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28 Sep 2017

Local Teen’s Film to Screen In International Festival

by Ingrid Cowan Hass

In the Garden, an original animated short film created by Greenbelt resident Alexandra Nickel, will screen during the Ninth Annual Tofuzi International Animation Festival held in Batumi, Republic of Georgia, October 2 to 7. Her film is one of 10 … Read More

28 Sep 2017

Utopia Festival Will Screen Diverse Films, Oct 14 & 15

by Susan Gervasi

Greenbelt’s Utopia Film Festival 2017 is scheduled for the weekend of October 14 and 15 at the Greenbelt Arts Center and Old Greenbelt Theatre, with an array of independent documentaries, features, short films and animation from across the nation and … Read More

23 Sep 2017

Council story reference to the Klu Klux Klan involves a march that was to take place in 1997.

The News Review wishes to clarify that the Klu Klux Klan march referred to in our story on the September 11 council meeting that appeared in the September 21 issue of the paper, actually refers to an anticipated situation in … Read More

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

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