In Tie-Dye Artful Afternoon Artists Find Their Colors
Vanessa Zanin folded a small T-shirt in half. “You make a rectangle,” she explained to Bode Kroll-Rosen, age 5. “Then you make triangles.” Zanin folded the shirt as one would fold a flag. After demonstrating, Zanin undid her folds, backed up and suggested that Bode and his grandmother, Aileen Kroll, try it themselves. Folding is […]
Labor Day Festival Solicits Photos, Artwork and More
The 70th annual Greenbelt Labor Day Festival will be here in just three weeks, so it is time to choose one’s best photos and artwork to enter in the Art and Photo Show, register to march in the parade, brush up a party piece to perform at the Rising Stars showcase and decide which homemade […]
Worksession Reviews Fourth Quarter Activities, Names Goals
Greenbelt City Council held a worksession on Wednesday, July 31 in order for City Manager Josué Salmerón and the heads of city departments to review their activities during Fiscal Year 2024’s fourth quarter and identify current goals. Salmerón began by noting continued efforts to improve procedures and retain records within city government. Even though Greenbelt […]
Last Chance to See Cookie Caper, Creative Kids Camp Musical
Greenbelt Recreation’s Creative Kids Camp invites community members to attend free, family-friendly performances on the last day of the Creative Kids Camp session. See campers ages 6 to 12 and select staffers perform The Cookie Caper, an original musical written and directed by Chris Cherry, Greenbelt Recreation’s performing arts coordinator. When an entire batch of […]
New Trail to Connect Greenbelt Station to the Metro Will Proceed
The City of Greenbelt is proceeding toward final approval and construction of the long-delayed pedestrian/bicycle trail from the Greenbelt Station community to the Greenbelt Metro station. This follows recent agreement between the city, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA, Metro) and the Maryland Department of Transportation that it is time to proceed with the trail. […]
Greenbelt’s Total Crime Rate Rises over the Past Decade
This article has been corrected from the print version. Total reported Greenbelt crime has risen 81.8 percent – from 948 reported cases to 1,717 – between 2012 and 2023, according to the City of Greenbelt crime reports. The most reported category of crime is larceny. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program defines larceny-theft as the […]
Greenbelt Federal Credit Union Merges with PG Community FCU
As of Friday, August 2, Prince George’s Community Federal Credit Union expects to finalize its merger with Greenbelt Federal Credit Union. Renovation of the Historic Greenbelt branch began on June 22; the renovation was expected to be completed by late July. The Historic Greenbelt branch was closed on Wednesday, July 31 and Thursday, August 1 […]
Eight Democrats, Four Republicans Run for Open County Council Seat
The Greenbelt News Review, in conjunction with Streetcar Suburbs News and the Bowie Sun, queried the 13 (now 12) candidates running in the special election primary, vying for the At-Large County Council seat left by Mel Franklin’s sudden resignation last month. We asked them to detail: Professional Experience; Community Involvement (and civic participation); Priorities (identifying […]
James K. Giese, A Model City Manager and Greenbelt Citizen
On December 8, 1962, then-Greenbelt Mayor Francis White told the audience at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Greenbelt News Review that he had to leave the party to fly to Chicago to interview James K. Giese, acting city manager of Western Springs, Ill. Accompanied by then-councilmember Dave Champion, White conducted the interview and hired […]
Liz Park Leads CARES Team In New Community Initiatives
Elizabeth “Liz” Park was working as a child life specialist at a hospital right after earning her undergraduate degree in child development at Florida State University when she came to a realization. She loved helping children have fun and feel safe before a procedure or operation, but noticed that the families ‒ mothers, fathers and […]