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14 Mar 2018

Lady Raiders Win Eighth State Title Behind McCalla’s Efforts

by Patrick Gleason

The Eleanor Roosevelt Lady Raiders basketball team fought back from a halftime deficit to win the program’s eighth state championship in 14 years, beating the defending champions, the Catonsville Comets, 60-56. Ashia McCalla led the way, including two game-defining shots, … Read More

14 Mar 2018

GES Mosaic Mural Portrays Native Flowers and Wildlife

by Matthew Arbach

On Wednesday, February 28, fourth- and fifth-grade art class students at Greenbelt Elementary School (GES) began gluing down tiles on a mosaic mural depicting native flowers and the animals that pollinate them such as butterflies and hummingbirds. Based on drawings … Read More

14 Mar 2018

ERHS Student Walkout Protests Gun Violence

Eleanor Roosevelt High School students joined a national protest against gun violence on March 14, when an estimated half the school’s 2,400 students walked out onto the football field. The protest was sanctioned by the school and heavily monitored by … Read More

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

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