

6 Sep 2017

City Manager Update Provokes Council Inclusivity Tensions

by Amanda Brozana Rios

At the council worksession on Wednesday, August 30, City Manager Nicole Ard’s quarterly update of goals and accomplishments focused greatly on inclusivity, but members of council had a few moments of discord that stole the show. The meeting, held at … Read More

« 1 … 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 … 181 »

Archives: News Stories

News Stories